Welcome to the "Nightline's" live blog, where the staff share interesting tidbits throughout the day.

5:53 p.m. ET: BREAKING: William Balfour found guilty in the murders of JHud's mother, brother and nephew. Read the full story HERE.

4:41 p.m. ET: BREAKING: Jury in Jennifer Hudson family murders has reached a verdict. While we wait, catch up on all the details from the trial HERE:

2:16 p.m. ET: President Obama, George Clooney and Tobey Maguire shot hoops today at Clooney's pad in Los Angeles, and with their powers combined…

(sorry, White House says this was off-cam, but we do have an amazing photo of Clooney mid-laugh from the White House Correspondents Dinner last week)

Credit: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

12:45 p.m. ET: A federal judge today rejected defense lawyers' arguments that the case against John Edwards should be thrown out because there "was not one ounce of evidence" that the former presidential candidate broke the law by using nearly $1 million in donations to hide his mistress. Read more HERE.

10:35 a.m. ET: Time magazine's controversial cover about attachment parenting has reignited the breast-feeding debate: How old is too old to breast feed? ABC's Juju Chang interviewed actress Mayim Bialik, who still breast feeds her 3-year-old son, on the subject of attachment parenting. Watch the interview here:

9:40 a.m. ET: Some of our fondest memories of our mothers are drawn from the kitchen and home-cooked meals. Two world-renown chefs, David Burke and John Fraser, shared some of their favorite recipes to celebrate Mother's Day - which is Sunday - for the "Nightline" Platelist series.

Watch these chefs whip up their dishes with their own mothers here:

David Burke:

John Fraser: