At least one killed during shooting at Seattle Jewish federation  —  At least five people were shot - one fatally - this afternoon at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle by a man a witness said was upset about "what was going on in Israel."  —  Police spokesman Rich Pruitt said there was one shooter …

Hezbollah politicians back peace package  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hezbollah politicians, while expressing reservations, have joined their critics in the government in agreeing to a peace package that includes strengthening an international force in south Lebanon and disarming the guerrillas, the government said.

Minimum Wage Hike Passed By House  —  The House last night voted to boost the minimum wage for the first time in nearly a decade while also permanently slashing the estate tax, a coupling that GOP leaders calculated might garner enough Senate support to become law.

Float-a-phobia  —  While Michael Schaivo was holding a press conference to remind everyone what a sanctimonious, meddling, holier-than-thou, politically opportunistic tin-eared prick Joe Lieberman was during the difficult last days of his wife's life (YouTube above), Joe was touring Connecticut on a campaign bus.

Danger  —  An email from Jerusalem: … This is a war Iran started.  I fear it has just begun.  Its ultimate end is simple: the eradication of Israel and the murder of every Jew in the Middle East.  Hezbollah and Ahmadinejad are very, very clear about this.  And they are playing the p.r. game brilliantly.

Do or Die Against Iraq's Death Squads  —  Nouri al-Maliki does not strike a commanding pose as Iraq's new prime minister: Slouching, stubble-faced, uneasy before foreign audiences, he looks more like a doughy Mukhabarat officer than the sleek exile politicians who have been making the rounds in Washington over the past decade.

Nominal Compensation, Real Compensation, and Inflation  —  Not a tight labor market.  Jared Bernstein writes:  —  Compensation Up, But So Is Inflation: Jared Bernstein  —  Today's Employment Cost Index from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed a pickup in the growth of compensation …