Weekly Standard may have been shooter target  —  FBI agents visited the offices of the conservative Weekly Standard magazine yesterday after a shooting at the Holocaust Memorial Museum and told employees they'd found the magazine's address  —  A senior Standard staffer confirmed the visit but declined to discuss it in detail.

Oh my: NOW inducts Letterman into its “Media Hall of Shame”  —  Credit where credit's due. … People on Twitter are grumbling about that last paragraph but (a) given how peeved the sisterhood will be that they're defending Palin, surely you won't begrudge NOW some sort of ass-covering knock …

Chastity Bono — Becoming a Man  —  Chastity Bono, civil rights advocate, journalist, author and musician, is in the early stages of changing his gender — transitioning from female to male, TMZ has learned.  —  Bono, the child of legendary entertainers Sonny and Cher, began the process earlier this year …

Rev. Wright: I Meant to Say “Zionists” Are Keeping Me from Talking to President Obama — Not Jews  —  In an interview on a liberal satellite radio show, Rev. Jeremiah Wright attempted to clarify his comments to the Newport News, Virginia.  Daily-Press about “them Jews” preventing him from speaking to President Obama.

Has Kent Conrad Solved the Public Plan Problem?  An Interview.  —  (Earlier today, Sen. Kent Conrad, the North Dakota Democrat who chairs the Senate Budget Committee, introduced a “potential compromise” on the public plan: A system of federally-chartered co-ops that could offer …

Is The Right Still “Proud To Be a Right-Wing Extremist”?  —  Back in April and May I wrote a whole series of posts about how the Right was systematically trumping-up a controversy over the Department of Homeland Security Report, “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence …

Palestinian family kills 15-yr-old son  —  Article's topics: Palestinians, Israel, Torture  —  In the first incident of its kind, a Palestinian family has killed its 15-year-old son in the West Bank after accusing him of “collaboration” with Israel.  —  Raed Wael Sawalha's body …

Baucus Aides Warn K Street  —  Top aides to Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) called a last-minute, pre-emptive strike on Wednesday with a group of prominent Democratic lobbyists, warning them to advise their clients not to attend a meeting with Senate Republicans set for Thursday.

Foreign Office fury over settlement of Guantánamo Uighurs in Bermuda  —  The British Government responded with ill-disguised fury tonight to the news that four Chinese Uighurs freed from Guantanamo Bay had been flown for resettlement on the Atlantic tourist paradise of Bermuda.

Senate Passes Landmark Anti-Smoking Bill  —  Legislation Gives FDA Sweeping Controls Over Production, Sale And Marketing Of Tobacco Products  —  (CBS/AP) Congress struck the government's strongest anti-smoking blow in decades Thursday with a Senate vote to give regulators new power …

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Martha Minow named dean of Harvard Law School  —  Martha Minow, the Jeremiah Smith, Jr., Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, will become the dean of the Faculty of Law on July 1, President Drew Faust announced today (June 11).  —  A member of the Law School faculty since 1981 …

‘Bloke Coke’ cleared from Venezuelan shop shelves... by order of the government  —  Coke Zero has been successful elsewhere in the world since its launch  —  Venezuela has banned the sale of the calorie-free Coke Zero, calling it harmful to people's well-being.

Uighurs Released to Bermuda All Trained at Terrorist Camp in Tora Bora  —  It turns out Palau is not the only resort island willing to take the Uighurs detained at Guantanamo.  The Obama administration has transferred four Uighurs to Bermuda, which is, of course, much closer to the continental U.S. than Palau.

Russians Outfox U.S. in Latest Great Game  —  BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — One at a time the government's top critics seemed to go to jail, or simply disappear.  —  Syrgak Abdyldayev, a local journalist, began to investigate whether the attacks had anything to do with a team of Russian-speaking specialists …

Fed: Household Net Worth Off $14 Trillion  —  The Fed released the Q1 2009 Flow of Funds report today: Flow of Funds.  —  According the Fed, household net worth is now off $14 Trillion from the peak in 2007.  —  Click on graph for larger image in new window.