AFP: The presumptive Democratic nominee is expected to meet King Abdullah II in Jordan, tread the frontlines of the Israeli-Arab conflict in Jerusalem and the West Bank, and engage leaders of European powers Germany, France and Britain.
John McCain admitted to the New York Times in an interview that he is finally “learning to get online myself.†Comedian Michael Ian Black talks about McCain’s Internet hardships and other political funnies.
Reuters: An Illinois man suspected in a killing spree in which eight people, ranging from a 2-year-old boy to a 93-year-old man, were beaten or hacked to death was captured by police outside a bar.
Derrick Rose talks about all the distractions that he averted before the draft … mainly girls.
When Democrats drive around Denver during their national convention, they’ll be cruising in a fleet of 450 cars, powered by ethanol originating from Coors beer.
AFP: The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Americans have a constitutional right to bear arms, ending a ban on owning handguns in the capital city in its first ruling on gun rights in 70 years.
MSNBC (see related link): “The artwork should not have been used, it was inappropriate. We pulled the spot this morning and it was re-done without those images.”
NY Times: With a series of simple “I dos,†gay couples across California inaugurated the state’s court-approved and potentially short-lived legalization of same-sex marriage on Monday, the first of what is expected to be a crush of such unions in
MSNBC: Tim Russert, NBC News’ Washington bureau chief and the moderator of “Meet the Press,†died Friday after collapsing in the bureau, NBC News said Friday. He was 58.
Daily Mail: It prompted Prince Philip to quip: “Don’t do that for too long or your face will stay like that.”
NY Times: Alain Robert, a stunt man known for climbing tall buildings, scaled the north face of the New York Times building on Thursday, climbing 52 stories to the roof and clutching a bright green banner, before police arrested him,
Clinton adviser Harold Ickes tells NBC’s Andrea Mitchell that he does not believe Obama will clinch a majority of pledged delegates by tomorrow night and that his candidate has still not decided if she will take the fight to the
AP: A large fire tore through a back lot at Universal Studios early Sunday, destroying a set from “Back to the Future,” the King Kong exhibit and a video vault containing more than 40,000 videos and reels.
May 5: “Wow… wonder which emotion impacts dad more at this point — pride that at 20 years old his is already a completely replaceable cog in a vast Rupert Murdoch media manipulation machine or buyer’s remorse when he gets
