13 June 2007: Morning

  • Iraq shrine attacked in a repeat of a 2006 bombing that many say sparked a wave of sectarian violence.
  • Bush stops by Capitol Hill to press palms with senators, demo his new immigration bill that includes this handy-dandy crevice tool.
  • "If somebody on Guam wanted to meet Carmen Electra, there are a lot cheaper ways than backing a film in which she had a three-minute part."
  • The private editor: Iraq's political limitations raise difficult questions for the United States. vs. Iraq's political limitations raise difficult questions for the American project here.
  • A weird, emotional day in court for the judge who's suing his dry cleaners for $65 million after they lost his pants.
  • Firms sprout to heal individuals', corporations' reputations online.
  • After a BBC program says an anti-aging serum may actually work, sales of the product jumped 2,000 percent.
  • Eight Afghan police dead in three-hour, friendly-fire battle with U.S. troops.
  • This scenic Swedish town of 60,000 people... last year took in twice as many Iraqi refugees as the entire United States.
  • Brooklyn man emerges unscathed after a flatbed container falls off a truck on the BQE, crushing his Pontiac.
  • Emails show TB patient received little support from father, future father-in-law.
  • Feds say assistance to cancer-stricken nuclear workers won't go on the fast track; no word if tumors will agree to that timeframe.
  • Take the Pliny Challenge: The first two readers who spot today's fake Pliny quote win a copy of Anthony Doerr's new memoir.