4 June 2007: Morning

  • In new debate, Democrat presidential hopefuls morph into individual beings, still share hive mind.
  • Putin says new U.S. missile defenses in Europe will start a new arms race, and Russia will reciprocate.
  • Israel's West Bank barrier, intended to keep out suicide bombers, prompts some Palestinians to move back to Jerusalem.
  • Woman who drove through a D.C. street festival was "smoking crack all day long."
  • It's not love in the air in Rome; it's cocaine.
  • Bill O'Reilly says Colo. school encouraged sex and drugs, students at Boulder High (ha) want an apology.
  • Op: When we scratch our heads over why people would want to reveal so much about themselves online, we're just getting old.
  • "We have about 70 or 80 songs we can do, but all of them use the same chords." The Rock Bottom Remainders' (Amy Tan, Dave Barry, Stephen King) BookExpo gig.
  • At the Hay-on-Wye book festival hippies dance, Gordon Brown speaks about his new book.
  • Redheaded family in Newcastle targeted by thugs for their hair color, forced out of two homes.
  • Credit industry vows to quell "piggybacking," a practice that allows those with bad credit to buy themselves into favor.
  • The Onion: "Rocky II, III, IV Decisions Overturned After Stallone Caught With Performance-Enhancing Drugs."
  • Beijing unveils climate plan that's short on details, but full of promise.
  • Now that global warming's on everyone's lips, after 25 years of broadcasting the Weather Channel has a hot-button issue.
  • Inspired by colleague's "stunt double" quip, death row inmate seeks jokes for last words.