- The race between the worst candidates ever
 - Polanski free, Swiss reject US extradition request
 - “True Blood” recap: Time for betrayal
 - Baghdad kills 58,000 stray dogs in 3-month span
 - Putting the left’s Obama “despair” in perspective
 - Octopus oracle Paul to retire
 - How to buy, hold, and sharpen a good knife
 - In defense of the burqa ban
 - BP: New cap will be on busted well later today
 - BP: Oil cap will be attached today
 - David Broder’s helpful advice for the Tea Parties
 - In West Virginia, Manchin is holding all the cards
 - Near misses and close calls in the air
 - “Real Housewives” and our era of catfights
 - Roll your own apps
 - Did LeBron get played?
 - Church loses partnership over “kill the gays” bill
 - Alan Greenspan gets his reward
 - Ugandan toll in World Cup bombings rises to 74
 - Chicago’s new gun ordinance goes into effect
 - Christopher Nolan says no Joker in Batman 3
 - Israel report blames flawed planning for Gaza raid
 - Scott Brown blesses bank reform
 - Assessing Scott Brown’s reelection prospects
 - Deficit commission almost done deciding to slash Social Security
 - Consumer Reports won’t recommend iPhone 4
 - Pollster Scott Rasmussen to speak on National Review cruise — for free
 - Gingrich considering presidential run
 - 6 dead, 4 wounded in Albuquerque shooting
 - Afghans want foreign aid spent on their priorities
 - New drilling moratorium not based on depth
 - Is Mel Gibson too talented to boycott?
 - Spain World Cup fiesta goes wild, boosts unity
 - BP works to put a tighter-fitting cap on the well
 - Reminder: Roman Polanski fled sentencing
 - 3 dead, 8 wounded in Albuquerque shooting
 - Media moral standards
 - The remarkable judge who struck down the Defense of Marriage Act
 - 3 dead, 4 wounded in Albuquerque shooting
 - Cavs owner defends stance on LeBron
 - Bill Kristol will protect Israel with attack ads against Democrats
 - Fewer people are watching late-night talk shows
 - Is LeBron James a “runaway slave”?
 - Sarah Palin: Reality entertainer of the year
 - Kung Fu LeBron James
 - What if we actually “win” Afghanistan?
 - Alleged “Barefoot Bandit” to face Bahamas judge
 - Monday link dump: Young guns
 - I thought I’d beaten the foreclosure crisis