Iraq War Hampers Kansas Cleanup  —  GREENSBURG, Kan. (AP) — The rebuilding effort in tornado-ravaged Greensburg, Kansas, likely will be hampered because some much-needed equipment is in Iraq, said that state's governor.  —  Governor Kathleen Sebelius said much of the National Guard equipment …

Backpack blast near Vegas casino kills 1  —  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A backpack exploded in a parking garage attached to a Las Vegas hotel early Monday, killing a man who had picked it up and injuring another person, authorities said.  —  The man had removed the backpack from atop his car …

Newspaper Suicide: The Star Tribune Kills Lileks' Column  —  Let's see.  Your circulation is crashing.  The value of your paper has plummeted.  Everyone in the industry recognizes that the the future is online, and most realize that the byline has become the brand and that writers …

L'Giuliani, C'est Moi  —  Yesterday's quickie post on the French election noted President-elect Sarkozy's tendency to freeze or combat his critics in the press.  I called it Nixonian, because it seemed a little pat to compare Sarkozy to GOP frontrunner Rudy Giuliani.  "Please!" says Rudy court biographer Fred Siegel.

Queen Elizabeth Visits the White House  —  I spent the morning with 7,000 of my closest friends for Queen Elizabeth's arrival at the White House.  It was a beautiful day in Washington, perfectly suited for the British royal family to visit President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush.

George Tenet cashes in on Iraq  —  If you go by the book jacket of his new memoir, "At the Center of the Storm," George Tenet is enjoying the life of a retired government servant teaching at Georgetown University, where he was appointed to the faculty in 2004.

The Seven Year Which???  —  Romney this weekend: … And how gullible and provincial from presidential candidates of the past.  But didn't Romney go to France for his mission?  Think some sweet gamin spun this whole "seven year hitch" fable as an elaborate practical joke?

Today's Must Read  —  I'm not sure if this qualifies as ironic or just sadly fitting.  —  As we've attempted to document here, the Civil Rights Division has been the focus of the most dramatic effort at politicization in the Justice Department.  Career lawyers, harassed and discouraged …

Whistle-Blower on Student Aid Is Vindicated  —  WASHINGTON — When Jon Oberg, a Department of Education researcher, warned in 2003 that student lending companies were improperly collecting hundreds of millions in federal subsidies and suggested how to correct the problem, his supervisor told him to work on something else.

Journalists Intend to Sue Hewlett-Packard Over Surveillance  —  In an unusual step for the news media, three journalists whose private phone records were scrutinized by investigators working for Hewlett-Packard intend to sue the company for invasion of privacy.

Today our Revolution begins.  Tomorrow we fight.  —  Over the past few years, I've been living and breathing the technology + politics Revolution.  I've worked on House and Senate campaigns, and also in House and Senate official offices.  And, of course, I've always volunteered for Republican campaigns.

Lou Dobbs Becomes Lifetime Member Of Hispanic Journalists Association  —  An article in the Spanish-language newspaper El Diario La Prensa today notes that the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) has accepted CNN host Lou Dobbs as a national lifetime member.