Zelaya's jet blocked in Honduras  —  Distraught Zelaya supporters could be seen carrying away the body of one man  —  Honduras's ousted President, Manuel Zelaya, has been forced to divert his homecoming jet to Nicaragua after it was barred from landing in Tegucigalpa.

Rove ‘perplexed’ by Palin, Huckabee calls move ‘risky’  —  Former Bush adviser Karl Rove and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee both seemed to be scratching their heads over Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's decision to resign her office in an appearance along with Alaska Lt. Gov Sean Parnell on “Fox News Sunday.”

Wife blows MI6 chief's cover on Facebook  —  The wife of the new head of MI6 has caused a major security breach and left his family exposed after publishing photographs and personal details on Facebook.  —  Sir John Sawers is due to take over as chief of the Secret Intelligence Service in November …

Biden Suggests U.S. Not Standing in Israel's Way on Iran  —  WASHINGTON — Plunging squarely into one of the most sensitive issues in the Middle East, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. suggested on Sunday that the United States would not stand in the way of Israeli military action aimed at the Iranian nuclear program.

Biden: We ‘Misread the Economy’  —  Big admission from Vice President Joe Biden today.  —  “The truth is, we and everyone else misread the economy,” Biden told me during our exclusive “This Week” interview in Iraq.  —  Biden acknowledged administration officials were too optimistic earlier …

D.C. Councilmember Marion Barry Arrested for Stalking  —  D.C. Council member Marion Barry was arrested last night and charged with stalking a woman after the woman reported that Barry was “bothering her” as the two traveled in separate vehicles in Anacostia Park, police said this morning.

In Defense of Neo-Con Bashing  —  Greg Djerejian offers up something of a mea culpa and something of a defense against Jeff Weintraub's charge of “rather tiresome ritual 'neocon'-bashing which is becoming too much of a reflex in some quarters.”  —  It's actually true that neocon bashing is a bit on the tiresome side.

Schumer promises public option in healthcare bill  —  The healthcare reform bill that emerges from Congress this year will include a government-run public health insurance option, regardless of the bipartisan negotiations seeking a compromise in the Senate, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Sunday.

US-Russian Arms Negotiators “Under the Gun,” Might Temporarily Bypass Senate Ratification for Treaty  —  MOSCOW — With the clock running out on a new US-Russian arms treaty before the previous Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START, expires on December 5, a senior White House official …

Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe is an atheist and respects Richard Dawkins  —  It is no secret that people have long protested not only the Harry Potter books but the movies as well.  Many of those people who protest do so with their religious conviction in mind.