Here are today’s top stories in no particular order:
- Shoe-throwing has become a trend in journalist-government official relations, as an angry Sikh journalist hurled his sneaker at India’s top security official, House Minister Palaniappian Chidambaram. The man was apparently upset over anti-Sikh riots that left thousands dead in 1984.
- In other shoe-throwing news, the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoe at former President Bush has had his sentence reduced by a third and will now be serving just one year in prison. His actions have spurred the creation of the "Shoe-Throwing Appreciation Society" on Facebook.
- A federal judge has thrown out the conviction of former senator Ted Stevens. The judge declared that the evidence in the corruption case was mishandled.
- A German man opened fire in a Bavarian courtroom, killing his sister-in-law and injuring two others before turning the gun on himself.
- Vermont has become the fourth state to legalize gay marriage, the first to do so with the vote of the legislature and not the courts.
- Spoiler Alert! House character Dr. Lawrence Kutner (that’s Kutner, not Kumar) committed suicide on last night’s episode, freeing actor Kal Penn to take on a new job working as the associate director of the White House’s Office of Public Liaison.