Weekend Wonk

A new weekend feature dedicated to headlines that might have grabbed you, in case you missed them. If you click on links, hit the “backspace” button to return to blog.

* Man lost three children in tsunami now father of triplets. LINK

* Man dies from online gambling binge. LINK

* Inpector ‘off duty’ after OKing rat eatery. LINK

* Thieves nab $66 million Picasso paintings. LINK

* Voice of Keebler elf dies at 81. LINK

* Swiss soldiers get lost, invade tiny Liechtenstein. LINK

* Nuke lab develops power dust rag LINK

* And finally, full lunar eclipse Saturday night. LINK

READ OF THE WEEK: “But, Did Ginger Rogers Wear Flip-Flops?” The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank gives us the “low-down” on what went on at the Conservative Political Action Conference - CPAC (“see-pack”) – this week’s gathering of serious conservatives:

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) rattled off a long list of “labels” he’s been called, then said he “wears some of them proudly.” Global warming, he told the crowd, “is the greatest hoax ever perpetuated on the American people.” They should stop worrying about polar bears, he said, passing out documentation, including the claim, “Mars has global warming despite absence of SUVs.”

Ann Coulter, sweetheart of the session, called Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards “a faggot.”

And, Republican hopeful Mitt Romney of Massachusetts put his foot in his mouth by putting his foot in high heels.

Who were the no-shows? Read Milbank’s full account: LINK