Weekend Wonk

Grab a cup of coffee and check out the headlines you might have missed during the week. If you click on links, hit the “backspace” button to return to blog.

* Critics howl over Halliburton move from Texas to Dubai. LINK
* Mayan priests to “cleanse” holy site after Bush visit. LINK
* Israel recalls naked ambassador. LINK
* Viacom sues Google, YouTube for $1 billion. LINK
* Clock is ticking for old-fashioned analog TVs. You must request aid coupons available to every household. LINK
* Hillary: ‘Great right-wing conspiracy is back.’ Remarks made in reference to her proposed bill to make Election Day a federal holiday and make it a crime to send misleading or fraudulent information to voters. LINK
* Disabled veteran saves his drowning dog with CPR. LINK
* Heads or tails? Denver couple finds faceless coin. LINK
* Stray cats strut into home, injure three people. LINK
* Poland honors woman who saved 2,500 Jews. LINK
* Billy Walkabout, highly decorated veteran, dies at 57. LINK
* Oklahoma girl wins $100,000 science prize. LINK
* Probe heats up over fired U.S. attorneys. LINK

READ OF THE WEEK: Kalid Sheikh Mohammed, referred to as KSM, confessed in a statement Saturdy before a military tribunal to more than 30 acts or planned acts of terror, including the planning of 9/11. Mohammed said he had been tortured, but freely confessed to the list.

The list was so extensive, Don Imus’ crew on MSNBC joked that he had confessed to being the father of Anna Nicole Smith’s baby, being the kidnapper of the Lindbergh baby and being on the grassy knoll in Dallas.

According to a report in The New York Times, “It is not clear how many of Mr. Mohammed’s expansive claims were legitimate. In 2005, the Sept. 11 Commission said that Mr. Mohammed was noted for his extravagant ambitions, and, using his initials, described his vision as ‘theater, a spectacle of destruction with KSM as the self-cast star, the superterrorist.’ ”

Read the NYT article with the list of confessed activities or planned activities at the bottom: LINK