FINAL LOOK: White House reverses course on new offshore drilling

Brett Michael Dykes

Here is out roster of stories that managed to evade the full-on blog treatment:

• The Obama administration announced it will not allow offshore drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and off the Atlantic coast because of regulatory weaknesses. (NY Times)

• Amazon.com announced that it will no longer host WikiLeaks on the company's servers. (Salon)

• A former New Orleans police officer was sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in the Danziger Bridge shootings. (NewOrleans.com)

• Lee Harvey Oswald's coffin is up for auction. (MSNBC)

• Republican Senator Jim Inhofe is refusing to march in a holiday parade because the word "Christmas" was taken out of its name. (Daily Intel)

• A radio talk-show host is offering a $50,000 reward for Julian Assange's arrest. (Schnitt Show)