PARTING SHOTS: 4,500 stranded on cruise ship

Here's today's list of stories that managed to evade full-on blog treatment:

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed back on President Obama's criticism of expanded settler developments on the West Bank today: "Jerusalem is not a settlement." (NYT)

• Seventeen people were arrested for defrauding $42 million from Holocaust survivors. (New York Post)

• The Obama administration threatens to take back hundreds of millions in stimulus funds if Wisconsin doesn't continue with its high-speed-rail plan. (NYT)

• Nearly 4,500 people are stranded on a cruise ship off the coast of Mexico. (AP)

• A North Carolina pastor has been found guilty of stalking doctors who provide abortions. (Charlotte Observer)

• Health workers in Haiti are worried about a surge of cholera in crowded slums. (AP)

• A report criticizes New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who has gained a reputation as a deficit hawk, for overspending while he was attorney general. (New Jersey Star-Ledger)