PARTING SHOTS: Entrapment defense fails in NYC terror case; Barney Frank’s boyfriend heckles opponent

The Upshot

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

• A federal judge has found four New Yorkers guilty of plotting to bomb a synagogue. Their lawyer argued they were tricked into the plan by an FBI informant. (ABC News)

• Rep. Barney Frank's boyfriend heckles Frank's Republican opponent on video. (Daily Intel)

• German Chancellor Angela Merkel says multiculturalism has "failed" in Germany because immigrants are not assimilating into the country's "Christian" values. (AFP)

• Flight delays cost air passengers $17 billion a year, according to a new report. (The Washington Post)

• The state senator who wrote Arizona's controversial immigration law is working on another bill to crack down on immigration. (Arizona Republic)

• Academics are again focusing on culture in their study of poverty and inequality after many scholars had dismissed the approach as politically incorrect. (The New York Times)

• Egypt has uncovered a 4,500-year-old tomb belonging to a priest. (AP/Yahoo! News)