PARTING SHOTS: Federal judge stops DADT

Brett Michael Dykes
·National Affairs Reporter

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

• A federal judge has ordered the U.S. military to stop enforcing the 17-year-old "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy banning gay service members from serving openly. (CNN)

• Despite all the declarations about how oil-free the waters in the Gulf are, an oil-spill expert claims that the Navy called off exercises due to safety concerns. (FOSL)

• The Mexican military received the severed head of an investigator who was looking into the death of an American in a lake on the border of Texas and Mexico. (Guanabee)

• Some of the ladies from the Fox News daytime team busted some moves, or something, to the always groovetastic sounds of Vanilla Ice. (Daily Intel)

• Bristol Palin ripped off her partner's shirt during a performance on "Dancing With the Stars" last night, and, surprisingly, her mother appears to have approved. (Gawker)

• Yes, New York GOP gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino said something controversial again today. (National Journal)

• In a rather explosive confessional magazine piece, a former agent for professional athletes details the unsavory side of the business. (Sports Illustrated)