This just in: a judge has denied bail for Mychal Bell, the 19-year old African-American being held in Jena, La, for the beating of white student.

The NRA forum is dominating the afternoon news today.

If only he had a taser....At the aforementioned forum, John McCain heckled by Code Pink protester.

Speaking of tasers, ABC News asks if we're now a taser nation.

Bank On It: AFL-CIO says it will spend $200 million on next year's election.

A headline I didn't think I'd see this cycle: "Clinton: I am not a lesbian"

Secretary of State Rice ordered a "full and complete review" of private security in Iraq. Meanwhile, Blackwater has returned to "work as normal" in Baghdad.

In related news, the DoD said violence in Baghdad has been cut in half, thanks to a massive influx of Iraqi police officers.

Tell it to Columbia U.: Iran is supplying the Taliban with roadside bombs in Afghanistan.

Still NEE!: the Dutch cabinet opts not to hold another referendum on the EU Constitution out of fears that the public will vote it down again.

While we're on the subject of voting things down, Senate Democrats today lost another vote to pull US troops out of Iraq.