“Geography of the United States” on The Daily Caller

Washington Post columnist Mike Wise had a point he wanted to make about the declining standards of the media. He made that point in the worst way imaginable: By making up a phony “scoop” and posting it on Twitter. (more)

NEW ORLEANS — Gulf Coast residents tried to put Hurricane Katrina behind them on Sunday, marking its fifth anniversary by casting wreaths into the water to remember the hundreds killed. But part of the catastrophe lives on, in abandoned homes still bearing spray-painted circles indicating they had been searched and whether bodies were found inside. (more)

Blood will be spilled and brains rattled. Body parts will be wrenched and battered, some damaged. (more)

The Miss Universe 2010 competition will take place in Las Vegas on Aug. 23, 2010. Here are some photos leading up to the action. The show will be shown at 9 p.m. ET, Aug. 23, on NBC. (more)

Reporting from Lucerne Valley, Calif. — Fans of desert racing say nothing beats the danger, dust and noise of watching 3,500-pound trucks roaring past — close enough almost to touch — and then rocketing into the air over treacherous jumps with nicknames like “the rock pile.” (more)

KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) — A man is behind bars for committing “lewd acts” with a mannequin in a public park Sunday morning. (more)

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - The last time Jammell Howard was arrested was on July 26 for trying to snatch a 3-year-old boy out of a Burger King restaurant in Pleasant Ridge. Not his first time arrested - try his 210th. (more)

Authorities have arrested a 30-year-old Boise man after they say he bit his roommate’s nose off. (more)

In February of 2010, ABC News published an article regarding the 2009 enacted right to carry law in National Parks. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the article struck a tone straight out of a Brady campaign spot. A mosaic of Chicken Little ‘sky is falling’ was painted in broad strokes and platitudes. All in response to a common sense measured signed into law by president Obama allowing citizens to carry a concealed firearm in the nation’s National Parks. (more)

Spanning the border of Pennsylvania and Delaware lies 107 square miles of streams and creeks that comprise the White Clay Creek watershed. The watershed is rich with plant and wildlife. When my son was growing up, the two of us would fish for trout in one of the many tributaries of White Clay Creek. (more)

Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) has decided she will not run to replace Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.), three sources familiar with her plans said Tuesday night. (more)

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – Police hope recently acquired video images of a bizarre attack with a stiletto heel used as a weapon will put the right people in jail. (more)

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Time is running out for legislation that would set a fall vote for the seat held by the late U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd after it sat idle Sunday. (more)

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sources tell The Associated Press that Carte Goodwin will be Gov. Joe Manchin’s temporary appointee to the late U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd’s seat. (more)

Six months before Mayor Mike McGinn unveiled his proposal to let bars stay open past 2 a.m., the Washington State Liquor Control Board heard much the same pitch — from a group of Seattle nightclub owners. (more)

MINNEAPOLIS — John Foley and Cindy Case are not desperate to sell their south Minneapolis home, but they would like to see an offer sooner rather than later. So, they decided to take a different approach to the selling process. (more)

Dover, N.H. — Gov. Tim Pawlenty spent part of his weekend politicking in New Hampshire, again raising speculation that he’s going to run for president. (more)

NBA star LeBron James is taking heat from Clevelanders who have worked themselves into a fury about his decision to leave his hometown and play pro basketball in Miami. Sports fans have taken to the streets to burn his jersey, his former team’s owner has called him a “coward,” and the Internet is buzzing with scathing anti-LeBron epithets. (more)

Frozen fish, freshly caught in the Gulf of Mexico, come to the laboratory in Pascagoula, Miss., nearly every day since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill began in late April. (more)

They lived in suburban enclaves, they went to barbecues, they raised all-American kids. Now, they are accused of being Russian spies. (Maybe not particularly good ones, but spies nonetheless.) Yes, we are talking about the 11 “illegals” rounded up this week — some as nearby as Montclair, N.J., and Yonkers — and charged in the biggest international spy scandal in years. (more)