• Tyra Banks goes hard (in a Tyra Banks Show way) on Mike Huckabee for his opinions about gays. [MG]

• Oops. Someone with the same government name as Kool Herc is suing Jay-Z for slave reparations. Glad we got that cleared up. [AHH]

• Barack Obama is Chris Dodd's man. [HP]

• Unless I'm trying to stay up all night, I try to avoid coffee after 5:30 pm, anyway. Close away, Starbucks! [CNN]

• A California congresswoman has proposed the "Donda West Law," which would require patients to get medical clearance before undergoing plastic surgery. [PE]