• Fertile ground: The Charlie Sheen-Denise Richards divorce continues to get uglier as Sheen responds to his ex-wife's denial on Larry King that she'd asked him for a sperm donation after they broke up. Sheen has forwarded an e-mail to the media that he claims Richards wrote to his new fiancée about snatching some of his man seed.

• Morning glory: After its first week of publication, James Frey's great or not-so-great Bright Shiny Morning is number nine on the New York Times best-seller list.

• Graduation terror: Vice President Dick Cheney left his lair and donned an unflattering cowboy hat to give the commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, telling grads, "The war on terror is a lengthy enterprise, but it does not have to go on forever." But of course it could if it's profitable and/or politically advantageous.

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• Getting snappy: Princes William and Harry have their knickers in knots over photos of them and their ladies taken at their cousin's wedding.

• Unhappy travels: Your new boyfriend's not the only one who's going to pay for all your excess baggage.

• Hang-woman: The Daily Kos has pulled down an image of Michelle Obama being lynched by Republicans. Yeah, probably a good idea.

• Ew, that smell: Scientists in Switzerland are testing a nasal spray that helps people cope with social phobias.

• Don't ask, don't tell: An appeals court has ruled the the military cannot "intrude upon the personal and private lives of homosexuals" unless there is a threat to troop readiness or moral. The court's decision allows an Air Force major dismissed for being gay to continue taking legal action against the military.