• A happy house: Barack Obama's campaign says the discounted rate the presidential candidate got on his home loan in 2005 was nothing out of the ordinary and just "reflected the base rate set for that period discounted to address the competition for the account and other opportunities."

• After Arnold: Tabloid ready San Francisco mayor and gay-rights advocate Gavin Newsom has launched an exploratory bid for the California governorship.

• Maybe babies: This much we know: Angelina Jolie has been admitted to a hospital in France to rest before giving birth to the twins. Everything's going well," says a hospital spokesman, "She'll be leaving with her babies, but we can't say when."

SURE, THERE'S MORE: Microsoft v. Yahoo, Round 23; iPhone news; pistols in the airport?; and Cruise yourself!

• Still in it: Yes Microsoft's still plans to take a chunk of Yahoo. No it's not going to wait around for Yahoo to agree.

• Price is wrong: You'll be able to free your new iPhone from AT&T's evil clutches ... for a price: $599. You'll also probably be able to do it on the cheap with a little screwdriver, some instructions from the Internet, and some liquid courage.

• Is that a gun in your pocket?: A guns-rights group has filed a lawsuit in Atlanta, after officials at the city's Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International airport said they would not allow concealed weapons in the terminal despite state legislators recent decision to relax gun laws. Atlanta's airport is the busiest in the nation, so it could be a total blast to have concealed weapons there.

• Play along: Just in time for the Fourth of July, you'll be able to download and play along to the "Top Gun Anthem" on Guitar Hero. Seems like they should have done this last week to coincide with Gay Pride.