FINAL LOOK: Ayatollah Khamenei may have terminal cancer

Brett Michael Dykes

Here is our roster of stories that somehow managed to avoid the full-on blog treatment:

• A WikiLeaks cable suggests that Ayatollah Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, has a terminal form of cancer and may have only months to live. (Telegraph)

• A 6'7'' 275 lb. inmate overpowered a deputy, stole her gun and tasered her in Santa Cruz, Calif. (Santa Cruz Sentinel)

• A horde of 271 Picasso paintings have been stored in a garage by the artist's former electrician. (BBC)

• Some fear that streaming video sites such as Netflix will significantly slow down the Internet. (Kansas City Star)

• Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says that she's confident that U.S. diplomatic relations won't suffer in the wake of the latest WikiLeaks document dump. (NY Times)

• WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says that the website's next target will be a major U.S. bank. (Forbes)

• An Afghan border policeman shot and killed six American soldiers today. (AP)