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Stamping His Success: Further proving that he is no ordinary man, world number one tennis player Roger Federer became the first living Swiss to have his picture on a postage stamp. To commemorate Federer’s record-breaking streak at the top of the ATP world rankings for 161 consecutive weeks -- not to mention those 10 Grand Slam championships -- the Swiss Post issued a one Swiss franc stamp to honor the 25-year-old living legend. (Source)

Ruthless Melody: Lawyers for nutjob musical genius Phil Spector have stooped as low as possible in their opening statements to defend the Wall of Soundman: "Lana Clarkson was depressed over her failed movie career and killed herself." How truly shameless and disgusting to bash a dead woman that way, but I guess Los Angeles has lots of experience in this department having lived through the character assassination of Nicole Brown Simpson a decade ago. (LAT)

Reality Bites: A friend of mine told me I should give Bravo's lezzie-heavy gym reality show, "Workout," another chance. I have to admit that I watched one last night and am starting to get pulled in, although seeing the death of cutie trainer Doug Blasdell may be too much to handle. The reason we watch "reality TV" is because there's nothing real on it, until now. (AP)

An End in Sight? The three men indicted in the Duke lacrosse sexual assault case could learn this week whether state prosecutors plan to bring them to trial or drop the remaining (non-rape) assault charges, a person close to the case said Tuesday. Only those involved will ever truly know what happened in that house, so I would not even begin to "defend" the athletes. That said, we have a system of justice in this country that generally works well, and requires evidence and a burden of proof. For this case to have dragged on as long as it did when every single detail has shown there was no reasonable basis for the charges that were filed is a truly shocking miscarriage of justice, even if the men did commit a crime. Why? Because you have to have proof. Without it, any of us could find ourselves in jail at any moment. (AP)

DVR Alert: LOGO's new "Big Gay Sketch Show" premieres Tuesday, April 24, at 10 p.m. The Web site has some preview clips from it here ---> (LOGO)

Making John Waters Proud: The Maryland House of Delegates has passed legislation requiring health insurance companies to write policies inclusive of domestic partners and children up to the age of 25, at the request of an employer. The bill has already been approved by the Senate and now goes to the governor for signing. (365Gay)

They'll Be Back: California forges ahead with same-sex marriage bill despite Arnold veto threats. (Source)

Motor City Madness: The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, hoping to prod Detroit police into reopening the case, posted a $25,000 reward Tuesday for information on the circumstances surrounding the death of gay senior citizen Andrew Anthos, whom the authorities now say died of natural causes. One minute there was a composite sketch of Anthos' alleged attacker floating around, and now this. It just doesn't add up. (Advocate)

(Near) Tragedy: The lakefront home that Johnny and June Carter Cash lived in until their deaths in 2003 burned to the ground yesterday. Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees, the current owner, was not hurt in the blaze. (Reuters)

Unfancy Feasts: Still more brands have been added to the list of contaminated pet foods. (AP)