ABC News' Jake Tapper, seemingly bored silly on a flight to Riyadh, or maybe just experimenting to see how many links he could get from wingnut websites, published perhaps the most imbecilic article in the history of journalism on ABC.com.

Sad and scary news: Several days before Air France Flight 447 vanished from the sky, a bomb threat delayed another flight from South America to France.

In a move that sort of reeks of desperation more than it does slick PR, Newsweek's Jon Meacham announced that Stephen Colbert will be the magazine's guest editor for the issue hitting newsstands on June 8.

New Orleans had 64 killings per 100,000 residents in 2008, far outdistancing its nearest competitor, St. Louis. Baton Rouge came in at No. 7. [New York Times]

Did you catch NBC's "Inside the Obama White House" special tonight? Brian Williams said they shot 150 hours of film footage, mostly of Rahm Emanuel slamming doors in people's faces! What else was notable about the interview? Well, Obama doesn't really seem to be a fan of SNL's Fred Armisen.

Conservatives like Rick Santorum are still mad about Barack Obama wasting taxpayer money on an elitist date night in New York City. Did they forget about how much it cost for George Bush to gather brush in Crawford, Texas?

Maybe you've heard of film director Joseph McGinty Nichol, popularly known as "McG." Perhaps you'd like him to get beat up, if only because he calls himself McG? If so, don't fret—-Bill Murray already did it.

Consulting editor Jason Oliver Nixon may yet bring civility to the man-eat-man hellscape that OK! magazine seems to have become. Nixon, who we're told is still running the show, is to be joined by editorial consultant Mark Pasetsky, the former Life & Style honcho who now operates CoverAwards.com.

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• Tonight's waiter may be yesterday's trader: "Carlos Araya used to order lobster, filet mignon and $200 bottles of red wine at the Palm Restaurant in midtown Manhattan. Now, he seats customers at its Tribeca branch." [WSJ]
• Somewhat related: Swiss bankers depressed about the downturn are finding comfort in Italian food because of its "soothing factor." Go figure. [NYT]
• It's not all bad news: Some 28 new restaurants opened in May. [Eater]
• Time Out has issued a list of the best new pizza places in NYC. [TONY]
• Momofuku Noodle Bar has applied for a full liquor license. [DBTH]
• The East Village yakitori spot Mr. Jones is now closed. [Eater]

"By day, I was a women's studies minor, wrote a weekly feminist column for the student newspaper, and was president of the National Organization of Women on campus. By night, I really, really, really just wanted to be spanked." –Jessica Wakeman

[A view of New York from, we're guessing, the top of the Brooklyn Bridge. By photographer Sergei Yahchybekov, via Flickr]

Mark Cuban concedes his HDNet has been permanently kicked off Time Warner Cable Systems nationwide. It's a rough time for the mouthy internet entrepreneur.

Former Daily Show exec-producer and Area Jerk Ben Karlin will be one of two writers on the upcoming movie based on How to Talk to Girls, that book written by precocious little nine-year-old jerk Alec Greven.

Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick "Santorum" Santorum thinks Barack Obama's date with his wife was probably a bad message to send The Black Folk.

Summer is basically here. Your kids are more wild-eyed by the day, that tiny swimsuit seems tinier and tinier, and the television has begun to fizzle and fall quiet. Except it doesn't have to! There's so much summer television to be watched and absorbed. Why, enough for a listicle, even.

June 2 @ 3pm Just had a VPOTUS sighting… Joe Biden on Madison Ave walking out of Barneys, now he is somewhere on 61st. [Submit your own Gawker Stalker sightings to stalker@gawker.com]

The High Line, the elevated railway turned public promenade, opened last night to a select group of donors and supporters. Before the gala kicked off, Diane von Furstenberg and Barry Diller issued a challenge grant, promising to donate $10 million to the walkway if someone else came along and matched it. Hedge fund mogul Phil Falcone and his wife Lisa delivered, and while it's still unclear when the public park will actually be public—rumor has it that it may just be a matter of days now—in the meantime, venture capitalist Fred Wilson was good enough to bring a camera along to last night's event so we can all get a little peek at what's in store.

Last night intrepid Gawker operative Stephen Kosloff went on a mission to the inaugural Internet Week party hosted by YouTube, the Webbys, and the New York Observer. Sounds networky! Anyway, these are his stories.

Yesterday, Barack Obama proclaimed "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Pride Month 2009." Other than that, he has not really done much of anything, at all, for the gays, in his first couple months. Will his new Army Secretary help with that?