A Texas judge* is in stable condition after being wounded on Friday in what police say was an assassination attempt, the Austin American-Statesman reports. State District Judge Julie Kocurek had been the victim of many threats over the years.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad survived an assassination attempt today when his motorcade was attacked with a grenade, according to Dubai's Al Arabiya, citing presidential sources. Iranian state-run Press TV denies the attack happened, blaming "foreign news sources" for false reports.