The Justice Department has thrown yet another lawsuit at America's loony desert dingbat moon colony, Arizona. This one, however, was filed against obnoxious self-serving tyrant Joe Arpaio, sheriff of Maricopa County, for refusing to cooperate in a civil rights investigation.

The two Iowa farms that produced the half billion recalled salmonella eggs have been visited by investigators from the Department of Justice and the Food and Drug Administration's criminal division this week. Good thing, because those farms are disgusting.

The UK tabloid News of the World has uncovered "the most sensational sporting scandal ever," after secretly recording a man accepting cash to have Pakistani cricket bowlers mail it in against England in the Lord's Test match. No googlies! [BBC]

It's been five years since Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans and parts of the Gulf Coast, and media outlets have run stories looking back on the destruction as well as the rebuilding. But the latest Frontline is a must watch.

Luis Soto was shot to death after fighting with another man in Harlem early Sunday morning. Now, police say Soto was killed not by his attacker, but by a police bullet. Remember Sean Bell? Everyone will, like it or not.

Al Gore will be resting easier this weekend. Prosecutors in Portland say they're dropping the investigation into whether the former Vice President sexually assaulted a masseuse in a Portland hotel room in 2006 "due to a lack of credible evidence."

The "BP squad," a group of federal investigators, are preparing a criminal probe of three companies involved in the Gulf oil spill: BP, Transocean, and everyone's favorite war profiteers, Halliburton. The companies' ties to regulators will be examined. [WaPo; Getty]

Portland police have interviewed Al Gore about that masseuse's sexual assault claim.

The former chief electronics technician on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig yesterday told investigators that critical fire and gas leak alarms had been disabled for a year so that the rig's crew could sleep in. Sleepy time is important!

Oksana Grigorieva is being investigated for potentially extorting Mel Gibson with recordings of his racist rantings. No other details have emerged. But how could you extort someone using things that are literally priceless? [NYDN, photo via Getty]

California authorities have launched an investigation into claims that Goldline International — the favorite investment arm of Glenn Beck and Mike Huckabee — is scamming people into buying coins and is sending them "something different from what they had ordered."

The Washington Post has released the first installment of its hyped two-year investigation into post-9/11 intelligence and national security growth, from William Arkin and the legendary Dana Priest. It's a freaking tome and will be playing all week. Be terrified.

32-year-old EMT Jason Green — who was being investigated for denying care to a dying pregnant woman while on his coffee break — was shot and killed early this morning after being turned away from Manhattan nightclub Greenhouse. [NYP]

Now this is a weird story: apparently the congressional ethics office is investigating some congressmen for fundraising from industries that are subject to pending legislation. Suddenly Washington's absolute favorite activity, overt bribery, is worthy of selective investigation?

Running Twitter Inc. sounds like any entrepreneur's dream: Cash flows freely. The press is smitten. Celebrity users abound. But CEO and co-founder Evan Williams is said to be on the verge of being ousted from his microblogging paradise.

Poor BP just can't catch a break. Some US lawmakers now want to investigate whether the company played a role in the early release of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al Megrahi, in exchange for lucrative oil contracts in Libya. [CNN]

The LAPD has arrested a 57 year-old man in the case of "The Grim Sleeper" serial killer—suspected of killing and sexually assaulting eleven victims in the LA area from 1985 to 2007. The suspect's neighbors expressed shock. [LAT; Pic]

Portland police have re-opened their investigation into the alleged sexual assault of masseuse Molly Hagerty by Vice President Al Gore.

Belgian police on Thursday raided Catholic church offices in Brussels searching for evidence of child sex abuse by priests. The Vatican called it a "shock," because priests only answer to a Higher Authority. The laws of mortals do not apply.

A Pakistani attorney general is investigating Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg after the site hosted an obnoxious "Draw Muhammad" contest last month. Blasphemy is punishable by death under Pakistani law, as the contest's planners well knew, so congrats, everyone! It "worked."