Short Ends: Terrorist as Drag Queens

Time for some short ends, stories that we found across the internet that we thought we should bring to your attention.

• ABC's Gretchen Peters reports on a new tactic that al-Qaeda has taken up to avoid being captured: dressing in drag.
• A story on MSNBC reports on an insurance company who won a court battle over flooding damage related to Hurricane Katrina. The verdict? Insurance policies did not cover the wind-driven flooding damages.
• The AP reports that federal authorities do not have enough information to press terrorism charges against the men who were found with 1,000 cell phones in their possession. The fear was that the team would attack Michigan's Mackinac bridge, which connects the upper and lower pennisulars.
• Outgoing Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) gave her first public address following her election loss at the polls last week, in which she spoke out against electronic voting machines.
• British Airway passengers are a little upset... Ever since the recent security measures were put in place in Britain's airports in connection with the London Plot, a shocking 10,000 bags have been misplaced.
• The computer manufacturer Dell is recalling 4.1 million batteries produced by Sony. The reason? The batteries may suddenly burst into flames.
• In an unsurprising turn of events, a recent national survey found that more Americans can identify pop culture icons than Supreme Court justices.