Morning cattle call

Gay bashers pleaded out (New York Times)

• Michael J. Sandy, 29, a designer from Williamsburg, was lured from his home to a secluded lot in Sheepshead Bay on Oct. 8, 2006. He was directed to a beach known as a meeting place for gay sex, then beaten and chased into traffic. He was struck by a car and later died of his injuries.

Malaysian police hate sodomy, gays (International Herald Tribune)

• "Police found used condoms strewn all over the floor, seven tubes of lubrication jelly, 20 gay magazines, four pornographic VCDs and six boxes of new condoms ...."

A discharged flight nurse fights against 'Don't Ask' policy (Seattle Post Intelligencer)

• Maj. Margaret Witt, 42, was suspended in 2004 after the Air Force received a tip that she had been in a long-term relationship with a civilian woman. She was honorably discharged last month, after having put in 18 years - two short of what she needed to receive retirement benefits.