Musharref Charged: A Pakistani court today indicted former President Pervez Musharraf for murder in connection with the 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Musharraf was an army general who took power and his indictment is considered a bold warning to the Pakistani military that it is not above the law.

Egypt: Authorities arrested Mohammed Badie, spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, in an apparent effort to further dismantle the organizations’ leadership. He’s charged with inciting violence that led to the death of protesters. Badie’s own son was killed in last week’s street violence.

World: Sea levels are likely to rise three feet or more by 2100 if global warming continues at its present pace, according to the draft of a scientific report to be delivered to the UN. Temperatures could rise as much as 5 degrees if the release of greenhouse gases is not brought under control, the report says. One result could be more powerful coastal storms.

National: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a law yesterday banning so-called “gay conversion therapy” that claims to change the sexual orientation of gay and lesbian kids. Christie said he didn’t like interfering with choices parents make for children but he was convinced that conversion therapy does more damage than good.

• NY Police announced they seized 254 guns and arrested 19 people in what they say is the largest gun bust in the history of the city. Following a lead on gun sales out of a Brooklyn recording studio, police made undercover buys of handguns and assault rifles. Many of the guns were smuggled into NY from North and South Carolina.
• An Air Force B-1 bomber crashed yesterday in eastern Montana, reducing the fleet of $300 million jets to 64. The crew was not hurt.

Eat: A California judge has given the state permission to force feed 130 prisoners who have been on a hunger strike for six weeks. Some are in danger of dying. Originally 30,000 prisoners took part in the protest against extended solitary confinement. About 4500 California prisoners are held alone in a cell, some for ten years or more.

The Obit Page: Elmore Leonard, the prolific author of the hardboiled crime novels “Get Shorty,” “Freaky Deaky,” “Glitz” and “La Brava”, has died at home in Michigan at age 87. Honoring Leonard with its lifetime achievement award, the American chapter of PEN said his books  “are not only classics of the crime genre, but some of the best writing of the last half-century.” His first book was rejected 84 times.

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