Representative Peter King, the Long Island Republican who's been criticized for holding hearings on Muslim "radicalization," was sent a little care package via the U.S. Postal Service yesterday: a bloody pig's foot and a note with "anti-Semitic ramblings." Sources tell NBC that Capitol police are investigating, but it appears the sender mistakenly believed that King, a Roman Catholic, is Jewish. Orthodox Jews, of course, don't dig on swine, but King's religion has no such restrictions. Unfortunately, the delicious trotter was intercepted before it could get to King's office. more ›

The FBI is investigating a number of hateful letters sent to the Hispanic owners of business in Washington Heights and Inwood. NY1 reports that the "barrage of hate mail" contains "threats such as 'Stop wrecking my USA,' 'Speak english' and 'We don't want you in our community.'" Jesus Hernandez, who owns Mama Sushi, told WCBS 2, "I don't have just Latin people coming here. I have black, I have white I have all kinds of people as customers so I can't point out anybody who would do such a thing." Hispanics Across America's Fernando Mateo is worried the letter writer may act out, which is why he has given the letters to the FBI, "That somebody may come with a machine gun and shoot-up the area, shoot-up the patrons, you know? We don't want to wait until it escalates into gunfire." more ›

READING: We've been gushing over filmmaker, performing artist and writer, Miranda July's new book (and its accompanying website), No One Belongs Here More that You. Tonight she reads from her collection of short stories at Paula Cooper Gallery. There she is at left, typing away, and you can listen to her reading on her MySpace. more ›