Richard Lugar, after 36 years in the Senate, is projected to lose the Indiana Senate primary to state treasurer Richard Mourdock. The 80-year-old Lugar is the longest-serving Republican in the Senate, along with Orrin Hatch of Utah, but he faced a challenge by those in his party who felt he was not conservative enough on federal spending. Mourdock was backed by a variety of conservative groups, including the National Rifle Association. The Democratic candidate will be Rep. Joe Donnelly, but it is not clear if he can raise enough money to be truly competitive in November.

Mitt Romney has the Republican nomination for president all but locked up, adding Indiana and North Carolina to his state tally on Tuesday night with decisive victories. Romney outpaced his only viable challenger remaining, Ron Paul, in both states, winning more than 60 percent of the vote with Paul barely getting over the 10 percent mark. With 74 percent of precincts reporting in Indiana, Romney had a convincing 64 percent of the vote. Rick Santorum, meanwhile was third in both states. Santorum endorsed Romney in an email to supporters Monday night.

The would-be bomber revealed Monday to have been plotting to blow up an American airliner with an underwear bomb was said to be a double agent, American officials said Tuesday. The agent infiltrated the terrorist group and gathered highly sensitive information on its operations, including the innovative bomb and its designs, delivering all of the intelligence to the CIA. He reportedly spent weeks in Yemen at a dangerous al Qaeda outpost, giving the U.S. the information it needed to kill Fahd Mohammed Ahmed al-Quso, a suspect in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole. He handed the bomb to top explosive experts and the FBI to allow analysis of its complicated workings. Officials would not identify the operative, nor where he was from.

North Carolina voted to pass a constitutional amendment that bans same-sex marriage along with civil unions for gay and straight couples Tuesday. With 35 percent of precincts reporting, Amendment 1 was passing 58 percent to 42 percent. The ban recognizes marriages between one man and one woman and as “the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized.” Polls suggested that many voters did not know that the measure will also have an effect on straight couples. North Carolina already has a law against same-sex marriage and becomes the last former Confederate state to add such a ban to its constitution.

Well, she may be out of the running for the presidency, but Michele Bachmann can at least console herself with the fact that she's eligible to run for office in Switzerland. Yes, Switzerland! According to a Swiss TV report, former GOP presidential candidate now has Swiss citizenship through her husband Marcus, who became a citizen in February thanks to his parents’ nationality. Michele and the Bachmanns' three youngest children (who are under 18) automatically became citizens after Marcus’s citizenship was granted, while their two older children are eligible to have their citizenship fast-tracked if they choose to apply. Bachmann's congressional office said the family made the decision to get Swiss citizenship for their children, who wanted the privilege.

Yulia Tymoshenko, the prime minister of Ukraine in 2005 and from 2007 to 2010, will end her 19-day hunger strike. Tymoshenko began the protest after alleging that guards in the prison where she is being held beat her when they transferred her to a hospital to deal with her back pain. After losing about 22 pounds, she will now be treated by a German doctor. The Ukraine, which had to postpone a European summit after other countries boycotted it, caved under international pressure. Tymoshenko, a main rival of current president Viktor Yanukovych, was sentenced to seven years in jail in October for being accused of abusing her power while prime minister, a conviction that the U.S. and other Western nations said was politically motivated.

President Obama was dealt a stinging blow on Tuesday when he lost about 40 percent of the vote in West Virginia’s Democratic primary to a Texas inmate. Keith Judd, who is serving time at the Beaumont Federal Correctional Institute, didn't get much campaigning done, but he was still able to win a significant chunk of the vote. Judd is in prison for making threats at the University of New Mexico more than a decade ago. It wasn't just West Virginia where Obama ran into some disgruntled voters. He lost about 18 percent of the vote to Randall Terry, an anti-abortion activist, in Oklahoma. Judd got on the ballot by filling out a form and paying the $2,500 fee, though a Democratic Party spokesperson said no one has filed a delegate for him for the national convention.

A donor to John Edwards’s 2008 presidential campaign warned Barack Obama’s campaign against considering Edwards as a running mate because of the Rielle Hunter affair. Tim Toben, a developer in Chapel Hill, N.C., testified that he told the Obama campaign about the affair in June 2008, once Edwards told him that he was being considered as Obama’s running mate. Toben said that he felt Edwards’s affair would have “destroyed” the Democrats' chances at winning the election. Toben had helped Hunter disappear from North Carolina after the press had learned her identity. He claimed he did it as a “big favor” to Edwards.

John Carter may have had audiences groaning, but Disney has proved it will survive after the company posted second quarter earnings of $1.1 billion Tuesday. Revenues for the Walt Disney Co., which owns theme parks and TV properties in addition to its studio holdings, jumped 6 percent to $9.6 billion over the same period. Martian sci-fi flop John Carter cost the studio $250 million to make and led to operating losses of $84 million. Some of that wasted cash may be made up by the roaring success of The Avengers, which hit theaters this past week and set a new record for an opening weekend, raking in $207.4 million at the box office.

Josh Hamilton had quite a game as the Texas Rangers defeated the Baltimore Orioles 10–3 Tuesday night. Hamilton hit four two-run homers, marking just the 16th four-home-run-game in major-league history. He's the first player to achieve such a feat since September 2003, when Carlos Delgado did so as a Toronto Blue Jay. Of the 16 players to hit four home runs in a game, two did it before 1900. Hamilton has had five multihomer games, but this was his first four-homer game; his eight RBIs were also a career high. Hamilton, the 2010 American League MVP, also had 18 total bases in the game, which broke the Rangers' record set by Jose Canseco in June 1994.

A second male masseur has filed a $2 million lawsuit against John Travolta alleging the actor sexually assaulted him. The suit comes a day after another male masseur filed a suit against Travolta for sexual battery. He is alleging that he has "substantial documentation" and "numerous witnesses" that will prove that Travolta assaulted him. The first lawsuit alleges Travolta made a pass at the masseur and touched his leg, scrotum, and penis after the actor took off his clothes. The suit alleges that Travolta apologized to the masseur for his actions, but continued to try to have sex with him. Travolta's public relations rep has called the first lawsuit “complete fiction.”

A man who collapsed while jogging in London says he has actor Dustin Hoffman to thank for saving his life. Sam Dempster, 27, said he has “no memory of what happened” while he was jogging in London’s Hyde Park, and paramedics told him that Hoffman called them after Dempster suffered a heart attack. Hoffman also reportedly waited until the paramedics arrived, and then told them “Good job, guys” after Dempster’s heart started beating again. Dempster, who is now in recovery after undergoing surgery, said, “I want to say thank you to Dustin Hoffman. He saved my life.”

Prince Harry will fly back to Britain Tuesday after visiting Washington, D.C., and receiving an award for his humanitarian efforts on Monday. Former U.S. secretary of state Colin Powell introduced Harry to the Atlantic Council dinner, saying “the loving effort that Princess Diana made to teach her sons the importance of serving others has touched [their] hearts and souls.” Harry thanked service members, saying it was a “privilege for me to fight alongside members of the United States Armed Forces.” Earlier Monday Harry met with Jill Biden at the British ambassador’s residence before they went to the dinner.

Maurice Sendak, the author of the beloved children’s book Where the Wild Things Are, died on Tuesday from complications of a recent stroke. He was 83. Sendak was considered one of the greatest children’s book artists of the 20th century, as he famously upended the traditional theory of children’s literature of teaching moral lessons through well-behaved heroes and heroines. His genre-breaking books included In the Night Kitchen, Outside Over There, Chicken Soup With Rice, and the recently published Bumble-Ardy. A posthumous picture book, My Brother’s Book, a poem written and illustrated by Sendak and inspired by his late brother, is scheduled to be published next February.

Lost actor Matthew Fox was arrested Monday in Oregon for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. According to police, Fox was pulled over after allegedly failing to maintain his lane and to signal. He was arrested on the scene after the officer decided he was intoxicated. He was taken into custody and has since been released. There is no mug shot because the camera at the police station is reportedly broken. Fox lives in Bend, Oregon.

Unusually large numbers of dolphins and seabirds have been washing up dead in Peru, causing panic as officials have yet to conclusively come up with a cause. At least 877 dolphins and more than 1,500 birds have died since the government began tracking the deaths in February, the Environment Ministry said last week. The deputy environment minister insisted the deaths were not related, saying the most likely culprit in the dolphin deaths was morbillivirus and the “most plausible” cause of death among the seabirds is a lack of food. But that explanation doesn’t satisfy those who think it may be related to seismic testing by oil and gas companies.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that the recent foiled bomb plot by suspected extremists in Yemen is proof that “terrorists keep trying” to kill Americans and all the more reason the U.S. has to “remain vigilant.” U.S. counterterrorism officials said on Monday that the FBI is analyzing the explosive device, which is similar to the so-called underwear bomb that a man attempted to use to blow up a Detroit airliner. U.S. officials said the plot was busted by an “insider” who managed to “infiltrate” al Qaeda. U.S. Rep. Peter King alleged the suspected plot is linked to an al Qaeda leader killed in Yemen on Saturday, but Yemeni leaders said they have no information on this particular plot.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck a deal with opposition party Kadima early Tuesday to form a unity government. Opposition leader Shaul Mofaz will become deputy prime minister and will stand in for Netanyahu when he is abroad and join all closed sessions of cabinet. The deal means that 94 of the 120 members of Parliament are now on Netanyahu’s team, allowing him to more easily shape legislation. Netanyahu said that the new coalition is “good for the security of Israel, good for the economy of Israel, good for the society of Israel, and good for the people of Israel.”

A Thai man who had been sentenced to 20 years in jail for sending text messages that were considered offensive to the queen died in prison, his lawyers said Tuesday. Amphon Tangnoppakul, known as “Uncle SMS,” was arrested in August 2010 after being accused of sending four text messages to government officials that were deemed offensive to the queen. He denied sending them but was still handed one of the harshest sentences ever for someone accused of insulting the monarchy. His cause of death was not immediately clear, but Tangnoppakul’s lawyer said he had complained of stomach pains on Friday and was transferred to a correctional-facility prison for treatment.

The “Painter of Light” died of an accidental overdose of a mixture of alcohol and Valium, the Santa Clara County coroner’s office announced Tuesday. Thomas Kinkade, who made a fortune painting cottages and landscapes, was found dead in his California home on April 6. The coroner cited “ethanol and Diazepam intoxication, or in common terms, alcohol and the tranquilizer often marketed as Valium,” as the cause of death. Kinkade has reportedly been battling addiction to alcohol for the past five years, and after the artist’s death his brother told reporters that attacks on his work had taken their toll on the man.

A senior U.S. official told Foreign Policy Monday that personnel at the American Embassy in Beijing were worried that blind dissident Chen Guangcheng had advanced colon cancer when he arrived. Concerns about his health were so severe that officials sped up the timeline for Chen to leave the embassy and enter a Chinese hospital, the U.S. official said. Chen was found to be “bleeding profusely from his rectum,” the official said, and an embassy doctor’s diagnosis that Chen may have cancer “gave us a lot of anxiety.” According to the official, the Chinese would not allow medical equipment into the embassy where Chen took shelter after fleeing house arrest on April 22. It was reported Sunday that Chen has gastroenteritis.

George Zimmerman, the Florida neighborhood-watch leader who’s charged with second-degree murder of Trayvon Martin, is being formally arraigned and will not attend a Tuesday hearing, according to his lawyer, Mark O’Mara. O’Mara filed a not-guilty written plea at Tuesday’s arraignment in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman, 28, remains free after posting $150,000 bail.

The FBI on Tuesday intensified its search for a man who is believed to have abducted a Tennessee woman and her three daughters, after the bodies of the mother and her eldest daughter were found in northern Mississippi. Authorities believe that Adam Mayes, a 35-year-old family friend, abducted Jo Ann Bain and her daughters, Adrienne, 14, Alexandria, 12, and Kyliyah, 8, and the FBI said they believe that Alexandria and Kyliyah are still with him. Mayes is considered to be armed and dangerous. Jo Ann and Adrienne’s bodies were found late last week behind a house belonging to Mayes.

China has forced Al Jazeera, the popular Middle East broadcast network, to close the China news operations of its English-language channel. The Chinese government refused to renew correspondent Melissa Chan’s journalist visa or press credentials and would not allow another correspondent to replace her. Chan was scheduled to leave Beijing on Monday night. The government did not state a reason for the expulsion. The last time an accredited foreign correspondent was denied reporting privileges was in 1998.

Twitter has asked that a state court reject a subpoena that the social-media company hand over user data for Michael Harris, an Occupy Wall Street protester who was arrested for disorderly conduct. Prosecutors had asked Twitter for Harris’s email address and all of his tweets from a three-month period, but Twitter cited the Fourth Amendment and argued that police would need a search warrant to access his information. After prosecutors argued that the user didn’t have the legal standing to protect his tweets, Twitter countered that its terms of service stipulate that users have control of their own communications. The American Civil Liberties Union praised Twitter in a blog post for protecting its users' civil rights.

Rick Santorum threw his support behind presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney Monday, sending out an email to his supporters in which he endorsed the former Massachusetts governor. "Governor Romney will be that nominee and he has my endorsement and support to win this the most critical election of our lifetime," Santorum wrote. The endorsement comes after the two former rivals sat down for a one-on-one meeting in Pittsburgh last week where Santorum said he shared with Romney "the issues most important to conservatives." Santorum added, "I strongly encouraged Romney that he add more conservative leaders as an integral part of his team." Santorum dropped out of the Republican primary in early April, revealing that his campaign had run up against the money and power of Romney's well-oiled machine.

Hundreds of Russians took to the streets Monday to protest Vladimir Putin’s inauguration, and authorities detained two of the country’s highest-profile opposition leaders. Putin retook his position as president after spending four years as prime minister, and former president Dmitry Medvedev will be confirmed as the new prime minister on Tuesday. The swap had many Russians saying the elections were a sham, and some of the largest riots since the days of the Soviet Union were held. On Sunday police clashed with protesters and arrested more than 400, and another 300 were arrested on Monday as authorities tried to clear the streets for Putin’s elaborate inauguration.

Bitterly divided North Carolina voters will go to the polls Tuesday to vote on an amendment that will ban same-sex marriage and civil unions—a vote that has brought out such heavy-hitters as Bill Clinton and Billy Graham. North Carolina already bans same-sex marriage, but this initiative will add a line to the constitution decreeing marriage can only be between one man and one woman. Around 500,000 people voted early, with early results showing that the generational divide ruled: voters 65 and over favored the gay-marriage amendment by a measure of 2 to 1. In Winston-Salem, the city council voted Monday night to oppose the amendment, as supporters rallied in the city.

The controversy over a fake college degree sneaking passed Yahoo’s hiring committee has claimed its first victim. Patti Hart, the Yahoo director responsible for hiring CEO Scott Thompson, is resigning from the Yahoo board following the news that Thompson’s academic record was improperly vetted. Hart, who is CEO of International Game Technology, was apparently pressured by her own board to extricate herself from the Yahoo scandal. She joined the Yahoo board in 2010 and has been head of its corporate governance and nominating committee. The Thompson scandal comes amid news that the Internet giant is struggling, having laid off 2,000 employees last month.

Standard & Poors hit a two-month low on Tuesday as U.S. investors reacted to turmoil in Greece. The Dow, Nasdaq, and European markets all opened lower on Tuesday as Greece edged closer to being kicked off the euro zone and as voters in Greece and France revolted against harsh austerity policies. On Monday the Greek government failed to form a coalition, leaving formation of a new government in the hands of Alexis Tsipras, the leader of the far-left party that came in second place in Sunday’s elections. German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted Monday that Greece must comply with the strict terms of the November bailout—leaving many saying that the country could be expelled from the euro.

The Senate on Tuesday failed to approve a bill that would keep federal student loans at their current interest rates for another year, once again postponing debate on what has become a controversial issue. The Senate’s party-line vote of 52-45 failed to reach the necessary 60 votes, meaning that 7 million student borrowers could see their rates jump from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent if the rates are allowed to expire in July. Lawmakers disagree over how to pay for the extension, and it has become a major issue on the presidential campaign trail in the past few weeks.