• Under the Dome: Could '08 bring a McCain-Kerry ticket?. . . Hatch faces fire for his position on intellectual-property rights. [The Hill]

• Lloyd Grove's Lowdown: Is Matt Cooper job hunting at The New York Times?. . . MSNBC President Rick Kaplan "erupted angrily and at length" towards Keith Olbermann after the anchor told viewers of his own cancer scare. [NYDN]

• Liz Smith:Peter Jennings had told Aaron Brown: "Aaron, drop this morning paper idea. You are not funny!" [NYP]

• Names & Faces:Mayor Williams makes risotto and lamb on Channel 16's "InStyle Washington" cooking program. [WP]