Morning Newsdome: A Chinese Traffic Jam.

>> U.S. Chief District Court Judge Royce Lamberth has issued an injunction blocking federal Funding for embryonic stem cell research, citing a law bans That Funding "when an embryo is Destroyed. Embryos are so precious, That is UNTIL They grow up. (The Wall Street Journal)
>> Former president and all-around Georgia boy Jimmy Carter is headed Thurs North Korea this week as a private Citizen Thurs rescue Aijalon Mahli Gomes, a 30-year-old Boston Resident Who Is Sentenced to 8 years in prison on crossing into North Korea from China. Carter will be traveling as a private Citizen and will Not bring up policy issues, but their May bring at his wife and daughter. Family vacay summer 2010! (Huffington Post)

>> According to the National Association of Realtors, sales of Previously occupied homes last month plummeted to the Lowest level in 15 years. That's Just Because Americans deserve shiny brand new homes, duh. (The Washington Post)

>> And finally: You think Atlanta traffic is bad? A giant traffic jam stretching dozens of miles in northern China due Thurs road construction is ITS tenth day in May and last for weeks. At That point, it's time to turn around. (NPR)