The last of us

• It was all about the games at Sony's E3 news conference Monday night. Following a morning event at which competitor Microsoft touted ambitious plans to expand its video-game brand into digital video and music, Sony Corp.
(Los Angeles Times)
• Last week, The Diplomat, a Japan-based foreign affairs magazine "In my attempt to explain where technology could help us, I spoke in the present tense," he said.
(New York Times)
• WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday questioned a source familiar with the issue told Reuters last week..
(Reuters)
• A U.S. envoy challenged Iran on Tuesday to disprove suspicions it and the United States if diplomacy fails to persuade Tehran to compromise.
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• On Tuesday, the Institute for Supply Management said its index of non-manufacturing activity edged up to 53.7 last month from an April reading of 53.5. That is important because U.S. service companies employ roughly 90 percent of American workers.
(AP - msnbc.com)
• Sony kicked off its press conference in style with a beautiful montage of all its games expected for release within the next year on various PlayStation platforms.
(NDTV)
• The top three eight-man boats at the 2011 championships had at least four foreigners. Weeks ago, the U.S. team squeaked into the last spot available for London in the mens eight.
(Wall Street Journal)
• Kratos once again sticks fear into the Olympus gods in a new game for the defining series of PlayStation.
(Social Barrel)
• The last American to win the Open was Lucas Glover, in 2009, and he'll be a factor again. Tiger Woods, in his premium years, when he was building his case as the greatest golfer ever, won three U.S. Opens.
(NJ.com)
• Major al-Qaida leaders killed in U.S.
(Seattle Times)