We're starting into the evening after a slightly intense afternoon. (Adam Hirsch, here, on the evening shift.)

From the "Politics Makes For Strange Bedfellows" file, we found out that Conservative David Cameron will be the U.K.'s next Prime Minister, after his center-right party and the lefty Liberal Democrats formed a coalition, leaving the center-left Labor party to lick its wounds after the last election. We'll be getting voices from the BBC and here in the U.S. to explain how this unusual configuration came about, and what each party is trading.

It's traditional for Supreme Court nominees (and their friends, and their associates) to clam up to the media in the period between their gracious acceptance speech and facing the harsh lights of a Senate confirmation hearing ... and it's just as traditional for the rest of the country to be very, very curious about who the person is who might sit on the highest court in the land for the rest of their lives. So there's been a tension for us in the press as we report on details about Solicitor General Elena Kagan. We'll talk with two former associates of Kagan's tomorrow morning.

We'll also have an intriguing story about approaches to immigration in a southwestern state that isn't Arizona. After the last several weeks, we were shocked – shocked, we say! – to discover that Arizona isn't the only state in the union to have concerns over illegal immigration ... but we'll hear about a very different response to it. Tune in!

Anna Sale here on the day shift.

We are continuing to learn more about Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, and just a fraction of it is coming from her public writings as a lawyer and scholar. In the rush to fill in the details, everything from her high school yearbook picture to her card-playing habits are being examined. We'll look at the kinds of questions a modern Supreme Court nominee has to answer, and what is and isn't relevant in a culture where the privacy of public figures is often more an illusion than a fact.

We're also watching hearings in Washington today that are examining the causes of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the massive (but temporary) drop in the stock market last week. While lawmakers work to understand how modern-day trading is done, we'll continue our series, DIY Bailout, in the hopes of demystifying investing. Beth Kobliner gives us her her “Investing 101” tips. Don’t worry — she’ll keep it sweet and simple, for all of us whose eyes glaze over when we try to understand what an “institutional fund” is.

Finally, in our weekly look at food, we'll dive into the raw milk wars that are raging in states across the country. Raw milk opponents say milk can be unsafe if it's not pasteurized, causing sickness or death. Those on the other side, though, say raw milk can cure eveyrthing from asthma to autism (and tastes better, to boot). All of this, of course, is being debated in the political backdrop of agribusiness versus small farmers.

And, as always, we're starting a starting a conversation early online: We've been talking a lot about diversity on the Supreme Court, but we want to look more personally at the issue. Tell us about diversity among your closest peers. How diverse is your inner circle of nine? What makes it diverse?

Johnnie on Facebook writes:

"Wow — when I think about it, my 9 are very diverse, but each in a different way. Some I share age, some marital/parental status, some political views, some race, some just hobbies! Having such a range though makes life so rich and brings a fresh point of view to each conversation!"