TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• Mayor Bloomberg was in attendance at Sunday's NYC Independence Party Spring Chair Reception, hosted by NY County Chair Cathy Stewart and her rag-tag band of Independence Party executive committee members and IP registrants from all 5 boros. Pictured here, State Committee member from Bayside Queens Drago Lovrin, the Mayor, and the Hankster. (Watch The Hankster for more photos from the event!)

• Mary Alice Miller doesn't want black voters to be independent....

• Elsewhere, independents are favoring State Sen. Creigh Deeds in the Democratic primary for Gov in Virginia... Virginia does not register voters by party and maintains open primaries.