Feingold Calls for Bush's Censure  —  Wisconsin Democrat Asks Senate to Rebuke the President for NSA Wiretaps  —  March 12, 2006— In an exclusive interview on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos," Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold called on the Senate to publicly admonish President Bush …

Arrest of Ex-Bush Aide Shocks Associates  —  Once-Soaring GOP Career Man Said to Be Devoted to His Family and Church  —  Claude A. Allen has said his mother warned him that as a black man he risked ruining his life, or at least his career, by becoming a Republican.

Valerie's Thinly Veiled Cover?  —  Well, the theater of the absurd that tries to pass for journalism has gone to new lows with a goofy story in today's Chicago Tribune.  The article, Internet Blows CIA Cover  —  claims, "It's easy to track America's covert operatives.

Army Guard Refilling Its Ranks  —  The Army National Guard, which has suffered a severe three-year recruiting slump, has begun to reel in soldiers in record numbers, aided in part by a new initiative that pays Guard members $2,000 for each person they enlist.

McCain Tests New Road to Nomination  —  2000's GOP Rebel Incorporates Support for Bush Into Quest for Change  —  MEMPHIS, March 11 — No one stole the show at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference here this weekend, but Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) demonstrated why every …

Days of DeWine and Ruses?  Reporters May Be Exempt from Eavesdropping Bill  —  WASHINGTON Reporters who write about government surveillance could be prosecuted under proposed legislation that would solidify the administration's eavesdropping authority, according to some legal analysts …

How Islamic inventors changed the world  —  From coffee to cheques and the three-course meal, the Muslim world has given us many innovations that we take for granted in daily life.  As a new exhibition opens, Paul Vallely nominates 20 of the most influential- and identifies the men of genius behind them

FACTBOX-Developments in Iraq, March 12  —  March 12 (Reuters) - Following are security incidents and political developments in Iraq as of 1610 GMT on Sunday.  —  U.S. and Iraqi forces have been battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite- and Kurdish-led government since U.S. troops toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003.

Hecklers harass families of US soldiers killed in Iraq  —  Five women sang and danced as they held up signs saying "thank God for dead soldiers" at the funeral of an army sergeant who was killed by an Iraqi bomb.  —  For them, it was the perfect way to spread God's word: America was being punished for tolerating homosexuality.

Media shockingly ignorant of Muslims among us  —  This week's Voldemort Award goes to the New York Times for their account of a curious case of road rage in North Carolina:  —  "The man charged with nine counts of attempted murder for driving a Jeep through a crowd at the University …

The Twists and Turns of History, and of DNA  —  Charles Brewer-Carias/Associated Press, left; Hulton Archive/Getty Images, middle; Fox Photos/Getty Images  —  ADAPTATION The Yanomamo, left, and Ashkenazi Jews, center, may be examples of a society's genetic response to circumstances.

John Burns, Back from Baghdad: U.S. Effort In Iraq Will Likely Fail  —  NEW YORK A day after returning to the U.S., after another long term as bureau chief in Baghdad, John F. Burns of The New York Times said on Bill Maher's live Friday night HBO program that he now feels, for the first time …

Iran Rejects Russian Uranium Proposal  —  TEHRAN, March 12 — Iran has rejected a Russian proposal to enrich uranium on its behalf, closing the door on an option that offered a possible diplomatic solution to international concerns over its nuclear program.  —  "The Russian proposal …

Bloggers at the Gates: What Was Good for EBay Should Be Good for Politics  —  After the disastrous 2004 election, prominent Democrats gathered in Monterey, Calif., to discuss what to do next.  The organizers scheduled a session on coalition building, but each special interest complained that its issue was being slighted.