Insurgents Justify Release of Jill Carroll in Web Tape  —  Tape Claims Americans Met Some Demands  —  March 30, 2006 — ABC News has found a video on an insurgent Web site showing U.S. reporter Jill Carroll before she was released by her captors in Iraq.  The circumstances surrounding …

Long-Awaited Medical Study Questions the Power of Prayer  —  Prayers offered by strangers had no effect on the recovery of people who were undergoing heart surgery, a large and long-awaited study has found.  —  And patients who knew they were being prayed for had a higher rate …

Calm Is Urged in Iran Debate  —  Mohamed ElBaradei, the U.N. nuclear agency chief, sees no imminent danger from Tehran and asks those discussing the issue to 'lower the pitch.'  —  BERLIN — United Nations atomic energy chief Mohamed ElBaradei urged the international community Thursday …

G.O.P. Is Taking Aim at Advocacy Groups  —  WASHINGTON, March 30 — To many Republicans, the liberal activist organization MoveOn.org is a political boogeyman that they hope to chase off with new restrictions on so-called 527 groups.  —  But the pursuit may turn out to be fruitless.

At Sept. 11 Trial, Tale of Missteps and Management  —  WASHINGTON, March 30 — Three weeks of testimony and dozens of documents released in the sentencing of Zacarias Moussaoui have offered an eerie parallel view of two organizations, Al Qaeda and the Federal Bureau of Investigation …

Levee Repair Costs Triple  —  The Bush administration said yesterday that the cost of rebuilding New Orleans's levees to federal standards has nearly tripled to $10 billion and that there may not be enough money to fully protect the entire region.  —  Donald E. Powell, the administration's …

Whose Backlash?  —  Hundreds of thousands of Mexican citizens, along with Mexican-Americans and Hispanics in general, hit the streets throughout the United States this past week in one of the largest displays of public outrage since the Vietnam-War era.  —  The conventional wisdom …

Obama rallies state Democrats, throws support behind Lieberman  —  HARTFORD, Conn. — U.S. Sen. Barack Obama rallied Connecticut Democrats at their annual dinner Thursday night, throwing his support behind mentor and Senate colleague Joe Lieberman.  —  Obama, an Illinois Democrat who is considered …

Blair will be gone by Christmas, say friends  —  Your view: is it time for Tony to go?  —  Tony Blair is to announce his resignation by Christmas, members of his inner circle believe.  —  The Prime Minister's closest aides feel that, following a series of damaging rows over education and "sleaze", he will quit within nine months.

University must address Hashemi issue head-on  —  Kingman Brewster '41, onetime president of the University, once said of the qualities needed to gain admission, "A demonstrated failure of moral sensitivity or regard for the dignity of others cannot be redeemed by allegations that the young man …

The Left's Fear of Money, Part II  —  Nine months ago I wrote a post that got a good amount of attention, it was about the fear of money that some people have on the left.  I think it's time for the next installment.  —  Last night I attended the Radio and Television Correspondents Association annual dinner in Washington, DC.