Jill Carroll Statement  —  RAMSTEIN AIRBASE, GERMANY — I'm so happy to be free and am looking forward to spending a lot of time with my family.  I want to express my deep appreciation to all the people who worked so long and hard for my release.  I am humbled by the sympathy and support expressed …

Rice: Don't take Iraq errors 'literally'  —  U.S. secretary of state visits England amid anti-war protests  —  BLACKBURN, England (CNN) — One day after Condoleezza Rice said the United States made possibly "thousands" of tactical mistakes in the war against Iraq, the secretary of state …

Call to Censure Bush Is Answered by a Mostly Empty Echo  —  WASHINGTON, MARCH 31 — The Senate Judiciary Committee opened a bitter if lopsided debate on Friday over whether Congress should censure President Bush for his domestic eavesdropping program.  —  Although few Senate Democrats …

Politics Is Facing Sweeping Change via the Internet  —  WASHINGTON, March 31 — The transformation of American politics by the Internet is accelerating with the approach of the 2006 Congressional and 2008 White House elections, prompting the rewriting of rules on advertising, fund-raising …

McKinney Says Police Officer Touched Her 'Inappropriately'  —  Cynthia McKinney, the Georgia congresswoman who had an altercation with a Capitol Police officer, said yesterday that the officer started the incident by "inappropriately touching and stopping" her after she walked past a security checkpoint.

Borders Blasts Back On Controversial Cartoons  —  New York, Mar. 31 - Gregory Josefowicz, the combative chairman of Borders Books, blasted back at his on-line critics today in a scathing on-line letter singling out right-wing blogger Charles Johnson of "Little Green Footballs".

A Geek, Sure, but No Patsy When It's About Research  —  WITH his baggy black clothes, his lank, black, center-parted hair, and his black-framed spectacles offsetting a moon-pale face, Laurie Pycroft knows how he is likely to be described.  —  "You are welcome to use the word geek," he tells an interviewer.

ABC Suspends Producer Over Bush-Bashing E-Mail  —  ABC News suspended the executive producer of the weekend edition of "Good Morning America" yesterday over a pair of leaked e-mails in which he used inflammatory language to slam President Bush and Madeleine Albright.

Harris' Senate campaign 'imploding'  —  With more key workers set to flee, it could be the final lap for the troubled race.  New hires are expected.  —  The last of U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris' key staffers appear ready to abandon her campaign for the U.S. Senate in a wave of resignations expected to start this weekend.

US lobby groups aim to weaken Cfius bill further  —  Washington's most powerful business lobbyists patted each other on the back this week after an intense lobbying campaign helped water down proposed legislation that will make the national security review process tougher for foreign companies buying sensitive US assets.

Clark: U.S. Needs New Plan on Terror War  —  WASHINGTON - Former Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark accused the Bush administration Saturday of taking the nation on a "path to nowhere" with misguided moves on national security.  —  The retired Army general and NATO military commander argued …

Cranky Al Franken, Matt Lauer, NBC's Today Show, Michael Smercomish  —  FRANKEN: 'SCREW YOU!'  —  On National Television, Grumpy, Testy Al Lets Loose  —  Memo to network producers: avoid booking Al Franken in the early morning hours.  Before a certain point, he's a certifiable grump.

Don't Politicize Our Soldiers  —  The Associated Press reported recently that a trailside memorial to an American soldier killed in Afghanistan had been vandalized.  The memorial to Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Petithory, adjacent to the Ashuwillticook Trail in Cheshire, Mass., was defaced with the words …