Democrats will propose eliminating federal gas taxes for sixty days; 18 cents a gallon  —  Mulling proposal to give feds more power to target price gougers  —  Democrats are set to introduce a measure that would create a "federal gas tax holiday" by eliminating the federal tax on gas and diesel for sixty days, RAW STORY has learned.

Zarqawi Releases Video Tape (Updated)  —  Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaeda's commander in Iraq, has released "the first [videotape] to contain a 'message'... U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News."  The tape is titled A Message to the People.  This is his first video without a mask …

CIA Officer Fired for Leaking Classified Data  —  Post, Others Received Information; CIA Investigations Ongoing  —  Washington Post staff writer Dafna Linzer was online Tuesday, April 25, at 11 a.m. ET to discuss the firing of CIA intelligence officer Mary McCarthy for leaking classified information …

Is There A Double Standard On Leak Probes?  —  When the CIA announced on Friday that it had fired an employee who the agency claims "knowingly and willfully shared classified intelligence" with a newspaper reporter, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kansas …

Iran Says It Will Share Nuclear Skills  —  TEHRAN, April 25—Iran's supreme leader said today in a meeting with the Sudanese president that Iran was ready to share its nuclear technology with other countries.  —  "Iran's nuclear capability is one example of various scientific capabilities in the country.

Jane Jacobs, Urban Activist, Is Dead at 89  —  Jane Jacobs, the writer and thinker who brought penetrating eyes and ingenious insight to the sidewalk ballet of her own Greenwich Village street and came up with a book that challenged and changed the way people view cities, died today in Toronto, where she lived.

One Day, That Economy Ticket May Buy You a Place to Stand  —  The airlines have come up with a new answer to an old question: How many passengers can be squeezed into economy class?  —  A lot more, it turns out, especially if an idea still in the early stage should catch on: standing-room-only "seats."

Snow In May?  —  A week after White House press secretary Scott McClellan suddenly resigned, and — nothing.  —  Late last week, White House chief of staff Josh Bolten directly (firmly but politely) asked senior administration officials to stop unburdening themselves to the process-hungry Washington press corps.

Bush Faces Dissent From Republicans on Climate Change (Update1)  —  April 24 (Bloomberg) — Representative Bob Inglis, a South Carolina Republican, says he ``pooh-poohed'' global warming until he trekked to the South Pole in January.  —  ``Now, I think we should be concerned,'' says Inglis …

Shiite Militias Move Into Oil-Rich Kirkuk, Even as Kurds Dig In  —  Control of Iraqi City Has Long Been in Dispute  —  KIRKUK, Iraq — Hundreds of Shiite Muslim militiamen have deployed in recent weeks to this restive city — widely considered the most likely flash point for an Iraqi civil war …

Monday's act heroic after 30 years  —  Outfielder recalls protecting country's honor from protesters  —  LOS ANGELES — It was 1976, a fun year for America.  It was the country's bicentennial, the war in Vietnam had ended a year earlier and everyone really wanted to put all the problems from the 1960s …

Tuesday: My beloved rests in peace  —  My precious and beautiful wife, Allie, passed away during the night.  I found her lifeless body on the floor of the bathroom at 3:30 a.m. The paramedics did everything they could, but she was already gone.  We have no idea what happened.  She was young (41).