Dismissed CIA Officer Denies Leak Role  —  Official Says Agency Is Not Asserting She Told of Secret Prisons  —  A lawyer representing fired CIA officer Mary O. McCarthy said yesterday that his client did not leak any classified information and did not disclose to Washington Post reporter Dana Priest …

Bush Orders Probe Into Gas Price Cheating  —  ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Bush is trying to calm Americans' outrage over soaring gas prices by ordering an investigation into whether the price of gasoline has been illegally manipulated, his spokesman said Monday.

Sources: Tony Snow likely to take White House post  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sources close to the White House said Monday that Fox anchor Tony Snow is likely to accept the job as White House press secretary, succeeding Scott McClellan.  —  The sources said they expect him to announce his decision within the next few days.

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."

Sen. Roberts seeks delay of Intel probe  —  Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), who chairs the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said he wants to divide his panel's inquiry into the Bush administration's handling of Iraq-related intelligence into two parts, a move that would push off …

Lone Lawmaker Blocks Flight 93 Monument in Pa.  —  For emotional wallop, there are few rivals to the windswept, grassy field outside of Shanksville, Pa., where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed on Sept. 11, 2001.  —  But for three years, that field has made do with a makeshift monument …

Bush Says He Tried to Avoid War 'To The Max,' Explains How God Shapes His Foreign Policy  —  NEW YORK President Bush today said he had tried to avoid war with Iraq "diplomatically to the max."  —  Speaking to a business group in Irvine, Ca., he admitted mistakes were made in planning for the Iraq invasion …

Harvard author faces scrutiny  —  Novel compared with earlier book  —  A Harvard undergraduate who signed a book deal for reportedly $500,000 while still a freshman is facing allegations that portions of her newly published first novel closely resemble parts of a coming-of-age novel published by a New Jersey writer in 2001.

Democrats Beat Republicans in 2005 Fund-Raising on Wall Street  —  April 24 (Bloomberg) — Democrats outdid Republicans last year in attracting political donations from investment banks, brokerages and fund managers for the first time since 1994, helped by support from hedge funds and companies such as Merrill Lynch & Co.

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 …

Blogs link families with children at war  —  Carla Lois started an online diary - a weblog - just before the army sent her son Noah to Iraq in January 2005.  —  Eight months later, it paid off in a way she must always have prayed it would not, when she posted a terse item headlined: "My Son Has Been Injured."

Iran Is Described as Defiant on 2nd Nuclear Program  —  WASHINGTON, April 24 — Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency that it will refuse to answer questions about a second, secret uranium-enrichment program, according to European and American diplomats.

A New Oslo Peace Process?  —  The noted blogger Fjordman is filing this report via Gates of Vienna.  —  Thorbjørn Jagland is a former Foreign Minister and Prime Minister of Norway from the Labor Party.  He is now President of the Storting, the Norwegian Parliament …