U.S. Military Releases Video Showing Zarqawi Unable to Work Gun  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq — The U.S. military command Thursday released previously unseen images of a video purportedly posted by Al Qaeda in Iraq's leader, showing him decked out in American tennis shoes and unable to operate his machine gun.

Moussaoui Offers Final Diatribe in Court  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. - U.S. Judge Leonie Brinkema sent Zacarias Moussaoui to prison for life Thursday, to "die with a whimper," for his role in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.  He declared: "God save Osama bin Laden — you will never get him."

Historic Senate Earmarks Battle Updated on Porkbusters; Coburn Example Shows True Political Courage, Value of Term Limits  —  It's been an historic week in the U.S. Senate as Sen. Tom Coburn, R-OK, used an obscure parliamentary move dubbed the "clay pigeon" amendment to force votes on nearly …

VIDEO: Rumsfeld Called Out On Lies About WMD  —  Speaking in Atlanta today, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was sharply questioned about his pre-war claims about WMD in Iraq.  An audience member confronted Rumsfeld with his 2003 claim about WMD, "We know where they are."

KENNEDY CAR CRASH COVER-UP?  —  Police labor union officials asked acting Chief Christopher McGaffin this afternoon to allow a Capitol Police officer to complete his investigation into an early-morning car crash involving Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.), son of Sen. Ted Kennedy.

This September: Original Unaltered Trilogy on DVD  —  Fans can look forward to a September filled with classic Star Wars nostalgia, led by the premiere of LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy video game and the long-awaited DVD release of the original theatrical incarnations of the classic Star Wars trilogy.

Lapdogs  —  Cowardly and clueless, the U.S. media abandoned its post as Bush led the country into a disastrous war.  A look inside one of the great journalistic collapses of our time.  —  Print EmailFont: S / S+ / S++  —  President Bush with Tony Snow, left, and Scott McClellan, right …

Decoding the McCaffrey Memo  —  If this is the cost of victory in Iraq, is America willing to pay it?  —  Good news and bad news on the war in Iraq: The good news is that victory is possible, our troops are the best ever, the Iraqi army is getting bigger and better, and most Iraqi people want a pluralistic government.

The gathering storm over Iran  —  IN OCTOBER of 1938, in the heat of the crisis over German intervention in Czechoslovakia, Winston Churchill appealed to the United States to help thwart the Nazi war machine.  ''Does anyone pretend that preparation for resistance to aggression is unleashing war?" he asked.

'Life in London made my boy a terrorist'  —  Zacarias Moussaoui's family in France blame the British for what happened to a once-carefree youth.  —  They trace the great change in Moussaoui's life to the moment the 23-year-old arrived in Britain in 1992, to attend a business studies course …

Judge orders San Diego cross removed  —  Gives city 90 days in case brought by ACLU-backed atheist  —  Ruling on a 15-year-old ACLU case, a federal judge today ordered the city of San Diego to remove a mountain-top cross within 90 days or face a fine of $5,000 a day.

New Storm on Jupiter Hints at Climate Change  —  A storm is brewing half a billion miles away and in a rare event, astronomers get to watch it closely.  —  Jupiter is growing a new red spot and the Hubble Space Telescope is photographing the scene.  Backyard astronomers have been following the action, too.