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."

Rummy called out in Atlanta!  —  Rummy called out in Atlanta!  —  He lies about WMD's...  Ray McGovern, who was in the CIA for twenty seven years asked him why he lied about the run-up to the Iraq war.  Rumsfeld then proceeded to lie to McGovern to cover up his earlier statements about WMD's being in Iraq.

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.

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 …

'Hardball with Chris Matthews' for ay 3, 5pm  —  Guests: Rudy Giuliani, George Pataki, Michael Isikoff, Joe Biden, Kristin Breitweiser  —  CHRIS MATTHEWS, MSNBC ANCHOR: Thank you, Dan.  —  We've just been watching those very heartfelt remarks from the victims' families of 9/11 …

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.

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.  —  Editor's note: This is an excerpt from former Salon senior writer Eric Boehlert's new book "Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush."

Castro worth $900 million: Forbes  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cuban President Fidel Castro was furious when Forbes magazine estimated his fortune at $550 million last year.  This year, the magazine upped its estimate of the communist leader's wealth to a cool $900 million.

Bush Calls U.S. a Nation of Prayer  —  WASHINGTON - President Bush said Thursday that America's history is inexorably tied to prayer.  —  "America is a nation of prayer.  It's impossible to tell the story of our nation without telling the story of people who pray," Bush said during …

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.

Another Way for Iraq?  —  On Monday, to mark the third anniversary of President Bush's appearance on the USS Lincoln to announce that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended," Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada issued a news release in which Bush's text was set in contrast …

Fox, BBC, Al Jazeera most trusted: poll  —  LONDON (Reuters) - One-quarter of consumers abandoned a news source over the past year because they lost trust in its reporting, according to a new survey that also found the BBC, Fox News and Al Jazeera the most trusted brands in their respective home regions.

They Should Have Killed Him  —  The death penalty has a meaning, and it isn't vengeance. … Excuse me, I'm sorry, and I beg your pardon, but the jury's decision on Moussaoui gives me a very bad feeling.  What we witnessed here was not the higher compassion but a dizzy failure of nerve.