CIA Director Porter Goss Resigns  —  WASHINGTON — CIA Director Porter Goss resigned unexpectedly Friday, leaving behind a spy agency still struggling to recover from the scars of intelligence failures before America's worst terrorist attack and faulty information that formed the U.S. rationale for invading Iraq.

Pat cites pills in car wreck  —  WASHINGTON -U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy insisted yesterday that he had consumed "no alcohol" before he slammed his Mustang convertible into a concrete barrier near his office, but a hostess at a popular Capitol Hill watering hole told the Herald she saw him drinking in the hours before the crash.

How Not to Fight Terrorism  —  After four years, numerous appeals, millions of dollars, and a massive investment of government personnel and resources, the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui concluded Wednesday with a life sentence.  Many have cited the case as an example of how difficult it is to try terrorists in civilian courts.

Veto?  Who Needs a Veto?  —  One of the abiding curiosities of the Bush administration is that after more than five years in office, the president has yet to issue a veto.  No one since Thomas Jefferson has stayed in the White House this long without rejecting a single act of Congress.

Conservatives try to distance themselves from "Bush the liberal"  —  (updated below)  —  Yesterday, I referenced an article in National Review by Jonah Goldberg in which Goldberg argued that the two most glaring examples of failed Republican presidents — Richard Nixon and George Bush …

Doctors Object to Gathering of Drug Data  —  Although virtually unknown to consumers, the information has long been considered the most potent weapon in pharmaceutical sales — computerized dossiers showing which physicians are prescribing what drugs.  Armed with such data …

Poll: Bush's Approval Falls to New Low  —  WASHINGTON - Angry conservatives are driving the approval ratings of President Bush and the GOP-led Congress to dismal new lows, according to an AP-Ipsos poll that underscores why Republicans fear an Election Day massacre.

Climate Change Drives Disease To New Territory  —  Viruses Moving North to Areas Unprepared for Them, Experts Say  —  TORONTO — Valere Rommelaere, 82, survived the D-Day invasion in Normandy, but not a mosquito bite.  Six decades after the war, the hardy Saskatchewan farmer was bitten …

WC: United States team bus to show no flag  —  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - The official team bus to be used by the United States during the World Cup will not bear a flag for security reasons.  —  The 32 official buses were presented Thursday in Frankfurt and the other 31 buses have large national flags …