Deadly Attack On CBS News Crew  —  Two Team Members Killed, Correspondent Seriously Injured By Roadside Bomb In Baghdad  —  (CBS/AP) Two members of a CBS News team, veteran cameraman Paul Douglas, 48, and soundman James Brolan, 42, were killed and correspondent Kimberly Dozier, 39 …

Iran's Drive to Nuclear Fuel Slows, Diplomats Say  —  After boasting last month that it had joined the "nuclear club" by successfully enriching uranium on an industrial scale — and portraying its action as irreversible — Iran appears to have slowed its drive to produce nuclear fuel …

Frist Backs Search of Congressman's Office  —  WASHINGTON — In a break with his counterparts in the House, the Senate's leader said Sunday the FBI was within its right to search the office of a congressman under investigation in a bribery case.  —  "No House member, no senator …

Memorial Day  —  Reflections on those who made the ultimate sacrifice.  —  LONDON—In the Cotswold hills, in deep England, there is a pair of villages named Upper Slaughter and Lower Slaughter.  In addition to its rather gruesome name, Lower Slaughter possesses a unique distinction.

The Troops Have Moved On  —  N EITHER party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained.  Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even before the conflict itself should cease.  So said Abraham Lincoln in his second inaugural address …

Democrats Eye November Landslide  —  Republicans are three steps from a November shellacking _ each a grim possibility if habitually divided Democrats get their acts together.  —  First step: Voters must focus on the national landscape on Nov. 7 rather than local issues and personalities that usually dominate midterm elections.

Washington Whispers  —  The CIA's class of '85 must have been a doozy.  Three alumni of that year's fall career training class are much in the news these days.  There's Valerie Plame, the now retired spy whose outing is being investigated by special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald.

Mayor Says No National Bid, but Actions Keep Question Alive  —  For a man who says he is not running for president, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has been sounding a lot like a candidate for the White House lately.  —  He spent last week thrusting himself into national politics …

SUMMER'S HERE AND THE TIME IS RIGHT...  ...for arguing about literature.  I don't know about you, but we need a break from poltics.  So, in anticipation of time at the beach, in the hammock or on the dock, we thought it would be fun to see what our readers consider to be the best American novels ever written.

A Few Years, and Then Another Bush?  —  WASHINGTON — Bush III?  Or has the dynasty run its course?  —  Those are the questions some Republicans are asking themselves as political talk bubbles up yet again about President Bush's brother Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida and his interest in the White House.

Terms Differ in Jail Releases  —  Experts worry Sheriff Baca's policy of having certain prisoners serve more time for the same crime may invite `equal protection' challenges.  —  Under its policy of selectively releasing criminals to ease jail overcrowding, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department …

Bloody Scenes Haunt a Marine  —  Member of a unit under investigation recalls a day in Iraq that claimed a buddy and civilians.  —  HANFORD, Calif. — Lance Cpl. Roel Ryan Briones says he is tormented by two memories of Nov. 19, 2005, in Haditha, Iraq.  —  The first is of the body …

Remember  —  EVERY YEAR, tens of thousands of people visit Cabrillo National Monument, on the tip of San Diego's Point Loma.  On either side of the road leading to the monument lies a cemetery.  —  Most people never stop, or even slow down, to think about the legions who lie in that massive graveyard.

For Memorial Day: Editorials Still Oppose Iraq Withdrawals  —  NEW YORK Today marks another Memorial Day, this time with the American death toll in Iraq well past 2400 lives, with over 18,000 injured.  Just over six months have passed since hawkish Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) …

Babies aborted for not being perfect  —  The ethical storm over abortions has been renewed as it emerged that terminations are being carried out for minor, treatable birth defects.  —  Late terminations have been performed in recent years because the babies had club feet, official figures show.