Source: Paulson replaces Snow at Treasury  —  WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary John Snow has resigned and will be replaced by Goldman Sachs Chairman Henry M. Paulson Jr., a senior administration official said Tuesday, in another chapter of a White House shake-up to revive President Bush's troubled presidency.

Pedophiles to launch political party  —  AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch pedophiles are launching a political party to push for a cut in the legal age for sexual relations to 12 from 16 and the legalization of child pornography and sex with animals, sparking widespread outrage.

Justices, 5-4, Limit Whistleblower Suits  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it harder for government employees to file lawsuits claiming they were retaliated against for going public with allegations of official misconduct.  —  By a 5-4 vote, justices said the nation's 20 …

Raiding Congress  —  The Justice Department went overboard in raiding Rep. Jefferson's office.  —  With the separation of powers, the Founders created a system with inevitable tension between Congress and the executive.  Congress has been the biggest offender in stealing power from the executive …

Ceballos— The Court Creates Bad Information Policy  —  Marty has explained the details of the Ceballos opinion below and I won't repeat what he has to say here.  Instead let me offer a few remarks on the larger meaning of the case.  —  The Court's employee speech cases rest on an unstable tension.

Bush Aide Called War Reporters 'Whiny' and 'Soft'  —  NEW YORK Karl Zinsmeister, the new chief domestic adviser to President Bush, while embedded with the 82nd Airborne in Kuwait in 2003, declared that "many of the journalists observable in this war theater are bursting with knee-jerk suspicions …

Nation splits 4 ways on illegals  —  WASHINGTON — Americans hold strong and conflicting views about immigration that underscore the difficulties Congress will face in reaching a final legislative deal on the issue, an analysis of USA TODAY polling data shows.  —  ON DEADLINE: Which group are you in?

The Purpose Driven Life Takers  —  Imagine: you are a foot soldier in a paramilitary group whose purpose is to remake America as a Christian theocracy, and establish its worldly vision of the dominion of Christ over all aspects of life.  You are issued high-tech military weaponry …

Lead figure in phone jam to advise GOP contenders  —  Charles McGee back to work after prison  —  May 29.  —  major figure in the Election Day phone-jamming scandal that embarrassed and nearly bankrupted the New Hampshire GOP is out of prison and back in the political game.

"We Are Determined"  —  SPIEGEL: Mr. President, you are a soccer fan and you like to play soccer.  Will you be sitting in the stadium in Nuremberg on June 11, when the Iranian national team plays against Mexico in Germany?  —  Ahmadinejad: It depends.  Naturally, I'll be watching the game in any case.

Dems say oil execs, Bush Admin set to gain from estate tax repeal  —  Democrats have prepared for an upcoming Senate battle over repeal of the estate tax by releasing estimated savings the repeal could equal for oil executives and members of the Bush Administration, RAW STORY has learned.

Lecturers back boycott of Israeli academics  —  Britain's largest lecturers' union yesterday voted in favour of a boycott of Israeli lecturers and academic institutions who do not publicly dissociate themselves from Israel's "apartheid policies".  —  Delegates at the annual conference …

Car bombs, mortars leave 40 dead in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Car bombs and mortar attacks killed at least 40 people Tuesday across Iraq as the government struggled with deteriorating security, while a man who allegedly confessed to hundreds of beheadings has been captured, officials said.

Batwoman hero returns as lesbian  —  Comic book heroine Batwoman is to make a comeback as a "lipstick lesbian" who moonlights as a crime fighter, a DC Comics spokesman has confirmed.  —  Batwoman - real name Kathy Kane - will appear in 52, a year-long DC Comics publication that began this month.

Is Ahmadinejad Giving Germany's Far-Right Free Propaganda?  —  Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has continued his ranting about whether the Holocaust happened, this time in an interview with SPIEGEL magazine.  Also, Friday's Berlin stabbing spree is a reminder to World Cup visitors …

After Fence Assault, Anti-War Port Mob Eats Pepper Spray  —  Sadly, the young protesters had to dunk their heads in Puget Sound after their encounter with pepper spray.  —  Thurston County Sheriff's deputies holds protesters to the ground after clearing the entry to the Port of Olympia on Wednesday afternoon.

Well-Intentioned Food Police May Create Havoc With Children's Diets  —  Earlier this year, our small Midwestern school district joined the food wars, proposing a new policy that would discourage all food in classrooms, ban nuts and sugary foods and do away with vending machines.

"Politics is at its most invigorating when it's cacophonous and chaotic."  —  Jonathan Alter in Newsweek writes about the evolutionary confluence of technology and politics, and announces an intriguing new initative to creatively disrupt the 2008 elections.  All you need is a modem and a dream.

Wounded CBS Reporter 'Responsive'  —  Kimberly Dozier Now In Germany For Treatment; Colleagues Douglas, Brolan Are Mourned  —  (CBS/AP) CBS News correspondent Kimberly Dozier - critically wounded Monday by a bomb that killed cameraman Paul Douglas and soundman James Brolan …

Rove May Find `It's the Economy, Stupid' Won't Work (Update1)  —  May 30 (Bloomberg) — Karl Rove, President George W. Bush's top political adviser, laid out a plan to win the 2002 congressional elections by stressing national security.  For 2006, Rove is framing a strategy for Republicans to sell the U.S. economy.