Iraqi Accuses U.S. of 'Daily' Attacks Against Civilians  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 1 — Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki lashed out at the American military on Thursday, denouncing what he characterized as habitual attacks by troops against Iraqi civilians.  —  As outrage over reports …

Payroll Growth Stalls With 75,000 New Jobs  —  Job growth faltered in May, with employers boosting payrolls by just 75,000.  Yet the nation's unemployment rate dipped to 4.6 percent, the lowest since the summer of 2001.  —  The latest snapshot, released by the Labor Department on Friday, offered a mixed picture of the jobs climate.

City Has Itself to Blame for Terror Cuts, U.S. Says  —  The federal agency distributing $711 million in antiterrorism money to cities around the nation found numerous flaws in New York City's application and gave poor grades to many of its proposals.  —  Its criticism extended to some of the city's …

Police Shoot Bomb Suspect  —  A man has been shot by police in an anti-terror raid in London on a suspected chemical bomb factory, Sky News has learnt.  —  The 20-year-old, who has not been identified, was shot in the shoulder and was arrested in hospital - his life is not in danger.

U.S. Wants Companies to Keep Web Usage Records  —  The Justice Department is asking Internet companies to keep records on the Web-surfing activities of their customers to aid law enforcement, and may propose legislation to force them to do so.  —  The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation …

'Unscrupulous' Firms Are Faulted  —  Bush Seeks Bigger Fines for Illegal Hiring  —  President Bush told the nation's most prominent business group yesterday that "unscrupulous" employers have contributed to the illegal immigration crisis in the United States by knowingly hiring undocumented workers …

Documents show issues with wives, child support  —  Republican Jim Galley, who is running for Congress as a "pro-traditional family" candidate, was married to two women at the same time, defaulted on his child support payments and has been accused of abuse by one of his ex-wives.

Bush to back gay marriage ban amendment  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush will promote a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage on Monday, the eve of a scheduled Senate vote on the cause that is dear to his conservative backers.  —  The amendment would prohibit states from recognizing same-sex marriages.

The Brain Workout  —  In praise of video games.  —  A few weeks ago, Sony and Nintendo both revealed their newest video-game systems to great fanfare, complete with slicker graphics and motion sensors.  But not everyone was pleased.  An increasingly noisy chorus of critics charge …

A Sledgehammer Approach, Made Heavier by the Pound  —  How Big Money & Corruption Conquered Our Government —  Crown Publishers, 373 pp., $24.  —  The literary palette has many hues.  The best works of fiction and nonfiction convey a wide range of views and emotions because art, like life, isn't just black or white.

Federal judge allows lawsuit against NSA  —  DETROIT —A federal judge will go ahead with hearings in a legal challenge to a warrantless domestic surveillance program run by the National Security Agency.  —  U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor also criticized the Justice Department …

Freakoutonomics  —  LAST month saw one of the sharpest drops in consumer confidence since the recessions of 1979-1982.  But those were truly dreadful times.  Oil prices tripled, rates on home mortgages shot into the mid-teens, the stock market was a disaster area and unemployment rates reached double digits.