Iraq using 'treasure' of al-Zarqawi info  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's national security adviser said Thursday a "huge treasure" of documents and computer records was seized after the raid on terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's hideout, giving the Iraqi government the upper hand in its fight against al-Qaida in Iraq.

The Iraq war debate reopens in Washington  —  The US House is set to argue the future of the Iraq war - the No. 1 issue for voters - Thursday.  —  WASHINGTON - The No. 1 issue for American voters - the future of the Iraq war - moves to the fore this week, both among President Bush's wartime advisers and on the floor of Congress.

Hawaiian Marine Reserve To Be World's Largest  —  Bush to Designate National Park in Pacific Waters  —  President Bush plans to designate an island chain spanning nearly 1,400 miles of the Pacific northwest of Hawaii as a national monument today, creating the largest protected marine reserve in the world …

Crisis Seen in Nation's ER Care  —  Emergency medical care in the United States is on the verge of collapse, with the nation's declining number of emergency rooms dangerously overcrowded and often unable to provide the expertise needed to treat seriously ill people in a safe and efficient manner.

Judge Rules That U.S. Has Broad Powers to Detain Noncitizens Indefinitely  —  A federal judge in Brooklyn ruled yesterday that the government has wide latitude under immigration law to detain noncitizens on the basis of religion, race or national origin, and to hold them indefinitely without explanation.

Specter falsely denied proposing amnesty for the Administration's illegal eavesdropping  —  Last Friday, Walter Pincus of the Washington Post reported that Sen. Arlen Specter had proposed legislation which included blanket amnesty for anyone who has violated FISA, i.e., a …

MILITARY MUSICAL DOUBLE STANDARD  —  The witch hunt against the Marine who performed "Hadji Girl" continues.  Military lawyers are scouring their books for a reason to punish Cpl. Joshua Belile: … Look at this "fair and balanced" headline from our "friends" at the London Times:

Stopwatch Ticking for Dan Rather  —  CBS to Drop Ex-Anchor From '60 Minutes'  —  NEW YORK — CBS executives have decided there is no future role at the network for Dan Rather, making it certain that the man who sat in the anchor chair for 24 years will depart by this fall.

Bill would limit consumers' credit rights  —  SEATTLE — Congress is considering pre-empting laws in 17 states that allow anyone to freeze their own credit and instead restricting the privilege to ID theft victims.  —  The proposed Financial Data Protection Act of 2006 …

What's Black and White and Red All Over?  —  More ink equals more blood, claim two economists who say that newspaper coverage of terrorist incidents leads directly to more attacks.  —  It's a macabre example of win-win in what economists call a "common-interest game," say Bruno S. Frey …

Centre for extremist studies established  —  AMSTERDAM — A new centre for the study of radicalism and extremism has been established in Amsterdam.  —  The Centrum voor Radicalisme en Extremisme Studies (CRES) is being hosted by the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and will bring together researchers …

Bush Apologizes to L.A. Times Reporter  —  WASHINGTON — President Bush, who often teases members of the White House press corps, apologized Wednesday after he poked fun at a reporter for wearing sunglasses without realizing they were needed for vision loss.  —  The exchange occurred at a news conference in the Rose Garden.