Text of al-Zarqawi Safe-House Document  —  Text of a document discovered in terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's  —  The document was provided in English by Iraqi National  —  Security Adviser Mouwafak al-Rubaie:  —  ___  —  The situation and conditions of the resistance in Iraq …

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.

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 …

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.

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.

Jackson-Temple face off in Capitol  —  Democratic blogger extraordinare Roy Temple was temporarily in the custody of state Capitol police Wednesday, when Temple attempted to attend Gov. Matt Blunt's bill-signing ceremony in his office.  —  Temple, former chief of staff to the late Gov. Mel Carnahan …

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:

Newly released emails suggest Army Corps lied about Cheney role in Halliburton contract  —  New documents obtained by a conservative watchdog group suggest that the US Army Corp of Engineers may have publicly lied regarding the involvement of the Vice President's office in awarding …

Democrats Behave Like Sunni Insurgents  —  I've been wondering why there is something familiar about the behavior of the Sunni insurgency in Iraq, and suddenly it dawned on me that we have our own similar insurgency right here at home — it is called the Democrat Party.  —  Think about it.

Untangling Webb  —  Ronald Reagan's Navy secretary runs for Senate as a standard-issue Democrat.  —  The Democratic Party is that amazing thing, out of power for six years and yet exhausted.  They're pale, tired and unready.  Too bad, since it's their job to be an alternative, not an embarrassment.

Marine may call Murtha as witness  —  A criminal defense attorney for a Marine under investigation in the Haditha killings says he will call a senior Democratic congressman as a trial witness, if his client is charged, to find out who told the lawmaker that U.S. troops are guilty of cold-blooded murder.

French terror plot: 25 convicted  —  PARIS, France (AP) — A court on Wednesday convicted 25 people for their roles in preparing an attack in France in support of Islamic fighters in Chechnya.  —  The five top defendants received prison terms of 8 to 10 years, while the others received lesser sentences.

Our Flag and Our Freedom  —  With campaigns at full tilt and the Fourth of July just around the corner, the Senate's new priority is to debate and vote on yet another resolution to amend our remarkable Constitution.  This time it's an amendment that would allow Congress to prohibit a form …

Party of Rapist Proud to Be Godless  —  I thought I'd put off that column on ethanol subsidies I'd been planning to write this week and instead address the topic that has so riveted the nation — the hot new book Godless: The Church of Liberalism.  —  First of all, I'm getting a little fed …