Israeli planes attack 3 Gaza bridges  —  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israeli planes attacked three bridges in central Gaza, the military said Wednesday, and Israeli tanks were on the move after the government approved a limited operation — a response to a weekend Palestinian attack in which two soldiers were killed and a third captured.

Senate rejects flag desecration amendment  —  WASHINGTON - A constitutional amendment to ban flag desecration died in a Senate cliffhanger Tuesday, a single vote short of the support needed to send it to the states for ratification a week before Independence Day.

Tony Snow Tells E&P: 'NYT' Deserves Special Criticism  —  NEW YORK White House Press Secretary Tony Snow told E&P today that The New York Times deserves the brunt of criticism for disclosure of a secret bank records monitoring program, even though two other newspapers - The Wall Street Journal …

Viagra threatens Limbaugh plea deal  —  Prescription was not in Limbaugh's name, authorities say  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — Rush Limbaugh will likely have to wait several days to find out if he violated his deal with prosecutors in a prescription fraud case when authorities found …

Scientists OK Gore's movie for accuracy  —  WASHINGTON - The nation's top climate scientists are giving "An Inconvenient Truth," Al Gore's documentary on global warming, five stars for accuracy.  —  The former vice president's movie — replete with the prospect of a flooded New York City …

Government Drops Demand for Library Records  —  With Help of ACLU, Connecticut Library Group Successfully Keeps Patron Records Private  —  NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union today declared victory in their legal battle with the FBI over a Connecticut library group's right to keep patron records private.

Joe Cannon siding with brother?  —  Utah Republican Party Chairman Joe Cannon says he's trying to stay neutral in his brother Rep. Chris Cannon's primary battle, but it didn't come across that way in comments he posted online last weekend questioning his brother's challenger.

Mort and Me: An Interview with Morton Kondracke  —  I hope he forgives me for the headline.  I am a big fan of Mr. Kondracke's work on Special Report, his Beltway Boys program, and Roll Call.  —  If you are a political news superfreak like me I would highly recomend subscribing to Roll Call.

Making love in the White House is even better  —  Because he was the first Democrat to step up and say publicly last year that he's exploring running for president, we can assume that Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) is plenty interested in the office.  —  But like most other men, apparently there are things that interest him more.

A Divided Labor House Backs Joe  —  Connecticut's labor movement goes into the Democratic primary campaign for U.S. Senate deeply divided.  As expected, the state AFL-CIO endorsed Sen. Joe Lieberman for reelection at a convention at New Haven's Omni Hotel Tuesday.

Womb environment 'makes men gay'  —  A man's sexual orientation may be determined by conditions in the womb, according to a study.  —  Previous research had revealed the more older brothers a boy has, the more likely he is to be gay, but the reason for this phenomenon was unknown.