The Morning After The Debate  —  Lieberman's Debate Charge That Lamont Is A Closet Republican: Dubious  —  As incumbent Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman tells it, his Democratic primary opponent, Ned Lamont, is a closet Republican.  —  As Lamont tells it, Lieberman is an ineffectual legislator …

CopyCoulter: Plagiarism Scandal Heating Up  —  Since the New York Post article featuring John Barrie, a plagiarism expert, and his work on looking into online allegations of plagiarism by Ann Coulter, the scandal is now off and rolling.  —  Justin Rood of TPMmuckraker wrote that Barrie …

Two Dozen Injured as Car Strikes Pedestrians at Sailfest  —  ',SHADOW, CAPTIONSTYLE, 'italic',CLOSEWEIGHT, 'bold', CLOSESIZE, 1, CLOSECOLOR, '#ffffff', STICKY, CAPTION, 'Author Profile', FGCOLOR, '#ffffcc', OFFSETX, 20, OFFSETY, -25, WIDTH, 300);" onmouseout="return nd();">Kathleen Edgecomb

Ally Told Bush That Failing to Inform Congress of Spying Projects Might Be Illegal  —  WASHINGTON, July 8 — In a sharply worded letter to President Bush in May, an important Congressional ally charged that the administration might have violated the law by failing to inform Congress …

American attacks on Mehdi Army cause uproar among Shia  —  US forces in Iraq have launched a series of bloody attacks on Shia militia forces in and around Baghdad, killing or wounding 30 fighters and provoking widespread anger in the Shia community.  —  Iraqi government security forces …

Bush to pursue nuclear deal with Russia  —  WASHINGTON - President Bush will pursue a nuclear cooperation agreement when he meets Russian leader Vladimir Putin next week during a summit of industrialized nations in St. Petersburg, the White House said Saturday.

The Protein Wisdom - Deb Frisch Blogfight  —  I'm late coming to the story of the psychology professor and Jeff Goldstein of Protein Wisdom, but here's my view: What Deborah Frisch wrote is inexcusable behavior for a blogger of any kind, liberal or conservative.  Her comments about Jeff Goldstein's son and wife are indeed unhinged.

GOP senator helped hip-hop producer dodge coke sentence  —  Orrin Hatch: Dallas Austin 'will learn from this experience'  —  SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) — U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, a musician in his own right, helped secure the release of Atlanta R&B producer Dallas Austin …

Contender Alleges Mexico Vote Was Rigged  —  Populist's Plan for Legal Challenge Ignites Boisterous Crowd at Massive Rally in Capital  —  MEXICO CITY, July 8 — Downtown Mexico City swelled Saturday with the accumulated frustration and rage of the poor, who were stoked into a sign-waving …

Powerful GOP Activist Sees His Influence Slip Over Abramoff Dealings  —  For more than a decade, Grover G. Norquist has been at the nexus of conservative activism in Washington, becoming a Bush administration insider whose weekly strategy sessions at his Americans for Tax Reform …

Investors Lead Home Sale Boom in New Orleans  —  NEW ORLEANS, July 8 — In a market spurred by speculators and bargain hunters, an extraordinarily large number of houses in the flood-ravaged metropolitan area here are being sold, according to real estate analysts, who say volume and sales prices exceed levels before Hurricane Katrina.

Navy data again found on public web site  —  WASHINGTON - For the second time in two weeks, Social Security numbers and other personal information of Navy personnel have been discovered on an Internet site, triggering an investigation.  —  The Navy said Friday that information …

Joking Muslim cleric mocks victims of London blasts  —  A SPEECH by an extremist Muslim cleric praising the London bombers and mocking victims of suicide attacks has been broadcast on the internet to coincide with the anniversary of the July 7 attacks.  —  The audience laughs as Omar Brooks …

Continued Debate over the SWIFT Disclosure by the New York Times  —  Following the New York Times article disclosing the U.S. Government's SWIFT monitoring program, the Bush Administration harshly criticized the Time for publishing the article when the Government requested the story be withheld.