Fatah: Hamas ready to accept deal on ceasefire, release of Shalit  —  Senior Fatah sources in Gaza said on Saturday that Hamas is ready to accept a deal that involves freeing abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, a joint cease-fire and an end to IDF actions in the Gaza Strip.

Why Iran Isn't Cheering  —  Hizballah may be Tehran's client, but the conflict hasn't been welcomed by many Iranians  —  Parvin Heydari, an Iranian mother of two, was flipping back and forth between the nightly news and Oprah when a bulletin on an Iranian state channel caught her attention.

No More Joe  —  `Dead Wrong' On The War And Defense Of Bush, White House Excesses  —  Joe Lieberman and I have been friends and colleagues for 38 years.  We ran for and won seats in the Connecticut legislature as a team of reformers in 1970.  He was my state senator and I was his state representative.

Conspiracy Theories 101  —  Andes, N.Y.  —  KEVIN BARRETT, a lecturer at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, has now taken his place alongside Ward Churchill of the University of Colorado as a college teacher whose views on 9/11 have led politicians and ordinary citizens to demand that he be fired.

He Said/He Said  —  Hey, did you hear what Glenn Greenwald...  Jealous much?  —  It's Glenn Greenwald!  —  That's right.  I've written a New York Times bestselling book on executive authority, broken a story on my blog about wiretapping that led to front-page stories on most major newspapers …

Buckley: Bush Not A True Conservative  —  In Exclusive Interview, Buckley Criticizes President For Interventionist Policies  —  (CBS) President Bush ran for office as a "compassionate conservative."  And he continues to nurture his conservative base — even issuing his first veto this week against embryonic stem cell research.

American Landis wins Tour de France  —  PARIS - The highs and lows of Floyd Landis' nail-biter of a bike race ended without a hitch Sunday as he won the Tour de France and kept cycling's most prestigious title in American hands for the eighth straight year.  —  The 30-year-old Landis …

Outcry as border guards seize British 'dirty bomb' lorry heading for Iran  —  Border guards seized a British lorry on its way to make a delivery to the Iranian military - after discovering it was packed with radioactive material that could be used to build a dirty bomb.

ACLU Sues for Anti-Gay Group That Pickets at Troops' Burials  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas church group that protests at military funerals nationwide filed suit in federal court, saying a Missouri law banning such picketing infringes on religious freedom and free speech.

With Insurance Policy Comes Membership  —  Unbeknown to Some, Those Signing Up With Firm Are Joining Conservative Group  —  In 2001, Jennifer B. Chace heard an insurance broker's pitch for a new insurance company marketing tax-free medical savings accounts.

Strickland far ahead, early poll indicates  —  Democrat strong across board; Brown maintains 8-point edge over DeWine in Senate race  —  Democrat Ted Strickland has surged to a surprising lead of 20 percentage points in the first Dispatch Poll on Ohio's Nov. 7 race for governor.

Josh Bolten squirms during Stem Cell questions  —  I doubt Josh Bolten will be back on MTP anytime soon.  I'll post more of his appearance, but Timmeh made Bush's stem cell veto laughable and indefensible,  —  Video-WMP Video-QT (9 min)  —  Once Tony Snow called it murder-it was downhill from there as it should be.