Press Conference by the President  —  White House Conference Center Briefing Room  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all.  Please be seated.  Fancy digs you got here.  Thanks for your hospitality.  It's good to visit with you.  I look forward to taking some of your questions.

British Authorities Charge 11 in Bomb Plot  —  Authorities Find Bomb Equipment and "Martyrdom" Tapes  —  British authorities today announced terrorism and murder-conspiracy charges against 11 people in the alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners, saying their searches since Aug. 10 …

Europeans Delay Decision on Role Inside Lebanon  —  The ruins of southern Beirut Sunday, after being pounded by Israeli airstrikes for a month.  Arab nations promised reconstruction aid.  —  The shaky, United Nations-brokered cease-fire in Lebanon suffered another blow on Sunday …

"RIVER ROSE ALL DAY.  RIVER ROSE ALL NIGHT."  SPIKE LEE'S HBO FLOOD CONSPIRACY FLICK  —  "Listening to Lee at the HBO press conference reminded me of an afternoon I once spent with an elderly aunt...."At a press conference for Spike Lee's new documentary, Catherine Seipp wonders …

Is Tomorrow Doomsday?  —  Asa Eslocker Reports:  —  While no extra safeguards are in place, U.S. law enforcement are not ignoring the possible significance of tomorrow's date, August 22, a date that marks an important historic event on the Islamic calendar.

Poll: Opposition to Iraq war at all-time high  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Opposition among Americans to the war in Iraq has reached a new high, with only about a third of respondents saying they favor it, according to a poll released Monday.  —  Just 35 percent of 1,033 adults polled say they favor …

Bush Now Says What He Wouldn't Say Before War: Iraq Had 'Nothing' To Do With 9/11  —  President Bush was in the midst of explaining how the attacks of 9/11 inspired his "freedom agenda" and the attacks on Iraq until a reporter, Ken Herman of Cox News, interrupted to ask what Iraq had to do with 9/11.

NY'S LAMONT WANNABE  —  WILL NETROOTS TAKE ON HILLARY?  —  JONATHAN Tasini has less than a month to become New York's Ned Lamont.  The Democratic primary is on Sept. 12, he's at 13 percent in the polls and he's just had his best fund-raising week ever online.

JOE ROSENTHAL: 1911-2006  —  Photo was his fame — his pride 'My Marines'  —  The image of flag going up on Iwo Jima was extraordinary  —  Retired Chronicle photographer Joe Rosenthal, who won the Pulitzer Prize and international acclaim for his soul-stirring picture of the World War II flag-raising …

British Law Against Glorifying Terrorism Has Not Silenced Calls to Kill for Islam  —  From his home on the northwest edge of this city, Muhamad al-Massari runs a Web site that celebrates the violent death of British and American soldiers.  It is visited by tens of thousands of people every day, he said.

Dangers await Lebanon returnees  —  When Um Ali Mihdi returned to her home in the southern Lebanese city of Bint Jbeil two days ago, she found a 1,000lb (450kg) Israeli bomb lying unexploded in her living room.  —  The shell is huge, bigger than the young boy pushed forward to stand reluctantly next …

McCain Mines Elite of G.O.P. for 2008 Team  —  Senator John McCain is locking up a cast of top-shelf Republican strategists, policy experts, fund-raisers and donors, in a methodical effort to build a 2008 presidential campaign machine that is drawing supporters of President Bush despite the sometimes rocky history between the two men.

Judge drops Padilla terror charge  —  Padilla, codefendants faced double jeopardy, ruling says  —  MIAMI, Florida (CNN) — A federal judge in Miami on Monday dismissed a terror count against Jose Padilla, the U.S. citizen once identified as a "dirty bomb" suspect and detained as an "enemy combatant."

Sunday school teacher dumped for being female  —  WATERTOWN, New York (AP) — The minister of a church that dismissed a female Sunday School teacher after adopting what it called a literal interpretation of the Bible says a woman can perform any job — outside of the church.

Hip-hopper sings Steele praise  —  Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons will be the host of a campaign fundraiser Thursday for Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele's run for U.S. Senate.  —  The fundraiser for Mr. Steele, a Republican who would be the state's first black U.S. senator if elected …

It's like if "The Producers" opened an eatery  —  MUMBAI (Reuters) - A new restaurant in India's financial hub, named after Adolf Hitler and promoted with posters showing the German leader and Nazi swastikas, has infuriated the country's small Jewish community.