Attorney: Karr won't be charged with JonBenet's murder  —  Adjust font size:  —  BOULDER, Colorado (CNN) — Schoolteacher John Mark Karr will not be charged with the murder of 6-year-old beauty pageant competitor JonBenet Ramsey, Karr's attorney said Monday.

Real Wages Fail to Match a Rise in Productivity  —  With the economy beginning to slow, the current expansion has a chance to become the first sustained period of economic growth since World War II that fails to offer a prolonged increase in real wages for most workers.

The President and His Critics Mark Anniversary Along Coast  —  A year after Hurricane Katrina devastated Mississippi and Louisiana, President Bush and Democratic leaders are converging on the Gulf Coast this week to commemorate the losses while continuing the political argument over the federal response …

Deaths Drop in Iraqi Capital  —  Even as the nation's toll climbs by at least 80, including 6 U.S. soldiers, officials credit a military sweep for Baghdad's lower tally this month.  —  BAGHDAD — An ambitious military sweep appears to be dramatically reducing Baghdad's homicide rate …

Voters Find Some Machines Harder to Use  —  With New York State facing a looming deadline to modernize its election technology, a new report offers evidence that one of the two major types of voting machines being considered has a higher rate of unrecorded votes, suggesting that it is too confusing for many people.

Blogosphere Unites in Pursuit of Masked Senator  —  Who's trying to stop the government from telling its citizens where their tax dollars are being spent?  Help find out.  —  Just before the August recess, the Senate was set to vote on a bill co-sponsored by Sens. Barack Obama (D-IL) …

72 Hour Program Activated In RI....  Democrats were right in 2004: the Republicans have adopted a draft.  It only applies, however, to party workers employed by state victory committees in the east of the Mississippi.  For many it will be worse than boot camp.

Securing Future Fiscal Health  —  The economic and moral case for long-term reform of fiscal policy is clear.  Yet politicians refuse to act.  If this stalemate persists, it could end in catastrophe.  —  Over the next 30 years, spending on federal programs is on track to go up by 50 percent as a share of the economy.

Cheney Chooses Chief Propagator of False Iraq-9/11 Link To Be Official Biographer  —  Vice President Cheney — "the man running the country" — is now working on an official biography.  —  But don't hold out any hope that the biography will offer any revealing insight into "Dick Cheney's dark, secretive mind-set."

'Chris Matthews' Turns 5  —  Chris Matthews' syndicated political talk show has its fifth anniversary next month.  His MSNBC program Hardball may get more buzz, but The Chris Matthews Show, from NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution, is a force as well.

At Forbes.com, Lots of Glitter but Maybe Not So Many Visitors  —  If Forbes.com was looking to create some Internet buzz last week, it succeeded.  —  The Web site published an article called "Don't Marry Career Women," which suggested that if a man did, he was more likely to be cheated on, get divorced and have a dirty house.

Black representatives aim for House power  —  WASHINGTON — If Democrats retake control of the U.S. House, black lawmakers, including Michigan's John Conyers, will chair three of its most powerful committees, dramatically raising their collective clout and ability to shape the nation's political agenda.

Oops: Impostor scams Louisiana officials  —  Adjust font size:  —  KENNER, Louisiana (CNN) — A man who pulled a hoax on Louisiana officials and 1,000 contractors by presenting himself as a federal housing official said Monday he intended to focus attention on a lack of affordable housing.

FauxPhotography: The NYT cheesecake shot isn't photoshopped  —  Four different people have sent me this alleging that the mike cord has been photoshopped out:  —  Yeah, it looks weird, but there's an innocent explanation.  And the site we owe our thanks to for getting to the bottom of it is ... no, I can't say it.

Pronouncing Blame on the Israel Lobby  —  It was quite a boner.  —  University of Chicago political scientist John Mearsheimer was in town yesterday to elaborate on his view that American Jewish groups are responsible for the war in Iraq, the destruction of Lebanon's infrastructure and many other bad things.

Israeli general plots war with Iran  —  JERUSALEM — Israel has appointed a top general to oversee a war against Iran, prompting speculation that it is preparing for possible military action against Tehran's nuclear program.  —  Maj. Gen. Elyezer Shkedy, Israel's air force chief …

Best of the Web  —  Roll the Tape  —  Go to the link above to see our latest WSJ.com video, in which we discuss that frivolous antiwiretapping decision, the Democrats' war on Wal-Mart, and Hezbollah's counterfeiting.  —  Eternal Plame  —  Or at least it seemed that way.

America's Muslims Aren't as Assimilated as You Think  —  If only the Muslims in Europe — with their hearts focused on the Islamic world and their carry-on liquids poised for destruction in the West — could behave like the well-educated, secular and Americanizing Muslims in the United States, no one would have to worry.