AP's Reid Story Doesn't Add Up  —  Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) "collected a $1.1 million windfall on a Las Vegas land sale even though he hadn't personally owned the property for three years," the AP reports.  —  Except that's wrong.  Reid made a $700,000 profit on the sale, not $1.1 million.

Exclusive: Book says Bush just using Christians  —  'Tempting Faith' author David Kuo worked for Bush from 2001 to 2003  —  More than five years after President Bush created the Office of Faith-Based Initiatives, the former second-in-command of that office is going public with an insider's tell …

U.S. indicts American in al-Qaida video  —  LOS ANGELES - The charge of treason was used for the first time in the United States' war on terrorism Wednesday, filed against a California man who appeared in propaganda videos for al-Qaida.  —  Adam Yehiye Gadahn, 28, could be sentenced to death …

NUREMBERG-STYLE TRIALS PROPOSED FOR GLOBAL WARMING SKEPTICS  —  CONTACT: MARC MORANO ( marc_morano@epw.senate.gov ), MATT DEMPSEY ( matthew_dempsey@epw.senate.gov )  —  A U.S. based environmental magazine that both former Vice President Al Gore (http://gristmill.grist.org/print/ 2006/9/19/11408/1106? …

Avoiding Political Embarrassment the Columbia University Way  —  How do you avoid political embarrassment at Columbia University these days?  —  Disinvite invited guests to a talk sure to interest conservatives and other hawks in the larger NYC community.  —  Why, we wonder …

Yankees' Cory Lidle killed in UES plane crash  —  Major Traffic problems in the area  —  Eyewitness News has learned that Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle has been killed in a plane crash on the UES Wednesday.  Mayor Bloomberg has confirmed that two people in all — both on board the plane — were killed.

Hastert Aides Interest Ethics Panel  —  Staff Members' Knowledge of Foley's Actions With Former Pages in Question  —  With House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert denying personal knowledge of former representative Mark Foley's activities, investigators for the House ethics committee are bearing …

Federal deficit falls to smallest level in 4 years  —  Decline seen helped by higher tax revenues  —  WASHINGTON - The federal deficit fell to a four-year low in the budget year that just ended, a result President George W. Bush pointed to Wednesday in claiming Republicans are better stewards of the economy than are Democrats.

New voter registration laws leave thousands off the rolls  —  WASHINGTON — Some of this year's elections could be decided by those who can't vote.  —  VOTING FRAUD: Report refutes fraud at poll sites  —  Across the country, new laws restricting who can register and vote have reduced the number of people who are eligible.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF GLORIOUS NUCLEAR ACHIEVEMENT TO GANGSTER STOOGES OF BLOGOSPHERE  —  In the back yard of scientific researchings behind the Great Storage Shed of the People, Iowahawk scientists successfully conducted above-ground nuclear missile test explosions under secure and many malt liquor conditions …

The YouTube Jihad : It Really IS a Jihad, Folks  —  The Mudville Gazette summarizes an al Qaeda working paper summarizing a plan for an expanded English language propaganda effort: … What this means is: the online jihad is only beginning.  We can expect to see new and more effective forms of Islamist propaganda.

Report Criticizes Ex-ATF Chief  —  Justice Dept. Inspector General Says Truscott Violated Ethics Rules  —  The former director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives violated ethics rules by requiring 20 employees to help his teenage nephew prepare a high school video project …

GOP Leaders Seek Probe of Berger Papers  —  A group of House Republicans called Wednesday for a congressional investigation into the improper handling of classified documents by President Clinton's national security adviser, Sandy Berger.  —  Berger admitted last year that he deliberately …

AP Drops a Bomb-o on CA's Pombo  —  "Never" is a dangerous word for a Republican congressman when talking about Jack Abramoff.  —  Just ask Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA), whose tight race may have gotten tighter over claims he'd "never" been worked by the disgraced superlobbyist.

'Huge rise' in Iraqi death tolls  —  An estimated 655,000 Iraqis have died since 2003 who might still be alive but for the US-led invasion, according to a survey by a US university.  —  The research compares mortality rates before and after the invasion from 47 randomly chosen areas in Iraq.

Chris Wallace, Card-Carrying Democrat?  —  In Sunday's New York Times Magazine, reporter Deborah Solomon asked "Fox News Sunday" anchor Chris Wallace what political party he belonged to.  His answer: "None of your business."  —  Oh, please.  Ever heard of a little thing called public records?

DOJ Rubberstamps Massive Telecom Merger  —  This is stunning news.  The Justice Department has OK'd, with a simple press release, a massive merger between Bellsouth and AT&T with no conditions and without a consent decree or judicial review, effectively reconstituting much of the old AT&T monopoly.

The FAA Corrals Its Brand  —  Federal Aviation Administration chief Marion C. Blakey worries that people have been confusing her agency with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), or worse, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).  —  So Blakey last month signed an order establishing the FAA …