Mr. Reid's Nondisclosure  —  The Senate minority leader's incomplete financial filings  —  THE BEST CASE for Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) is that he was sloppy about financial disclosure rules in accounting for a real estate deal on which he made a $700,000 profit.

Senate Campaign Accusations Fly  —  Candidates Stay Above Fray, Letting Operatives Battle Over Misinformation  —  The U.S. Senate race continued its nasty spiral Thursday, with the campaigns of Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman and Ned Lamont debating who was nastiest and loosest with the facts.

Nobel for anti-poverty pioneers  —  Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank have been awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.  —  Mr Yunus, an economist, founded the bank, which is one of the pioneers of micro-credit lending schemes for the poor in Bangladesh.

Republican Gays are Closeted Dems  —  The complex nature of the "dirty trick" against the Republicans over the Mark Foley scandal is beginning to emerge.  It doesn't involve a George Soros-funded group or emails that had been in the possession of the media or shopped around by Democratic operatives.

Bush's Approval Ratings Slip  —  President Bush's job-approval rating fell, with 34% of Americans voting him "excellent" or "good," down from 38% in September, according to a new Harris Interactive poll.  —  Sixty-four percent of U.S. adults now have a negative view of Mr. Bush's job performance …

Why Did Mark Warner Quit?  —  A potential Democratic candidate for President says he'd rather spend more time with his family.  For once, it might be the truth  —  Whenever a politician delivers an emotional speech announcing his withdrawal from the field of politics …

Army chief declares war on Blair: 'We must quit Iraq soon'  —  The head of the Army is calling for British troops to withdraw from Iraq "soon" or risk catastophic consequences for both Iraq and British society.  —  In a devastating broadside at Tony Blair's foreign policy …

The Sounds of Silencing  —  Why do Americans on the left think only they have the right to dissent?  —  Four moments in the recent annals of free speech in America.  Actually annals is too fancy a word.  This all happened in the past 10 days:  —  At Columbia University, members of the Minutemen …

Overseer of House Pages to Be Questioned  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The chief congressional overseer of House pages, who says he tried to stop ex-Rep. Mark Foley from e-mailing a Louisiana page in late 2005, is ready to explain his actions to House investigators.

In Key Races, Democrats Look at Rivals' Personal Lives  —  Amid Voter Disgust Over Foley Scandal, Strategists Believe Attacks on GOP at Local Level Won't Backfire  —  In the wake of the Mark Foley page scandal, Democrats are targeting the personal lives of Republicans in numerous key House races …

When Terror Strikes, Liberals and the Right Vote Further Apart  —  On the weekend before Election Day 2004, al-Jazeera broadcast a videotape in which Osama bin Laden, addressing the U.S., boasted about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and tore into the Bush administration.  Four days later, the president won re-election.

Armey: On Christians and Big Government  —  Dick Armey: "When it comes to James Dobson, my personal experience has been that the man is most interested in political power."  —  In the midst of this big fight with Evangelical leader Dr. James Dobson, Dick Armey has released a truly remarkable letter.

Russia, China Oppose N. Korea Sanctions  —  UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Russia and China on Thursday opposed tough sanctions the U.S. wants to impose against North Korea this week for its claimed nuclear test, saying they want more time to work out a more moderate response to Pyongyang's nuclear brinkmanship.

Tip Off  —  A new book says that a comment by former CIA director Porter Goss alerted a journalist to the agency's controversial rendition program.  —  An unsolicited remark from Porter Goss, then chairman House Intelligence Committee, led a British journalist to unravel many of the details …

China Drafts Law to Boost Unions and End Labor Abuse  —  SHANGHAI, Oct. 12 — China is planning to adopt a new law that seeks to crack down on sweatshops and protect workers' rights by giving labor unions real power for the first time since it introduced market forces in the 1980's.

Bush Confounded by the 'Unacceptable'  —  President Wields Word More Freely as His Frustration Rises and His Influence Ebbs  —  President Bush finds the world around him increasingly "unacceptable."  —  In speeches, statements and news conferences this year, the president has repeatedly declared …