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.

Microloan Pioneer and His Bank Win Nobel Peace Prize  —  OSLO, Norway (AP) — Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank he founded won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their pioneering use of tiny, seemingly insignificant loans — microcredit — to lift millions out of poverty.

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Book: Bush Aides Called Evangelicals 'Nuts'  —  White House advisors sought the support of conservative Christians but mocked them in private, writes a onetime administration official.  —  WASHINGTON — A new book by a former White House official says that President Bush's top political …

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.

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.

Exclusive: Marine Sergeant Comes Forward to Report Abuse at Guantanamo Bay  —  Brian Ross and Vic Walter Report:  —  The Pentagon says it is fully cooperating with a brand new investigation into allegations of prisoner abuse at Guantanamo Bay.  —  The allegations come from a Marine Corps sergeant …

Yes, I've read the damn study.  Have you, oh critic?  —  What is it with people who haven't read the Lancet study triumphantly demanding to know whether I've read the Lancet study?  Yes, I've read it; it's not exactly heavy going, since it's eight pages long and surprisingly fuzzy.

Schoolgirl arrested for refusing to study with non-English pupils  —  A teenage schoolgirl was arrested by police for racism after refusing to sit with a group of Asian students because some of them did not speak English.  —  Codie Stott's family claim she was forced to spend three …