Prickly Peacock nixes Chicks  —  NBC cancels ads for Dixie docu 'Sing' … The Weinstein Co. is claiming that NBC and the CW have refused to air national ads for the new Dixie Chicks docu "Shut Up & Sing."  —  But while the Peacock has specifically said it won't accept the spots …

Cheney's Remarks Fuel Torture Debate  —  Vice President Cheney said this week that dunking terrorism suspects in water during questioning was a "no-brainer," prompting complaints from human rights advocates that he was endorsing the use of a controversial technique known as waterboarding on prisoners held by the United States.

Oh my god, South Park mocks Irwin  —  The creators of South Park have never been afraid to upset celebrities - and many of the show's viewers.  —  From jokes about religion and homosexuality to four-letter tirades, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have always mixed shock tactics with satire in the hit cartoon series.

Tony Snow-Dick Cheney-waterboarding-a dunk in the water  —  Tony Snow was trying to dance around the fact that Dick Cheney is all for water-boarding no matter how he tries to spin it.  Trying to frame water-boarding as a dunk in the water is not fooling anybody, Tony.  —  CBS has the video

Australia Muslim cleric suspended  —  Australia's top Muslim cleric has been barred from preaching for up to three months, after comparing immodestly dressed women to "uncovered meat".  —  Sheikh Taj el-Din al-Hilali's comments, suggesting that women who did not wear a headscarf attracted sexual assault …

Deterring Kim Jong Il  —  In an interview aired last week, George Stephanopoulos put the question to President Bush: What would he do if "North Korea sold nukes to Iran or al-Qaeda?"  Bush replied, "They'd be held to account."  —  Seeking specifics, Stephanopoulos asked: "What does that mean?"

Webb Says His Novels 'Inappropriate' for News Radio  —  (CNSNews.com) - In an interview on Washington Post Radio Friday morning, Jim Webb, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Virginia, said excerpts of his novels are "a little bit inappropriate" to be read on news radio.

Democrats Fear Disillusionment in Black Voters  —  Last weekend, Jim Webb, the Virginia Democrat who hopes to oust Senator George Allen, crammed in visits to 12 black churches, and for several weeks he has been pumping money into advertisements on black radio stations and in black newspapers.

News Release: Gross Domestic Product  —  In order to view the PDF files on this page, the free Adobe Acrobat Reader must be installed.  —  Recorded message: (202) 606-5306  —  GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: THIRD QUARTER 2006 (ADVANCE)  —  Real gross domestic product …

The BBC's commitment to bias is no laughing matter  —  It's fair to say the message is finally getting through: the BBC has a problem with impartiality.  The row over BBC bias has been rumbling on longer than war in Sudan and always seemed just as unresolvable.

Staying the Course Right Over a Cliff  —  THE Bush administration has finally been caught in its own language trap.  —  "That is not a stay-the-course policy," Tony Snow, the White House press secretary, declared on Monday.  —  The first rule of using negatives is that negating a frame activates the frame.

Where the right went wrong  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Fifty years ago, when a 29-year-old Yale graduate named William F. Buckley Jr. funded National Review magazine, conservatism was a small insurgency, fighting the dominant tide of liberalism that had governed the United States for a quarter century.

2 public buses torched in Paris suburb  —  CLICHY-SOUS-BOIS, France - Police deployed 4,000 reinforcements as marauding youths torched at least two public buses Friday, the anniversary of the deaths of two teenagers that ignited weeks of riots in largely immigrant housing projects across France.

Bush stumps for Jeff Lamberti, keeps calling him "Dave."  —  Watch it:

Democrats Are Divided on a Solution for Iraq  —  If the Nov. 7 election in the United States is a referendum on the Iraq war, what are the choices?  —  President Bush admitted Wednesday that things were not going as well as he had hoped in Iraq and that he was adjusting tactics on the ground …

'Hamas doesn't want to destroy Israel'  —  Hamas wants to "liberate the Palestinians," not to destroy Israel, Javier Solana, the European Union's foreign policy chief, told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday.  —  In an interview following his talks in Tel Aviv with Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni …