U.S. Web Archive Is Said to Reveal a Nuclear Guide  —  Last March, the federal government set up a Web site to make public a vast archive of Iraqi documents captured during the war.  The Bush administration did so under pressure from Congressional Republicans who said they hoped to …

Haggard steps down amid gay affair inquiry  —  Ted Haggard, one of the most prominent evangelical pastors in the nation, resigned today as president of the National Association of Evangelicals amid allegations that he carried on a three-year sexual relationship with a male prostitute.

Penn President Poses with "Suicide Bomber"  —  University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann threw her annual Halloween costume party at her home Tuesday night.  Among the guests was Saad Saadi, who came dressed as a suicide bomber, complete with plastic dynamite strapped to his chest and a toy automatic rifle.

Mideast terror leaders to U.S.: Vote Democrat  —  Withdrawal from Iraq would embolden jihadists to destroy Israel, America  —  JERUSALEM - Everybody has an opinion about next Tuesday's midterm congressional election in the U.S. - including senior terrorist leaders interviewed by WND …

Backing a bigot  —  ANDREW Bolt writes: It's the code of the tribe: the worst of us is better than the best of you.  We have urgent work to do if we want to save ourselves.  —  Excuses over.  The disgraced mufti of Australia set Muslims a test last month and they failed.

Truth in Kerry's remark  —  Hard facts about Iraq from senator are run through GOP spin cycle  —  The sharks — or are they Swift Boats? — are circling.  —  Republicans are feverishly seizing on Sen. John Kerry's remark about President Bush's Iraq policies and trying to distort it into a slap …

Md. Democrats Say GOP Plans to Block Voters  —  A recently distributed guide for Republican poll watchers in Maryland spells out how to aggressively challenge the credentials of voters and urges these volunteers to tell election judges they could face jail time if a challenge is ignored.

An Abu Ghraib Offender Heads Back to Iraq  —  Exclusive: A military dog handler convicted for his role in the prisoner abuse scandal has been ordered back to help train the country's police  —  As if the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal weren't bad enough for America's image in the Middle East …

Congress Tells Auditor in Iraq to Close Office  —  Investigations led by a Republican lawyer named Stuart W. Bowen Jr. in Iraq have sent American occupation officials to jail on bribery and conspiracy charges, exposed disastrously poor construction work by well-connected companies like Halliburton …

'Only 50 years left' for sea fish  —  Environment correspondent, BBC News website  —  There will be virtually nothing left to fish from the seas by the middle of the century if current trends continue, according to a major scientific study.  —  Stocks have collapsed in nearly one-third of sea fisheries …

Exclusive: NRCC's Foley "Damage Control"  —  Two senior aides to National Republican Campaign Committee Chairman Tom Reynolds participated in "damage control" conference calls concerning correspondence between Congressman Mark Foley and a former congressional page — two days before the scandal became public …

Rep. Paying Ex-Mistress About $500K  —  ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A Republican congressman accused of abusing his ex-mistress agreed to pay her about $500,000 in a settlement last year that contained a powerful incentive for her to keep quiet until after Election Day, a person familiar with the terms of the deal told The Associated Press.