NEWS CORP. CANCELS O.J. SIMPSON BOOK AND TV SPECIAL  —  NEW YORK — News Corp., the parent company of book publisher HarperCollins and the FOX network, has canceled publication of the O.J. Simpson book and television special "If I Did It."  —  "I and senior management agree with the American public …

Gingrich '08: The stealth candidate  —  The controversial former House Speaker seems to throw his hat in the ring as a GOP presidential candidate, and promises that health care reform will be the big issue.  An exclusive Fortune interview.  —  WASHINGTON (Fortune) — Even a crisp Guinness stout …

Clinton is '08 frontrunner, Kerry's support slips  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-New York, remains the frontrunner for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in 2008, with more than twice the support of any of her potential rivals, a new CNN poll shows.

The Fake Options Debate  —  By now, it should be clear to everyone that the options being bandied about for what to do in Iraq are all about the limitations of the United States military.  —  As Tom Ricks reports today in The Post there may end up being a short-term buildup of forces.

House panel chair pushes for Iraqi army  —  WASHINGTON - The United States should push for available and trained Iraqi security forces to be sent to the front lines of the fight to stabilize the wartorn country, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter said Monday.

Allbritton Signs WP's Harris, VandeHei  —  Allbritton Communications Signs Political Journalist Heavyweights to Lead Groundbreaking Multimedia Political Coverage  —  Washington Post Political editor and best-selling author John Harris and national political reporter Jim VandeHei announced …

Fighting back: the city determined not to become al-Qaeda's capital  —  A power struggle is taking place in the Sunni triangle, with tribal leaders and coalition forces aligning against a common enemy  —  A convoy of five US military humvees, each with radios crackling and a machine-gunner poking through …

A brisk rise in American wages  —  Pay rose faster than the cost of living for the first time in years.  —  American paychecks are rising again at a pace not seen since the 1990s.  —  The pay increase amounts to 4 percent on average over the past 12 months, and it comes at a very helpful time for millions of households.

"Kramer's" Racist Tirade — Caught on Tape  —  WARNING: WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IS PROFANE AND RACIAL  —  Michael Richards exploded in anger as he performed at a famous L.A. comedy club last Friday, hurling racial epithets that left the crowd gasping, and TMZ has obtained exclusive video of the ugly incident.

Jose Padilla also rules Iraq  —  (updated below)  —  The New York Sun has a really, really scary column this morning about The Terrorists and how much stronger they are now because the Democrats won: … Democrats are soul mates not just with The Terrorists generally …

McCain literally sticks to the script on Iraq  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) stuck to the script yesterday during an appearance on ABC's This Week, repeating his desire to see more troops sent to Iraq.  What's interesting, however, is that McCain seemed to need his notes quite a bit to get through the discussion.

Sweet Neocons  —  Watching all these neocon rats racing to fling themselves off the sinking Republican ship is an amazing sight to see.  On Blitzer's show yesterday they were all over the place, blaming everyone but themselves for the disaster in Iraq.  —  Ken Adelman is heartbroken to find …

Romney Wants Gay-Marriage Ban on Mass. Ballot  —  Governor to Ask Court to Place Amendment Before Voters if Legislators Don't Decide the Issue  —  Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) said Sunday that he will ask the state's highest court this week to order a ballot question on same-sex marriage …

IS YOUR NEWSPAPER AMERICA'S WORST?  —  Scott recently suggested that the Minneapolis Star Tribune may be America's worst newspaper.  That produced lots of emails from readers who nominated their own newspapers, or others with which they are familiar, for the honor.

Democrat urges gradual Iraq withdrawal  —  CHICAGO - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, who is contemplating a run for the presidency, on Monday called for a "gradual and substantial" reduction of U.S. forces from Iraq that would begin in four to six months.  —  Speaking to the Chicago Council …

Iran Urges Summit With Iraq and Syria  —  Iran has invited the Iraqi and Syrian presidents to Tehran for a weekend summit with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to hash out ways to cooperate in curbing the runaway violence that has taken Iraq to the verge of civil war and threatens to spread through the region …

Ethiopian Convoy Ambushed in Aweys' "Greater Somalia"  —  Islamic Courts attacks an Ethiopian military convoy; Aweys calls for a "Greater Somalia" in the Horn of Africa  —  ICU militiamen in a "technical."  Click image to view.  —  The Islamic Courts Union has ambushed an Ethiopian military column …