Federal investigators questioning six Middle Eastern men removed from flight at MSP  —  5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has learned that federal investigators and airport police are questioning six Middle Eastern men who had to be escorted off of a plane Monday afternoon at Minneapolis/St. Paul International.

Top House Democrats to bar military draft plan  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A reinstatement of the military draft, being pushed by a senior Democrat, will not be slated for consideration in the House of Representatives, the chamber's newly elected top leaders said on Monday.

Olbermann Delivers A Special Comment Educating Bush on Vietnam  —  Keith gives us another great special comment, this time explaining to Bush the lessons he should have learned in his recent trip to Vietnam.  —  Keith: "It is a shame and it is embarrassing to us all when President Bush travels 8,000 miles …

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.

Key Democrats oppose renewing military draft  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leading Democrats who soon will control the legislative agenda in the U.S. Congress rejected on Monday a colleague's call for reinstatement of the U.S. military draft.  —  "I don't think we need it," Sen. Carl Levin …

Mint presses new strategy for dollar coins  —  WASHINGTON — In an effort to wean Americans off the dollar bill and onto dollar coins, the U.S. Mint announced today plans for a series of metal dollars with images of every U.S. president.  —  The mint hopes the presidents will succeed where Susan B. Anthony and then Sacagawea failed.

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 …

THE JANITORS' STRIKE  —  I'm behind on blogging about the janitors' strike in Houston - there hasn't been all that much in the Chronicle, but this WaPo story captures the main point of interest. … In other words, right now you and I are paying for these folks' health care, because their only option is going to be the emergency room.

Calif. court says bloggers can't be sued  —  State's Supreme Court said a federal law gives immunity from libel suits  —  Pete Williams  —  The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that bloggers and participants in Internet bulletin board groups cannot be sued for posting defamatory statements made by others.

JOHANSSON CRITICISES PRESIDENT BUSH  —  SCARLETT JOHANSSON has slammed US PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH for his staunch conservative views on sex, criticising the Republican for being too unrealistic in his opinions on the topic.  The LOST IN TRANSLATION movie star last month (10OCT06) …

Military Documents Hold Tips on Antiwar Activities  —  An antiterrorist database used by the Defense Department in an effort to prevent attacks against military installations included intelligence tips about antiwar planning meetings held at churches, libraries, college campuses and other locations, newly disclosed documents show.

Jihadis and whores  —  Wars are won by destroying the enemy's will to fight.  A nation is never really beaten until it sells its women.  —  The French sold their women to the German occupiers in 1940, and the Germans and Japanese sold their women to the Americans after World War II.

The Human Calculus of National Security  —  Following the Democratic mid-term triumph, California U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer told National Public Radio that the recent average daily loss of three military people in Iraq necessitated disengagement as soon as possible.

For MSNBC, Time to Get Political  —  November's Shouting Over, A Network Finds Its Voice  —  MSNBC has seen the future, and it is politics.  —  Delivered with plenty of opinion.  —  Preferably with lots of cameo appearances by big-name news stars from the mothership.

Rangel's dumb and astronomically expensive idea  —  Hey buddy, can you spare $800,000,000,000 for Rangel's mandatory-service corps?  —  Barry Goldwater ran for president in 1964 as the Republican nominee.  I was was not even 10 then so obviously didn't vote in that election.

Hil's no dump Dean fan  —  Her camp sez Carville on his own in coup bid  —  WASHINGTON - James Carville's attempt to topple Howard Dean as chairman of the Democratic National Committee failed after state party officials and even a vocal critic of Dean crushed the coup, officials said.