Official says Fla. execution was botched  —  OCALA, Fla. - Gov. Jeb Bush suspended all executions in Florida after a medical examiner said Friday that prison officials botched the insertion of the needles when a convicted killer was put to death earlier this week.

Clinton to Tout Re-Release of 'Village'  —  NEW YORK — It will be a daytime gabfest with Barbara, Rosie _ and Hillary.  —  New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will be making the rounds of the morning shows next week, promoting the rerelease of her book, "It Takes a Village," …

Head of DNA lab says he and Nifong agreed not to report results  —  The head of a private DNA laboratory said under oath today that he and District Attorney Mike Nifong agreed not to report DNA results favorable to Duke lacrosse players charged with rape.  —  Brian Meehan, director …

Rumsfeld gets big Pentagon sendoff  —  WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, the public face of an unpopular war, bid farewell to the Pentagon on Friday in a splashy sendoff featuring lavish praise from President Bush.  Rumsfeld defended to the end the mission that led to his ouster.

Incoming Chairmen Ready to Investigate  —  Democratic-Led Panels to Probe Administration's Actions in War and Counterterrorism  —  Incoming Democratic committee chairmen say they will hold a series of hearings and investigations early next year to build the case for their call for a phased withdrawal …

Carter Nixes Debate With Outspoken Prof  —  Former President Carter turned down a request to debate Alan Dershowitz about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying the outspoken Harvard law professor "knows nothing about the situation."  —  Carter, author of a new book advocating …

EXCLUSIVE: White House Forbids Publication Of Op-Ed On Iran By Former Bush Official  —  Middle East analyst Flynt Leverett, who served under President Bush on the National Security Council and is now a fellow at the New America Foundation, revealed today that the White House has been blocking …

INDIANA SEN. EVAN BAYH DECIDES NOT TO SEEK DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT  —  WASHINGTON — Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh will not seek the Democratic nomination for president in 2008, FOX News has learned.  —  Bayh made the decision depsite having made several visits to test states like Iowa …

Matt Damon: Ship the Bush Twins off to Iraq  —  Robert De Niro and Matt Damon will be on Hardball next week, so they played a little teaser clip for us.  Damon thinks that all of America should share the burden of war and maybe the Bush Twins could be serving our country better shopping in Baghdad.

HostGator Will Not Stand Up For Clients' Free Speech  —  Stop the ACLU and My Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy have a disturbing story for those of us who defend freedom of speech through our blogging; a hosting service has shut down a blogger for voicing a controversial satire.

A Gnawing Problem On Assateague Island  —  Some Ponies Might Be Removed to Save Md. Side  —  ASSATEAGUE ISLAND, Md. — What do you do when one of your natural treasures starts eating all the others?  —  That's the National Park Service's dilemma on this storied barrier island.

Army Captain's Simple Demonstration: How to Win in Iraq  —  Officer Killed in Battle, but His Ideas Live On  —  President Bush has spent the last few weeks engaged in complex briefings with senior military officers, State Department officials and outside experts as he tries to come up with a new plan to achieve victory in Iraq.

About Afghanistan...  UPDATED and cross-posted on Huffington Post  —  This morning I hope to connect with Scott Kesterson who is a photojournalist embedded in Afghanistan.  The interview will begin at 10:30 a.m. eastern - 7:30 a.m. pacific.  He's got a post up at Huffington Post.

Aiming For Abdul Mahdi  —  There's been an attempt on the life of Iraq's Shiite vice president, Adel Abdul Mahdi, according to Reuters.  No one was hurt in the attack, since U.S. forces helped chase the gunmen away from Abdul Mahdi's convoy.  But while there's violence in the streets of Baghdad everyday …

Virtually Addicted  —  A lawsuit against IBM is reviving debate over whether Web overuse may be classified as an addiction.  The answer will have big implications for business  —  By his own admission, James Pacenza was spending too much time in Internet chat rooms, in some of them discussing sex.