Redacted Version of Original Op-Ed  —  The Iraq Study Group has added its voice to a burgeoning chorus of commentators, politicians, and former officials calling for a limited, tactical dialogue with Iran regarding Iraq.  The Bush administration has indicated a conditional willingness to pursue …

Marines Charge 4 With Murder of Iraq Civilians  —  By PAUL von ZIELBAUER and CAROLYN MARSHALL  —  Four marines were charged yesterday with murder in the killings of two dozen Iraqi civilians, including at least 10 women and children, in the village of Haditha last year, military officials said at Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Congressman's No Muslim Fan  —  Republican warns immigration crackdown needed to halt influx  —  Here's the letter Representative Virgil Goode sent to Virginia constituents warning that unless there is an immigration crackdown "many more Muslims" will be elected to public office.

Iran "Votes"  —  The first step toward understanding the Iranian "elections" is that they weren't.  Elections, that is, at least in our common understanding of the term, namely the people vote and the counters count those votes and so we find out what the people want.

The Wag Time Pet Spa Conspiracy... And a Cancer Survivor's Right to Respect  —  As an investigative reporter and independent journalist, I have pursued a career course of independence so as to not be beholden to anyone.  A grandiose notion, perhaps, and I will perhaps leave it to others to judge my work against the ideal.

Robin Hayes says we will win in Iraq by "spreading the message of Jesus Christ" there.  —  Robin Hayes has the solution to the Iraq war: have our soldiers convert all Muslims to Christianity.  —  Having won the election by only a hair's width and almost getting himself kicked out of Congress seems …

Eyeing '08, Democrats Nurse Freshmen at Risk  —  When newly elected Democratic members of Congress showed up here last month, they were taken on the traditional round of orientation, civic-minded lessons on how Congress works, tours of the Capitol and receptions with their new colleagues and leaders.

SHOCK TALK: AWFUL & OUT  —  MAG LASTS ONLY 8 ISSUES  —  SHOCKING news - Shock is dead.  —  Hachette Filipacchi Media CEO Jack Kliger pulled the plug on the controversial picture magazine Shock yesterday after only eight issues.  Eight people including Editor-in-Chief Mike Hammer were handed their walking papers.

Hamsters Return to Nature in Eastern Germany  —  Germany, warned five years ago by the European Union to revive its field hamster population, has brought a French pair of the rodents to get busy in a hamster-decmiated eastern state.  —  This week, officials cleared the final bureaucratic hurdles …

Indian Businessman Pleads Guilty to U.N. Bribery  —  Prosecutors Say Scheme Steered Business to 2 Firms; Official Allegedly Got Cash, Rent Discount  —  A businessman representing an Indian state-owned company pleaded guilty to bribing a former senior U.N. official with an unspecified amount of cash …

PATH Tunnels Seen as Fragile in Bomb Attack  —  An analysis done for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says that the PATH train tunnels under the Hudson River are more vulnerable to a bomb attack than previously thought, and that a relatively small amount of high explosives …

A feud over Bush's pick  —  Warren Bell draws criticism as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting appointee.  —  NEW YORK — President Bush quietly appointed television sitcom producer Warren Bell to the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting this week, overriding opposition …

John O'Sullivan: Frank Johnson - A Tory Individualist  —  Former special adviser to Margaret Thatcher and Editor of America's National Review, John O'Sullivan CBE pays tribute to his friend Frank Johnson (pictured) who died last week.  —  One Monday morning in the early summer of 1973 …

Carter's Arab financiers  —  To understand what feeds former president Jimmy Carter's anti-Israeli frenzy, look at his early links to Arab business.  —  Between 1976-1977, the Carter family peanut business received a bailout in the form of a $4.6 million, "poorly managed" …

Romney defends shift on issues  —  Faces questions at N.H. event  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Governor Mitt Romney defended his conservative bona fides yesterday before an audience of skeptics and supporters curious about his rightward shift on several hot-button social issues as he readies for a run for president.