Al Qaeda Chiefs Are Seen to Regain Power  —  Senior leaders of Al Qaeda operating from Pakistan have re-established significant control over their once battered worldwide terror network and over the past year have set up a band of training camps in the tribal regions near the Afghan border …

McCain: Roe v. Wade should be overturned  —  SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Republican presidential candidate John McCain (news, bio, voting record), looking to improve his standing with the party's conservative voters, said Sunday the court decision that legalized abortion should be overturned.

Some mull idea of Sen. Bill Clinton  —  WASHINGTON - If Hillary Rodham Clinton wins the presidency, some top Democrats would like to see her husband, former President Bill Clinton, appointed to serve out Hillary's unexpired Senate term.  —  "As a senator, he'd be a knockout," said Harold Ickes …

It's Reported, They Mock, You Decide  —  Making fun of the president is not ideological.  Not making fun of the president, on the other hand, is.  —  And that's what distinguishes "The ½ Hour News Hour," a Fox News version of "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," from most other satirical shows.

Iraqi Sunni Lands Show New Oil and Gas Promise  —  In a remote patch of the Anbar desert just 20 miles from the Syrian border, a single blue pillar of flanges and valves sits atop an enormous deposit of oil and natural gas that would be routine in this petroleum-rich country except for one fact: this is Sunni territory.

Cabbie Runs Down Students  —  Religious Argument Leaves One Hospitalized  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A local cab driver allegedly tried to run over two customers after a fight over religion became heated.  —  The incident happened early Sunday morning on the Vanderbilt campus and left …

The Hotel Aftermath  —  Inside Mologne House, the Survivors of War Wrestle With Military Bureaucracy and Personal Demons  —  The guests of Mologne House have been blown up, shot, crushed and shaken, and now their convalescence takes place among the chandeliers and wingback chairs …

Explosions Rattle Baghdad Neighborhoods  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — A string of bombings killed 10 people Monday in the Baghdad area one day after a massive car bomb attack in a Shiite area market delivered the first major blow to the U.S.-led security crackdown.

In Full Gear  —  The stab-in-the-back narrative is now in full gear.  What Kaus merely abets, Glenn Reynolds, Mark Steyn, and the editors of Investors Business Daily push full throttle; America will lose because of the perfidy of liberals.  The Surge is providing the proximate excuse.

Climate change: scientists warn it may be too late to save the ice caps  —  A critical meltdown of ice sheets and severe sea level rise could be inevitable because of global warming, the world's scientists are preparing to warn their governments.  New studies of Greenland and Antarctica …

Terrorists Use US-Gifted Arsenals  —  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Following a Saturday report about the use of US manufactured weapons in the recent terrorist operations in Iran's southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan, a security official provided FNA with a photograph of the said weaponry.

Killer's daughter admits it was political  —  GAZA CITY - Ali Abu Kamal's relatives say they are tired of lying about why the Palestinian opened fire on the observation deck of Empire State Building, killing a tourist and injuring six other people before committing suicide.

Irreconcilable positions: support troops, oppose war  —  WHAT DOES IT mean to support the troops but oppose the cause they fight for?  —  No loyal Colts fan rooted for Indianapolis to lose the Super Bowl.  No investor buys 100 shares of Google in the hope that Google's stock will tank.

Rashofitz - Where We Are In The Scooter Libby Trial  —  "Rashomon" is the cinematic classic in which a story of rape and murder is told from the perspective of four of the people involved.  But what is "the truth", and in what ways are the four people shading their versions of events?