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.

As Clinton Runs, Some Old Foes Stay on Sideline  —  Back when Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was first lady, no one better embodied what she once called the "vast right-wing conspiracy" than Richard Mellon Scaife.  —  Mr. Scaife, reclusive heir to the Mellon banking fortune …

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.

Maryland to Unveil the Page That Began a New Chapter  —  George Washington's Resignation Speech Left the U.S. Military in Civilians' Hands  —  It was a speech so moving the crowd wept.  It was a speech so personally important George Washington's hand shook as he read it until he had to hold the paper still with both hands.

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.

Reid: Iraq war 'worst foreign policy mistake' in U.S. history … WASHINGTON (CNN) — After months of heated rhetoric slamming President Bush's Iraq policy, the Senate's top Democrat moved into new terrain by declaring the Iraq war a worse blunder than Vietnam.  —  "This war is a serious situation.

66 die in India-Pakistan train attack  —  DEWANA, India - A pair of explosions on a train headed for Pakistan set off a fire that killed at least 66 people, some of whom became trapped when a train door was fused shut by the heat of the flames.  Officials said the attack was aimed at disrupting improving relations between the rivals.

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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?