Giuliani Has No Real Chance With GOP Voters . . . or Does He?  —  The 2008 presidential campaign is just weeks old, but already an article of faith within the Republican Party — the belief that no politician who favors abortion rights and gay rights can win the GOP nomination …

Expert in Russian poisoning case is shot  —  FBI joins investigation, but officials think it's just local crime  —  WASHINGTON - FBI agents say they are assisting police in suburban Washington who are investigating the shooting of a Russian expert — a man who spoke out on "Dateline NBC" …

The problem with Ann  —  Check this out: Ann Coulter is raising campaign cash for John Edwards! … There's a great deal of political silliness and wishful thinking in that letter-it is a political money pitch for a third-place candidate, after all-but at its core it contains a message that's likely to resonate.

The Must-Do List  —  The Bush administration's assault on some of the founding principles of American democracy marches onward despite the Democratic victory in the 2006 elections.  The new Democratic majorities in Congress can block the sort of noxious measures that the Republican majority rubber-stamped.

How Gore's massive energy consumption saves the world  —  Stop me if you've heard this before, but the other day the Rev. Al Gore declared that "climate change" was "the most important moral, ethical, spiritual and political issue humankind has ever faced.'' Ever.

A New Mystery to Prosecutors: Their Lost Jobs  —  After Daniel G. Bogden got the call in December telling him that he was being dismissed as the United States attorney in Nevada, he pressed for an explanation.  —  Mr. Bogden, who was named the top federal prosecutor in Nevada in 2001 …

Iran poised to strike in wealthy Gulf states  —  Iran has trained secret networks of agents across the Gulf states to attack Western interests and incite civil unrest in the event of a military strike against its nuclear programme, a former Iranian diplomat has told The Sunday Telegraph.

Children of 11 to be finger printed  —  CHILDREN aged 11 to 16 are to have their fingerprints taken and stored on a secret database, internal Whitehall documents reveal.  —  The leaked Home Office plans show that the mass fingerprinting will start in 2010, with a batch of 295,000 youngsters who apply for passports.

Iraq terror group posts tape of killings  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - An al-Qaida-affiliated group said Saturday it killed 18 kidnapped government security forces in retaliation for the alleged rape of a Sunni woman by members of the Shiite-dominated police, posting an online video of the officers …

FDA Rules Override Warnings About Drug  —  Cattle Antibiotic Moves Forward Despite Fears of Human Risk  —  The government is on track to approve a new antibiotic to treat a pneumonia-like disease in cattle, despite warnings from health groups and a majority of the agency's own expert advisers …

The Million-Dollar Kid  —  Government figures put the total cost of raising a child at $279,000, but some increasingly common expenses can send the number soaring over $1 million.  Where you fall on the kid-spending spectrum.  —  The government says families in the top-third income bracket …