Iran president to free UK sailors … TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has pardoned 15 British military personnel being held in Iranian custody and vowed to set them free shortly.  —  "I declare that the people of Iran and the government of Iran …

Israel seeks to reassure Syria: No summer attack  —  Israel's political and military leadership has been preparing in recent weeks for the possibility of a Syrian attack on the Golan Heights that will start as a result of a "miscalculation" on the part of the Syrians, who may assume that Israel intends to attack them.

Bush Blames Democrats for Impasse Over Iraq Bills  —  The political brinkmanship over Iraq war spending intensified Tuesday, as President Bush said Congressional Democrats had "undercut the troops" by passing legislation that ties continued war financing to mandated timelines for the withdrawal of American combat units.

Chastened McCain Relaunches Campaign  —  Amid growing internal concern about poor fundraising and the direction of his presidential campaign, Sen. John McCain's top advisers bluntly told backers on Tuesday of plans to overhaul the campaign and delay its formal announcement until after a major speech on Iraq.

Students Lie in Front of Car, Delay Rove After Speech  —  Heckling protesters briefly delayed the car carrying top White House aide Karl Rove last night as he left the American University campus, where he had just given a speech.  No arrests or injuries were reported after Rove's invitation-only talk.

No more GWOT, House committee decrees  —  The House Armed Services Committee is banishing the global war on terror from the 2008 defense budget.  —  This is not because the war has been won, lost or even called off, but because the committee's Democratic leadership doesn't like the phrase.

Did Keith Richards Really Snort His Dad's Ashes?  No — It Was A Joke!  —  Comments made in magazine interview were only 'said in jest,' manager tells MTV News.  —  Maybe you saw that Keith Richards item that started popping up all over the place on Tuesday (April 3) …

Poll: Iowa Dems Favor Clinton, Edwards; Republicans Like Giuliani, McCain  —  A statewide poll conducted by University of Iowa political scientists shows that former U.S. Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) leads among Iowa's likely Democratic caucus goers, while U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton …

Schumer defies Justice  —  Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) last week ignored a plea from the Bush administration by demanding that Kyle Sampson name other U.S. attorneys the Justice Department had been planning to fire.  —  Schumer's query to the former chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales …

Too much hot air on global warming  —  We have spent the past decade debating a scientific consensus on global warming instead of taking action to fix it.  The time is now to move from talk to action.  —  For too long, we have allowed our national dialogue on this looming crisis to be distorted …

CNN Replaces Anchors on Its Flagging Morning Show  —  John Roberts, Kiran Chetry To Succeed the Two O'Briens  —  CNN is replacing both of its morning show anchors with recent recruits from other networks, sources familiar with the shake-up confirmed last night.

Unrelated Items Part of Iraq Bills Since War Began  —  To President Bush, they are "pork-barrel projects completely unrelated to the war," items in the House and Senate war-spending bills such as peanut storage facilities and aid to spinach farmers that insult the seriousness of the conflict and exist only to buy votes.