Justice Probes Abramoff Ties To White House  —  The Justice Department's Public Integrity Section is investigating connections between disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and the White House, a probe that may be affected by missing White House emails.  —  Lawyers involved in the case …

Kerry reopens door to possible presidential run  —  DENVER - Sen. John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) reopened the door to a possible 2008 presidential campaign during a book signing in Denver and then again, in an interview with 9NEWS.  —  The 2004 Democratic nominee told a crowd of more than 250 …

Public Knowledge of Current Affairs Little Changed by News and Information Revolutions  —  What Americans Know: 1989-2007  —  Summary of Findings  —  Since the late 1980s, the emergence of 24-hour cable news as a dominant news source and the explosive growth of the internet have led …

The Wolfowitz Files  —  The anatomy of a World Bank smear.  —  The World Bank released its files in the case of President Paul Wolfowitz's ethics on Friday, and what a revealing download it is.  On the evidence in these 109 pages, it is clearer than ever that this flap is a political hit based …

Why I Declined To Serve  —  Service to the nation is both a responsibility and an honor for every citizen presented with the opportunity.  This is especially true in times of war and crisis.  Today, because of the war in Iraq, this nation is in a crisis of confidence and is confused …

MTP Transcript for April 15, 2007  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: The war in Iraq, are there any good options?  With us, the former special envoy to the Middle East and author for "The Battle for Peace," retired General Tony Zinni.  Then, the debate over Don Imus and his comments …

Donors Linked to the Clintons Shift to Obama  —  As Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton seeks to reassemble the Democratic money machine her husband built, some major fund-raisers long associated with her and him have signed on with Senator Barack Obama.  —  Among the biggest fund-raisers …

Ritual-washing area for Muslims at MCTC may be only the beginning  —  Last week, I wrote about Minneapolis Community and Technical College, which is planning to install facilities to help Muslim students perform ritual washing before daily prayers.  It's a simple matter of extending …

Cheney Steers Clear Of Libby Mess  —  VP Says Some Democrats Have Been "Irresponsible" On Iraq In Pushing For Withdrawal Timetable  —  (CBS) Despite the conviction of his former chief of staff in a high-profile trial, Vice President Dick Cheney said today that he has not had an opportunity …

I.R.S. Audits Middle Class More Often, More Quickly  —  Middle-class Americans, listen up: the I.R.S. is much more likely to audit you this year.  Those caught cheating can expect to pay about $4,100 more on average in income taxes.  —  Since 2000, authorities at the Internal Revenue Service …

Coda  —  I missed this one, from Friday: … This is the media critic for the Washington Post and CNN.  Do you think maybe Howie has been spending a little too much time around the wrong people lately?  —  Gwen Ifill was good this morning on Meet The Press.

Don Ho, Hawaiian Musician, Dies at 76  —  Don Ho, an entertainer who defined popular perceptions of Hawaiian music in the 1960s and held fast to that image as a peerless Waikiki nightclub attraction, died yesterday in Honolulu.  He was 76.  —  The cause was heart failure, his daughter Dayna Ho said.

The Media Cornucopia  —  It's a Golden Age of media—but not for long, if the Left has its way.  —  Throughout most of history, humans lived in a state of extreme information poverty.  News traveled slowly, field to field, village to village.  Even with the printing press's advent, information spread at a snail's pace.

MOORE'S 'SICKO' STUNT  —  TAKES 9/11 WORKERS TO CUBA  —  Filmmaker Michael Moore's production company took ailing Ground Zero responders to Cuba in a stunt aimed at showing that the U.S. health-care system is inferior to Fidel Castro's socialized medicine, according to several sources with knowledge of the trip.