The Politico Fails Journalism 100  —  When I was studying journalism way back in the early 1980s, they hammered on us pretty hard about fact checking, verifying sources and not accepting things as fact based on hearsay.  I don't think we covered conference calls specifically …

Hamas to Grant Amnesty to Fatah Leaders  —  Victorious Hamas gunmen rounded up senior military leaders of the Fatah movement in the Gaza Strip early Friday, then announced a general amnesty in a sign the Islamic movement is seeking to reconcile with its secular rivals after five days of fierce fighting.

Senate Leaders Agree to Revive Immigration Bill  —  Senate Democratic and Republican leaders announced on Thursday that they had agreed on a way to revive a comprehensive immigration bill that was pulled off the Senate floor seven days ago.  —  The majority leader, Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada …

Delay Denied, Libby Is Seen as Weeks From Prison  —  I. Lewis Libby Jr., once one of the most powerful men in government, was escorted by federal marshals out a side door in a federal courtroom here Thursday for processing after a judge issued a final ruling that he would have to begin serving …

State GOP goes outside the U.S. to hire top aide  —  The California Republican Party has decided no American is qualified to take one of its most crucial positions — state deputy political director — and has hired a Canadian for the job through a coveted H-1B visa, a program favored …

N.C. pressed on voter listings  —  State, feds say rolls out of date, push changes; official says no need  —  RALEIGH —State and federal officials are mounting two broad challenges to the way North Carolina maintains its voter rolls, charging widespread irregularities that include votes cast under the names of dead people.

Bush administration attacks 'shield' for bloggers  —  WASHINGTON—The Bush administration on Thursday blasted a congressional proposal that would shield a broad swath of news gatherers, including some bloggers, from revealing their confidential sources.  —  The latest draft of the Free Flow …

The CEO Mayor  —  How New York's Mike Bloomberg is creating a new model for public service that places pragmatism before politics  —  The American businessman-politician has a long and storied history.  From Alexander Hamilton (industrialist) to Herbert Hoover (mining consultant) …

You won't see Termination 2 at the movies  —  Liberal Hollywood shies away from abortion  —  In grim times Americans turn to Hollywood for escapist cheer, and this summer the fantasy factory has not disappointed.  The multiplexes are unusually full of feelgood movies to chase away the troubled superpower blues.