Splitting Hairs, Edwards's Stylist Tells His Side of Story  —  Man Behind Pricey Coifs Details Long Relationship  —  For four decades, Joseph Torrenueva has cut the hair of Hollywood celebrities, from Marlon Brando to Bob Barker, so when a friend told him in 2003 that a presidential candidate needed grooming advice, he agreed to help.

45 Muslim doctors planned US terror raids  —  A group of 45 Muslim doctors threatened to use car bombs and rocket grenades in terrorist attacks in the United States during discussions on an extremist internet chat site.  —  Police found details of the discussions on a site run by one of a three-strong "cyber-terrorist" gang.

A Mob-Rule Moment  —  Former senator Fred Thompson has begun his unannounced quest for the Republican presidential nomination by telling audiences in New Hampshire that Washington is badly out of touch with the country.  —  As a senior campaign adviser put it to The Post's Michael Shear …

Taliban Radio station back On air  —  Radio Voice of Shariat has been launched again by the Taliban in southern Afghanistan.  Locals and authorities have accepted that they started broadcasting in the southern provinces.  Radio Voice of Shariat has been heard in the provinces of Paktia, Paktika and Khost.

New al-Qaeda video calls on Muslims to unite in jihad  —  CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaeda's No. 2 has issued a new video tape calling on Muslims to unite in jihad, or holy war, and support the Islamist movement in Iraq, a U.S.-based intelligence monitoring group said Wednesday.

Al Gore's son arrested for drugs  —  The son of Al Gore, the former vice president and prominent environmental campaigner, was yesterday arrested for possession of drugs after being pulled over by police for speeding.  —  Al Gore III, 24, was stopped as he was driving a blue Toyota Prius …

Jihadi Transvestite Busted in Islamabad  —  Now here's the sort of story that brightens the 4th of July: … It's like an upper-class Indian masquerading as an Untouchable, or a Ruler of the Universe in blackface, trying to fool the cops.  The deputy information minister has it precisely right …

Construction Woes Add to Fears at Embassy in Iraq  —  U.S. diplomats in Iraq, increasingly fearful over their personal safety after recent mortar attacks inside the Green Zone, are pointing to new delays and mistakes in the U.S. Embassy construction project in Baghdad as signs that their vulnerability could grow in the months ahead.

Taking U.S. citizenship oaths in Iraq  —  Hundreds of American immigrants serving in the military are naturalized in ceremonies around the war-torn country.  —  BAGHDAD — U.S. soldiers and Marines filed into the marble hall of Saddam Hussein's former Al Faw Palace on Independence Day as foreigners at home as well as here.

Radioactive devices disappearing at alarming rate  —  Radioactive devices — some of which have the potential to be used in terrorist attacks — have gone missing in alarming numbers in Canada over the past five years.  —  A new database compiled by The Canadian Press shows that the devices …

Severe Weather Hit D.C. Suburban Area  —  WASHINGTON — Fourth of July crowds have been evacuated from the National Mall until severe storms pass through the area, according to Rob Lachance, of the U.S. Park Police.  —  The West Front of the U.S. Capitol also was evacuated due to inclement weather.

Fed Up With War, Some Won't Pay Taxes  —  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - When the United States invaded Iraq more than four years ago, war opponent David Gross asked his bosses for a radical pay cut, enough so he wouldn't have to pay taxes to support the war.  —  "I was having a hard time looking at myself in the mirror," Gross said.

The Lying Game  —  WHEN the Republicans in Congress impeached President Bill Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair, they insisted that it wasn't about sex, it was about lying.  Of course that wasn't true.  Even at the height of their power-mad self-delusions (when Newt Gingrich was conducting …

'Bonfires and Illuminations'  —  The Declaration of Independence, signed 231 years ago, shines brightly to this day as a beacon of liberty in a world still too oppressed.  So why, we ask in our annual Fourth of July editorial, are New Yorkers forced to celebrate in the dark?