Giuliani Tells N.R.A. He Opposes New Gun Limits  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani appeared today before the National Rifle Association — a group he once likened to extremists — and defended his very vocal past advocacy of tougher gun laws while affirming the right of law-abiding citizens to bear arms.

N.Y. Drops Citizenship Proof For Driver's Licenses  —  Move Should Cut Down Unlicensed Illegal Immigrants  —  Featured Slideshows:  —  Reporting  —  (CBS) NEW YORK They were celebrating outside the governor's office Friday as Eliot Spitzer handed a landmark victory to a half-million illegal immigrants.

Feds target Blackwater in weapons probe  —  WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors are investigating whether employees of the private security firm Blackwater USA illegally smuggled into Iraq weapons that may have been sold on the black market and ended up in the hands of a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, officials said Friday.

2 arrested in noose incident near Jena  —  ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana (CNN) — Authorities in Alexandria, Louisiana, arrested two people after nooses were seen hanging from the back of a red pickup Thursday night, the city's mayor told CNN.  —  Alexandria is less than an hour away from Jena …

Best of the Web  —  Today's Video on WSJ.com: Brendan Miniter on Greenspan and other critics of GOP fiscal policy.  —  Dead Metaphor?  —  Here is a story to brighten your weekend: Early this afternoon we received an email from one of our most loyal readers.

Senate and House Reach Accord on Health Insurance for Children  —  Senate and House negotiators from both parties reached a final deal yesterday on an expansion of a health insurance program for the children of the working poor, just a day after President Bush vowed to veto it.

NRCC chair threatens to resign  —  House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) is trying to force out the top two staffers of the National Republican Campaign Committee — leading to a threat of resignation from the NRCC by Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) if it happens, said GOP insiders.

Immigrants' Emergency Care Is Limited by U.S. Rule  —  The federal government has told New York State health officials that chemotherapy, which had been covered for illegal immigrants under a government-financed program for emergency medical care, does not qualify for coverage.

Sen. Specter Asks: Who's This Jenna Jameson?  —  Guess who got a V.I.P. tour of the Capitol Thursday?  —  Porn star - no, make that former porn star - and big Hillary Clinton fan Jenna Jameson.  —  Jameson, who quit the porn business and got a breast reduction last month …

BOOK: CASTRO'S SON SAYS DAD DYING; BUT CUBAN LEADER DETERMINED TO OUTLIVE BUSH PRESIDENCY  —  The highly anticipated book on Fidel Castro from one of the preeminent authorities on Cuban and Miami politics and CBS' correspondent on Castro, Ann Louise Bardach, WITHOUT FIDEL …

I've been going through the big lawsuit that Dan Rather filed against CBS the other day, and there's some stuff in it that's pretty eye-opening and definitely deserving of more attention.  —  Rather's lawsuit, of course, deals mostly with the scandal around the story about Bush and the Air National Guard.

U.S., France agree on new sanctions against Iran: Rice  —  U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner spoke Friday of a common front against Iran's nuclear program that included support for new sanctions against Tehran.

O'Reilly surprised "there was no difference" between Harlem restaurant and other New York restaurants … During the September 19 edition of his nationally syndicated radio program, discussing his recent trip to have dinner with Rev. Al Sharpton at Sylvia's, a famous restaurant in Harlem …

CBS 2 Reporter Files Complaint After Scuffle  —  Mike Flannery Was Shoved By Aide After Rep. Weller Speech  —  (CBS) JOLIET, Ill. CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery has filed a complaint after he was shoved and sent down a flight of stairs while questioning a congressman Friday, knocking him into a woman who also fell.

Student Charged With Wearing Fake Bomb At Logan  —  Police Say Simpson Had Circuit Board, Wiring, and Play-Doh  —  E-Mail Us: Did Police Act Appropriately?  —  Blog Chatter: See what people are saying about this story  —  (WBZ) BOSTON Troopers arrested an MIT student at gunpoint Friday …

George Soros: The Man, The Mind And The Money Behind MoveOn  —  The Left: The smear ad published against Gen. Petraeus has drawn attention to its sponsor, MoveOn.org.  But the fingerprints of the group's chief financial backer, George Soros, were all over it.  Who is this man and what is he up to?

Anti-War YouTube 'Vet' Admits He Is Faker  —  Brian Ross and Vic Walter Report:  —  A Washington man, whose claims to have slaughtered civilians as a U.S. Army Ranger in Iraq were seen by millions on YouTube, admitted in federal court in Seattle today that he was a fake and a liar.