Hillary and Bill Clinton Tax Returns  —  Statement of Jay Carson  —  Today Senator Hillary Clinton and President Bill Clinton are releasing their tax returns for the years 2000 through 2006, and are providing information regarding their 2007 taxes as well.

Obama Adviser Calls for Troops To Stay in Iraq Through 2010  —  WASHINGTON — A key adviser to Senator Obama's campaign is recommending in a confidential paper that America keep between 60,000 and 80,000 troops in Iraq as of late 2010, a plan at odds with the public pledge of the Illinois senator …

Muslim is spared a speeding ban so he can drive between his two wives  —  When it comes to avoiding a ban for speeding, the courts hear every excuse in the book.  —  But yesterday one motorist offered what must be a unique reason why he should keep his licence.

GOP lands top-tier recruit against Lautenberg  —  Biotech executive John Crowley is expected to enter the New Jersey Senate race against Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg, according to a source familiar with his thinking.  It would give Republicans a candidate with a compelling personal narrative …

New Michigan Primary: It's Really Most Sincerely Dead  —  Updated |  4:25 p.m. There'll be no primary re-vote in Michigan, the state's Democratic party announced today.  In a phone meeting, Michigan party executives unanimously decided that such a move “is not practical.”

Exclusive: Chinese police kill eight after opening fire on monks and Tibet protesters  —  ‘They cried long live the Dalai Lama - then the firing started’  —  Chinese paramilitary police killed eight people and wounded dozens more when they fired on a protest by several hundred Tibetan monks and villagers, The Times has been told.

McCain Gives Mea Culpa in Memphis Over Vote Against King Holiday  —  Forty years after Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, John McCain sought to make amends Friday for originally opposing the creation of a national holiday in honor of the civil rights leader.  —  In a driving rain …

What If Democrats Used Winner Take All?  —  A Commentary by Wesley Little  —  Even as the Obama and Clinton campaigns fight frantically to establish the appropriate yard-stick by which to judge the will of the American people, one fact has been largely ignored: Obama's significant delegate lead …

Think Progress Screws Up Again  —  Last week Think Progress blogger Amanda accused John McCain of plagiarizing a speech from Admiral Timothy Ziemer only to retract the story hours later.  Amanda, last name unknown, had failed to check with McCain's office before running her “exclusive,” …

Obama's Quandary  —  Margaret Carlson contends that Barack Obama has made two big errors in his campaign.  One was failing to recognize the impact of Rev. Wright's incendiary language The other was his failure at bowling.  She makes a good case that, in working-class, primarily white suburbs …

An Economic Cleansing  —  Recessions are part of capitalism.  They happen every so often.  We've had two in the last 25 years.  And it looks like we are entering a third one after today's jobs-loss report.  —  The unemployment rate went up to 5.1 percent.  Non-farm payrolls have fallen for three straight months.

The Baghdad Lottery: “He Can't Win, If We Don't Play”  —  Let me reflect on a few events of the past week.  You have expressed concern for my safety.  I arrogantly told you to “relax” and to stop watching the news...I'm sorry.  —  My friend Jack is back in Baghdad.

Silicon Insider: Should Drudge and Huffington Get Pulitzers?  —  OPINION By MICHAEL S. MALONE  —  Flash!  Here's a breaking item on Wednesday's PR NewsWire from Germany: “According to InfoCom's latest research, newspapers are realizing that the most important part of the word is ‘news’ and not ‘paper.’”

Roommates.com can be sued for violating fair housing laws, court rules  —  The website requires users to provide information, including their race and sexual orientation, which could foster housing discrimination.  —  The law may temper the freewheeling nature of the Internet after all.