Clinton Backer Distributes Essay On How GOP Would Link Obama To '70s Radicals  —  A high-ranking labor supporter of Hillary Clinton is distributing to union leaders and to Democratic strategists a document detailing the radical activities of Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn …

Gallup Daily: Clinton 46%, Obama 45%  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Poll Daily tracking shows that Hillary Clinton now receives 46% of the support of Democrats nationally, compared to 45% for Barack Obama, marking the first time Obama has not led in Gallup's daily tracking since March 18-20.

KINKY NEWS NETWORK  —  CNN'S QUEST A VERY ‘KNOTTY’ BOY  —  This is CNN?  Kinky!  —  CNN personality Richard Quest was busted in Central Park early yesterday with some drugs in his pocket, a rope around his neck that was tied to his genitals, and a sex toy in his boot, law-enforcement sources said.

Iraqi troops launch offensive in Basra  —  BAGHDAD — Artillery fire and bomb blasts shook a militia-held district in the southern city of Basra today as U.S. and British forces backed up Iraqi troops launching a new offensive in the area.  —  The fighting was concentrated in Hyaniyah …

McCain: ‘A lot of our problems today are psychological.’  —  This week on Fox News, Neil Cavuto asked Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) about the worth of rescinding an 18-cent gas tax as prices at the pump escalate this summer.  McCain responded that “a lot of our problems today” are “psychological” — even the “ability to keep our own home”:

April Morning  —  Patriots Day may be the least known American holiday, and the day most deserving of our recognition.  Observed in Massachusetts and Maine only.  Don't know it?  It marks the day, April 19, 1775, on which Americans took up arms against their king, and bled, at the crack of terrible dawn.

Guns and God?  Hell, yes  —  Obama attacks two of the things that elevate the U.S. above places like Europe  —  Our lesson today comes from the songwriter Frank Loesser:  —  “Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition.”  —  Or as Barack Obama and his San Francisco pals would put it: God and guns.

Trigger Happy  —  In words that he has come to regret, Barack Obama opined as to why he was having a hard time winning over many blue-collar voters: “They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or antitrade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.”

Is The Earth Producing MORE Oil?  —  Lost in the big news last week — the race for the Democratic nomination, the reeling U.S. economy, the ongoing life/death saga that is “Dancing with the Stars” — came word that a new deep-water exploration area off the coast of Brazil could contain as much as 33 billion barrels of oil.

On the Gay Bar Circuit with Chelsea and the Gov.  —  PHILADELPHIA — In her family's non-stop campaigning in Pennsylvania, Chelsea Clinton got the post-midnight duty on Friday night: stumping in Philadelphia's gay bars.  —  Hillary Clinton's big supporter in the state, Gov. Ed Rendell …

Our reign of terror, by the Israeli army  —  In shocking testimonies that reveal abductions, beatings and torture, Israeli soldiers confess the horror they have visited on Hebron … The dark-haired 22-year-old in black T-shirt, blue jeans and red Crocs is understandably hesitant as he sits …

Sex for diploma offer caught on tape  —  HOUSTON (KTRK) — The founder of a Christian school is confronted after 13 Undercover catches him soliciting sex from a parent, who's trying to get her daughter a high school diploma.  —  At graduation ceremonies he talks about God …

McCain camp says Hamas wants Obama  —  (CNN) — John McCain's campaign sent supporters a fundraising e-mail Friday that claims Hamas approves of Democrat Barack Obama's foreign policy vision, and is hoping for his victory this fall.  —  “Barack Obama's foreign policy plans have even won …

Ken Pollack: Al Qaeda is a great “catch-all” term  —  The New York Times today examines John McCain's very Bush-like propensity to run around slapping the “Al Qaeda” label on everyone we're fighting in Iraq, even though . . . it's completely false to describe them that way.