Clinton's Shocking Florida Gambit  —  Hillary Clinton's rhetoric today about counting the results in Florida and Michigan is simply incredible.  Her speech compares discounting the Florida and Michigan primaries to vote suppression and slavery: … It's worth repeating: They supported this “disenfranchisement.”

Energy Watchdog Warns Of Oil-Production Crunch  —  IEA Official Says Supplies  —  May Plateau Below Expected Demand  —  The world's premier energy monitor is preparing a sharp downward revision of its oil-supply forecast, a shift that reflects deepening pessimism over whether oil companies can keep abreast of booming demand.

Many Florida Jews Express Doubts on Obama  —  BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — At the Aberdeen Golf and Country Club on Sunday, the fountains were burbling, the man-made lakes were shining, and Shirley Weitz and Ruth Grossman were debating why Jews in this gated neighborhood of airy retirement homes feel …

House Overrides Veto of Farm Bill  —  The House easily overrode President Bush's veto of a $307 billion farm bill last night in what appeared to be the most significant legislative rebuff of Bush's presidency.  But a legislative glitch is likely to force embarassed Democratic leaders to pass …

McCain to Meet 3 Possible Running Mates  —  Senator John McCain is planning to meet this weekend with at least three potential Republican running mates at a gathering at his ranch in Arizona, suggesting that he is stepping up his search for a vice president now that the Democratic contest …

Karsenty Strikes Blow for Freedom in Al-Dura Case [VIDEO]  —  Richard Landes of the Second Draft reviews the evidence that the “Al-Dura Affair” was, as ruled by a French appeals court today, a hoax — and exposes other works of “Pallywood.”  —  The French court of appeals …

What's driving Israel and Syria to talk?  —  The renewal of peace talks between Israel and Syria is a sign of widespread concern about the rising power of Hezbollah and Iran, as well as the diminishing fortunes of the Bush administration in its twilight.  —  WASHINGTON (JTA) …

Who Is John McCain?  —  The Real McCain: Why Conservatives Don't Trust Him—and Why Independents Shouldn't  —  It is little remembered today that the political career of John Sidney McCain III, a career now thoroughly laundered in mythology, began with the help of several fortuities.

Sex swap driving teacher fury  —  A SEX swap instructor at an all-female driving school was left devastated when the Sheffield husband of one of her pupils threatened to sue her firm - for sending a man to teach his Muslim wife.  —  Emma Sherdley - formerly a married dad of two called Andrew …

Obama's Troubling Instincts  —  Barack Obama is ambling rather than sprinting across the primary-season finish line.  It's not just his failure to connect with blue-collar Democrats.  He has added to his problems with ill-informed replies on critical foreign policy questions.

The Case Against Indy  —  Or why he matters less than you think.  —  BEFORE YOU SEND ME IRATE emails, allow me preface this by stating how thoroughly I enjoy the Indiana Jones films, most notably Raiders of the Lost Ark. But at the end of the day, does our beloved archaeologist actually “save the day”?

Kennedy Talked, Khrushchev Triumphed  —  IN his inaugural address, President John F. Kennedy expressed in two eloquent sentences, often invoked by Barack Obama, a policy that turned out to be one of his presidency's — indeed one of the cold war's — most consequential: “Let us never negotiate out of fear.

Madame President Clinton?  Chelesa Clinton That Is  —  ABC News' Ed O'Keefe Reports: Perhaps there will be a Madame President Clinton after all.  No, not Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. How about former first daughter and active campaigner Chelsea Clinton?  —  “If you asked me …

FTC Wants to Know What Big Brother Knows About You  —  ‘Behavioral Targeting’ on Web Is Debated  —  How do you find a bride these days?  —  One of the nation's leading online tracking companies knows.  —  Monitoring consumers at roughly 3,000 Web sites, Revenue Science identified brides …