Six Christians rip pages from Koran in White House stunt  —  WASHINGTON (AFP) - A small group of conservative Christians tore some pages from a Koran in a protest outside the White House Saturday to denounce what they called the “charade of Islam” on the anniversary of 9/11.

King: Imam behind Ground Zero-area mosque ‘blackmailing’ U.S. on project  —  The ranking member on the House Homeland Security Committee accused the imam behind the mosque project near Ground Zero of arm-twisting and “blackmailing” to push Park51 through.  —  “To me, it's almost …

Clinton claim in Whitman ad is false, state says  —  The California Department of Finance says overall state taxes went down when Brown was governor, not up.  Whitman campaign says it won't halt the ad featuring video of the former president.  —  A claim in a Meg Whitman television ad …

A G.O.P. Leader Bound to Lobbyists  —  WASHINGTON — House Democrats were preparing late last year for the first floor vote on the financial regulatory overhaul when Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio and other Republican leaders summoned more than 100 industry lobbyists …

Engineering Terror  —  They say they believe in freedom and share our values.  They say a few bad apples shouldn't bring down judgment on their entire kind.  Don't be fooled.  Though they walk among us with impunity, they are, in the words of Henry Farrell, a political scientist …

‘It looks like a war zone’  —  The aftermath: 4 dead, 37 homes destroyed - crews seek answers  —  A full day after the natural gas explosion and inferno that turned a San Bruno neighborhood into ash, the wreckage was still too hot for people to be let back in - but families of some of four people killed …

2 Muslims travel 13,000 miles across America, find an embracing nation  —  (CNN) — The blue Chevy Cobalt broke down amid the mountains of Montana in an area where there was no cell phone reception.  The Muslims in the car, on a cross-country journey for the holy month of Ramadan, approached a bushy-bearded fisherman.

Dan Abrams To Write Book Proving That Women Are Better Than Men.  Yes, Really.  —  NY Post's Page SIx column reports today that Mediaite founder and NBC/MSNBC Chief Legal Analyst Dan Abrams has a deal with Abrams Books to publish a book that makes the case for the superiority of woman …