Judge nixes warrantless surveillance  —  DETROIT - A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government's warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to it.  —  U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first judge to strike …

Lieberman leads opponents in new poll  —  BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman (news, bio, voting record), a three-term Democrat now running as an independent candidate, leads the man who beat him in last week's primary vote by 12 points in a three-way race, a poll released on Thursday shows.

Hagee's Office Responds: Contradicts L.A. Times  —  I heard back from General Hagee's office yesterday regarding my inquiry about when Gen. Hagee briefed John Murtha about Haditha.  The bottom line: Gen. Hagee's office has directly contradicted an assertion by the L.A. Times …

Tramm Hudson Destroys Himself  —  Tramm Hudson is the current front runner in the GOP primary in FL-13, the Congressional District being vacated by Katherine Harris.  RedState has happened upon the clip below of Tramm talking to a group of people.  His words will, justifiably …

France Throws U.N Peacekeeping Plans Into Disarray  —  Chirac Rebuffs Pleas to Make Major Contribution to Mission  —  France has rebuffed U.N. pleas to make a major contribution to a peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, setting back international efforts to send a credible military force …

Top al Qaeda Man In Pakistan Nabbed  —  Gretchen Peters and Habibullah Khan Report:  —  A senior al Qaeda commander allegedly tied to the London airplane bomb plot has been arrested in Pakistan, Pakistani intelligence and law enforcement officials have told ABC News.

Syria to form its own Hizbullah  —  Baath party official: Lebanon war proves 'resistance' against Israel works  —  On the heels of what it views as a Hizbullah victory against the Jewish state, Syria is forming its own Hizbullah-like guerilla organization to fight Israel in hopes of …

Hatch says Demo win could help terrorists  —  Sen. Orrin Hatch, who continuously decries the bitter partisanship in Washington, implied this week that Democratic success in November's election could result in terrorist attacks on America.  —  Hatch was quoted in Tuesday's Tooele Transcript Bulletin …

Iranian Exhibit Takes On the Holocaust  —  Cartoon Contest Launched in Answer to Publication of Muhammad Caricatures  —  At the exhibition entrance, a poster shows a helmet with the Star of David lying on top of others carrying a Nazi swastika.  Inside, the Statue of Liberty is pictured holding …

Mass murder in the skies: was the plot feasible?  —  The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air;  —  And a loud voice came forth out of the temple of Heaven,  —  From the throne, saying, "It is done!"  —  Binary liquid explosives are a sexy staple of Hollywood thrillers.

BREAKING NEWS: Explosive Substances Found at Tri-State Airport, Female Passenger Detained  —  CLICK ON THE LIVE FEED LINK ABOVE TO WATCH LIVE COVERAGE FROM TRI-STATE AIRPORT  —  Tri-State Airport in Wayne County has been evacuated.  A perimeter has been set up, and evacuees are being asked to stand back 350 feet from the airport.

Remarks by the President at Lynn Swann for Governor Reception  —  Lancaster Host Resort and Conference Center  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for coming.  (Applause.)  Thanks for being here.  The people of Pennsylvania know that when you draft Lynn Swann — (laughter) — you get a man who performs.

White House backing new plan to defuse insurrection in Pakistan  —  WASHINGTON - A U.S.-backed plan to defeat Islamist militants in Pakistan's autonomous tribal areas has backfired badly, and the Bush administration is working with Pakistan to come up with a new strategy to defuse the insurrection.