New Foley Instant Messages; Had Internet Sex While Awaiting House Vote  —  Brian Ross and Maddy Sauer Report:  —  Former Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) interrupted a vote on the floor of the House in 2003 to engage in Internet sex with a high school student who had served as a congressional page …

CBS Turns Over News Broadcast To Man Who Blames School Shootings on Teaching Evolution and Abortion  —  Last night, the CBS Evening News turned their broadcast over to a man named Brian Rohrbough, who lost his son during the Columbine massacre.  Mr. Rohrbough proceeded to blame recent school shootings on …

North Korea Vows First Nuclear Test  —  North Korea announced today that it plans to conduct its first nuclear test, sharply escalating its standoff with the United States and setting off ripples of alarm in Japan and South Korea.  —  A State Department spokesman said a test would pose …

Total Republican Collapse Imminent  —  The last ten days have been amazing.  Starting with Bill Clinton fighting back against Faux News, we have now seen:  — The National Intelligence Estimate declare that the war in Iraq in increasing terrorism worldwide  — Colin Powell say he was fired

Bush says Democrats shouldn't be trusted  —  STOCKTON, Calif. - President Bush, on a campaign swing in the West, is arguing the Democratic Party is weak-kneed on national security and shouldn't be trusted to hold the reins of Congress.  —  "If you listen closely to some of the leaders …

High-calorie diet fattens U.S. detainees  —  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Offered a high-calorie diet and kept in their cells almost around the clock, many detainees at Guantanamo Bay are becoming fat.  —  Meals totaling a whopping 4,200 calories per day are brought to their cells …

More Troops, Please  —  "Not losing" isn't the same as winning.  —  I've heard President Bush repeatedly state he will send more troops to Iraq if the commanders on the ground ask for them.  I think, having returned home from Iraq two months ago, that there must be a breakdown in communication somewhere along the line.

Police: School killer told wife he molested family members … (CNN) — Pennsylvania schoolhouse killer Charles Carl Roberts IV told his wife he molested young relatives 20 years ago and was dreaming about molesting children again, police said Tuesday.  —  Investigators talked to relatives …

'Pope protesters' hijack airliner  —  A Turkish airliner flying from Tirana to Istanbul has been hijacked and flown to Brindisi in southern Italy in an apparent protest against the Pope.  —  It sent out an SOS twice in Greek airspace, and both Greece and Italy scrambled fighter jets to escort it before it landed in Brindisi.

MTSU poll: Corker, Ford in dead heat in Senate race  —  Tennessee's race for the U.S. Senate is a dead heat between Republican Bob Corker and Democrat Harold Ford Jr., according to a Middle Tennessee State University poll released today.  —  The MTSU telephone survey showed 43 percent …

Three Years Of CQ  —  Three years.  8,156 posts.  Over 109,000 comments and 16,000 trackbacks. 23 million visits.  And the best blog community in the 'sphere.  —  It all started with this post: … When I first started this blog, I expected it to serve two purposes …