Zawahiri Was Target in U.S. Attack on Religious School in Pakistan  —  Alexis Debat Reports:  —  Ayman al Zawahiri was the target of a Predator missile attack this morning on a religious school in Pakistan, according to Pakistani intelligence sources.  —  ABC News has learned the raid …

CNN hopes blogging is election-night blessing  —  An event aimed at getting instant reaction from online opinion makers is but a part of cable channels' efforts.  —  NEW YORK — Who says the mainstream media don't respect the blogosphere?  —  CNN is trying to incorporate bloggers directly …

Request to Sen. Lieberman to disclose petty cash  —  Public Campaign Action Fund's letter to Senator Joe Lieberman regarding his nondisclosure of petty cash:  —  The Hon. Joseph Lieberman  —  PO Box 231294  —  State House Square  —  Hartford, CT 06123  —  Dear Senator Lieberman,

Left Publicizes Facebook Pic of Corker's Daughter Kissing A Girl  —Ace  —  From Wonkette , which now seems to be officially a gay website, and which is crowing that it got the smooch story pushed into the MSM.  (Well, defnining MSM as a "nobody columnist from the Atlanta Commercial Appeal …

In Baghdad, a Force Under the Militias' Sway  —  Infiltration of Iraqi Police Could Delay Handover of Control for Years, U.S. Trainers Suggest  —  BAGHDAD — The signs of the militias are everywhere at the Sholeh police station.  —  Posters celebrating Moqtada al-Sadr, head of the Mahdi Army militia, dot the building's walls.

Poll: Stumping not boosting Bush popularity  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush's popularity has not been buoyed by a series of public events in recent days, a new CNN poll suggests.  —  Bush's approval rating hovers in the high 30s, where it has been throughout October.

Climate change fight 'can't wait'  —  The world cannot afford to wait before tackling climate change, the UK prime minister has warned.  —  A report by economist Sir Nicholas Stern suggests that global warming could shrink the global economy by 20%.  —  But taking action now would cost …

How the Web Prevents Rape  —  ALL THAT INTERNET PORN REDUCES SEX CRIMES.  REALLY.  —  Does pornography breed rape?  Do violent movies breed violent crime?  Quite the opposite, it seems.  —  First, porn.  What happens when more people view more of it?  The rise of the Internet offers a gigantic natural experiment.

Audio: John Kerry on America's lazy, uneducated military  —  People send me these audio clips all the time and I'm never sure whether to run them or not.  Without the audio of the whole speech, I can't tell if the comments were later qualified, retracted, embellished, etc.

Shreddin' With Dick  —  Spotted on 10/19, by an eagle-eyed Wonkette reader: The Mid-Atlantic Shredding Services truck making its way up to the Cheney compound at the Naval Observatory.  —  Fun fact: Mid-Atlantic Shredding Services has been contracted by the Secret Service for our Executive Branch's record-not-keeping needs.

Message Discipline  —  I'm behind the curve on Amy Sullivan on David Kuo, but I thought this was interesting: … Now Amy's right.  It would be useful, for the purposes of electoral politics, for liberals in the media to avoid expressing the view that the belief — adhered to by millions of Americans …

Democrats fear the storm could leave them high and dry  —  Party is worried that the precdicted hurricane will just fizzle out  —  PUNDITS predict that the Republicans will be swept from power on Capitol Hill on November 7 by an elemental force of voter anger aimed at President Bush and Congress.

U.S. death toll in Iraq tops 100 in October  —  Blast kills 33 Iraqis in Baghdad Shiite stronghold; 80 die across country  —  Marines pay their respects to a fellow Marine killed in Iraq.  Combat deaths have soared in October past 100.  —  NBC VIDEO