Sarah Palin not under FBI investigation, agency spokesman says  —  The former GOP vice presidential candidate's surprise resignation as Alaska governor had set off speculation, including rumors of a pending federal corruption probe or charges.  —  Reporting from Washington …

A Letter to Our Readers  —  Dear Reader:  —  I want to apologize for a planned new venture that went off track and for any cause we may have given you to doubt our independence and integrity.  A flier distributed last week suggested that we were selling access to power brokers …

Leading Clerics Defy Ayatollah on Disputed Iran Election  —  CAIRO — The most important group of religious leaders in Iran called the disputed presidential election and the new government illegitimate on Saturday, an act of defiance against the country's supreme leader and the most public sign …

Saudis give nod to Israeli raid on Iran  —  Uzi Mahnaimi in Tel Aviv and Sarah Baxter  —  The head of Mossad, Israel's overseas intelligence service, has assured Benjamin Netanyahu, its prime minister, that Saudi Arabia would turn a blind eye to Israeli jets flying over the kingdom during any future raid on Iran's nuclear sites.

A Post Apology  —  I wrote a piece making fun of the fact that a Trig Palin joke was given as the reason that Sarah Palin left office.  I wrote jokes that were offensive but my intent was for them to be ironic and therefore not offensive.  I was wrong.  Within ten minutes of my post …

Can I Clean Your Clock?  —  Over the past decade, whenever I went to China and engaged Chinese on their pollution and energy problems, inevitably some young Chinese would say: “Hey, you Americans got to grow dirty for 150 years, using cheap coal and oil.  Now it is our turn.”  —  It's a hard argument to refute.

Obama ‘Concerned’ About DFHs Attacking Centrist Dems over Health Care Reform.  Gee, I Wonder Why?  —  If the president was more passionately engaged in the fight to achieve the goal (instead of announcing he's rather have something bipartisan than legislation that, you know, actually gets the job done) …

Mortgages Made Simpler  —  THIS column is in praise of warning labels.  So let's begin with one: I am not your usual sort of economist.  —  I practice what has come to be called behavioral economics.  We behavioralists differ from our more traditional brethren in the way we characterize agents in the economy.

Report: Ahmadinejad says he wants public talks with Obama  —  TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he wants to engage President Obama in “negotiations” before international media, a semi-official Iranian news outlet reported on Saturday.

READERS ARE SENDING PHOTOS FROM TEA PARTY PROTESTS AROUND THE COUNTRY.  Here's one from Perrysburgh, Ohio, sent by reader Chris Zarecki, who reports about 3,000 people attending.  —  Here's one from Bel Air, Maryland, sent by reader Maya Leonetti.  The Debt Star makes another appearance!