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FBI examining Foley's e-mail to teens
WASHINGTON - With GOP leaders scrambling to contain the political fallout from the latest Washington sex scandal, the FBI is examining Republican Rep. Mark Foley's e-mail exchanges with teenage boys to see if laws were broken.

It took five years, but the Republican leadership is finally starting to move against this pervert. I’ll have much more on this subject in my afternoon post on MakeThemAccountable. —Caro

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The World

At least 50 bodies found in Baghdad
At least 50 corpses were discovered scattered around Baghdad overnight, police have said. The bodies all bore bullet wounds and are most likely the victims of the sectarian dirty war raging in the capital between rival Sunni and Shiite armed groups, a police official said.

2 Iraqi policemen killed in ambush
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A police patrol was ambushed in southern Iraq early Monday by gunmen who killed two officers and injured three, part of scattered violence around the country.

Israel completes Lebanon withdrawal
Israeli military officials said the army withdrew the last of its troops from Lebanon early Sunday, fulfilling a key condition of the cease-fire that ended a monthlong war with Hezbollah guerrillas.

8 killed in Hamas-Fatah fighting in Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Heavily armed Hamas militiamen's efforts to break up anti-government protests on Sunday sparked gunbattles across the Gaza Strip that killed eight people in the worst internal Palestinian violence since Hamas took power.

Turkey seeks U.S. help with rebels
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan will urge the United States to take concrete action to crack down on Kurdish guerrillas in Iraq, newspapers said on Sunday, as a unilateral rebel ceasefire went into effect.

Suicide bomber targets NATO convoy in Kabul, 3 soldiers wounded
A suicide bomber blew himself up next to a NATO convoy in Kabul on Monday, wounding three soldiers and three civilians, officials said.

Suicide Bomber Kills 12 In Afghanistan
A suicide bomber exploded next to Afghanistan's Interior Ministry on Saturday, killing at least 12 people and wounding more than 40. A health official said many of the injured were in critical condition and that the death toll could rise.

Brazil presidential race goes to runoff
BRASILIA, Brazil - Voter outrage over alleged corruption and dirty tricks left Brazil's president facing a tough runoff for a second term after his main rival staged a surprise comeback.

Chavez says he has White House informant
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela President Hugo Chavez said Sunday he has received warnings from within the White House that the Bush administration is plotting to assassinate him or topple his left-leaning government.

This guy’s starting to sound a bit crazy, but it IS true that there have been coup attempts against him, and it looks mighty like the U.S. may have had something to do with at least one of them. Maybe I’d sound crazy, too, if the U.S. government had tried to kill me. —Caro

Hungary political crisis deepens after local elections
BUDAPEST (AFP) - The political crisis gripping Hungary deepened as Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany fended off mounting calls to resign following weekend local elections largely won by the conservative opposition.

The Nation

Hastert Asks AG For Foley Probe
House Speaker Dennis Hastert has joined the White House and Democratic congressional leaders in calling for a criminal probe into former Congressman Mark Foley's sexually suggestive electronic messages to teenage boys.

He has also asked Jeb Bush to start a state criminal investigation. —Caro

Bob Woodward: Bush Misleads On Iraq
Bob Woodward tells Mike Wallace that the Bush administration has not been honest about the level of violence in Iraq. The veteran reporter also reveals to Wallace that Henry Kissinger advises the Bush White House on its Iraq policy.

Rice disputes report she brushed off CIA chief
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday disputed a report that she brushed off the head of the CIA when he warned of a possible attack on the United States before September 11, 2001. She also described as "simply ludicrous" an account in a new book by Washington Post editor Bob Woodward that U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had refused to return her telephone calls.

I don’t believe anything the woman has to say. She’s lied to us too many times. —Caro

Apparent Atta martyrdom tape emerges
A tape has emerged that appears to show Sept. 11 ringleader Muhammad Atta recording his last will and testament months before the deadly attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, according to NBC News and a report in the London Sunday Times.

Found in 2001 and only now coming to light? Just before an election where Republicans are embattled? Oh, it was in 2000. Guess who was president then? Guess who you should blame for 9/11. Hint: Not Bush. —Caro

Business sector looks to court for help
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is about to plunge into an agenda laden with issues affecting the business sector. Tobacco companies, the biotech industry and operators of coal-fired power plants have a stake in cases the court will hear in the next month.

And you can bet business will get what it wants from this court. —Caro

Judge may have stymied Abramoff probe
WASHINGTON - The bribery investigation involving influence-peddler Jack Abramoff may have been stymied by a federal judge in Florida just as prosecutors began asking questions about the lobbyist's ties to the White House.

NATO to lead U.S. troops in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan - NATO will soon assume direct control over most military operations in Afghanistan, a move that will place 12,000 more U.S. troops under its authority, a spokesman for the alliance said Sunday.

Does anyone else remember how John Kerry was REVILED for even suggesting that American troops might be put under a foreign commander? Anyone? —Caro

Longer Iraq tour means extension in family anxiety
Gayle Berner learned last week that her husband's unit would stay in Iraq 46 days past its planned departure date in early January. She wasn't that surprised. "I was really upset last time," Berner said this weekend. "But this year, I kind of expected it."

US: Congress Is Told of Failures of Rebuilding Work in Iraq
In a sweeping new assessment of reconstruction failures in Iraq, a federal inspector told Congress on Thursday that 13 of 14 major projects built by the American contractor Parsons that were examined by his agency were substandard, with construction deficiencies and other serious problems.

Opponents Aim To 'Swift Boat' Murtha
Democrat John Murtha is one of Congress's most vocal opponents of the war in Iraq, but the former Marine's own war record is now coming under fire from a familiar source: members of the Swift Boat Veterans.

Polls: Key Senate races very competitive
WASHINGTON - Democratic Rep. Harold Ford is running even with Republican Bob Corker in Tennessee, while Democrat Jon Tester has edged ahead of Sen. Conrad Burns in Montana, according to polls released Sunday for some of the most contested Senate races.

Democrats want to revive Soc. Sec. issue
WASHINGTON - Social Security has drifted out of the national debate, but Democrats, eyeing the senior vote, are trying to revive the issue — just in time for the midterm elections.

You bet. The Republicans are promising to destroy Social Security if they retain a majority. —Caro

Economy & Business

Stocks fall after 4-day rally
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Friday, halting a four-day rally, as investors sold to lock in profits after the Dow industrials touched a record high and Wall Street rounded out its best third quarter in nine years.

Wall Street demands, what slowdown?
WASHINGTON (AFP) - To judge by the excitement on Wall Street, the US economy is in the rudest of health. The paradox is that the economy is posting some of its slowest growth rates in five years.

Ain’t no mystery, AFP, the biggies on Wall Street are doing great, no matter that the rest of us are slipping into poverty. And they’re talking up the economy so that people who don’t know better will vote Republican. —Caro

Wal-Mart to Add More Part-Timers and Wage Caps
The company says the changes are to better serve customers. Workers say they reduce already modest incomes and strain employees' personal lives.

Worker shortage hurting farmers
Growers say tightened border security and longer lines for day crossers have cut the numbers of farm workers who cross the border legally or illegally. Also, the lure of higher paid jobs with better working conditions, such as construction, are keeping some farm workers away.

Iran says backs OPEC push for "acceptable" oil price
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will support any OPEC move to bring crude oil prices back to acceptable levels following a recent slide, Iran's OPEC Governor Hossein Kazempour Ardebili said on Sunday.

Attacks cost Iraq oil exports $16B
WASHINGTON - Iraq's most important moneymaker — its oil industry — lost $16 billion in potential foreign sales over two years to insurgent attacks, criminals and bad equipment, a secret U.S. audit says.

Media

Latest MP3 players come equipped with songs
SAN FRANCISCO (Billboard) - Customers picking up the latest MP3 players this fall are getting much more than just a device. Increasingly, they're getting free music as well.

Netflix offers film recommendation prize
SAN FRANCISCO - Online DVD rental pioneer Netflix Inc. wants recommendations on how to improve its movie recommendation system, and is dangling a $1 million reward as an incentive.

Science & Technology

Scientists find more efficient cloning method
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. researchers said on Sunday they had found a more efficient way to clone mice, and said their experiment solved a basic question about cloning science -- whether it truly is possible to clone animals from mature cells.

Diabetic drug has Gila monster to thank
One of the newest weapons in the fight against diabetes owes its blood glucose-lowering properties to a reptile that has made its home in the Sonoran desert for millions of years.

Web journals threaten peer-review system
LOS ANGELES - Scientists frustrated by the iron grip that academic journals hold over their research can now pursue another path to fame by taking their research straight to the public online.

The Future of the OS Wars
Today, your choice of operating system is a critical one; for tomorrow's computer it won't matter nearly as much. Rapidly improving virtualization technology allows you to run multiple OSs simultaneously on one computer as "virtual machines," each with its own selection of programs. In five or ten years, your choice of operating systems could become as mix-and-match as your choice of Web browsers is right now.