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Following up on an August 2004 town meeting at the National Constitution Center on the just finished work of the 9/11 Commission, join a second town meeting on this important topic as a bipartisan pair of 911 Commissioners look at how their recommendations have been received. What has been accomplished? What was ignored? Admission: Free. Reservations Required Location: Kirby Auditorium Address: National Constitution Center 525 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 Contact: 215-409-6700

I'm interested to know whether people think the following scenario is remotely possible: 1) A major terrorist event occurs in Washington DC 3 days prior to the election, causing political gridlock and martial law. Congress unable to conduct business and voters unable to attend polls. Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Cincinati and Miami go to threat level red. 2) Shortly after election day polls close, results for Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania and 3 other battleground states are too close to call. Democratic party declares fraud and begins filing court actions. 3) Angry Kerry supporters organize widespread protest...

Biden criticized the administration's prescription drug policies and their impact on consumers. "He is brain dead," Biden said of the president. His comment was greeted with loud applause at the UAW Local 435 union hall in Cranston Heights but quickly drew the ire of Delaware Republicans.

From the Article: "Do you work here?" the man asked. "Yes, can I help you?" Chuck asked and instinctively moved toward him. The man pulled his map aside and revealed a gun. "You're coming with me," the man said. By then Chuck was within arms reach so he did not protest when the man grabbed his arm and directed him into the car. He would later replay this moment dozens of times, questioning his decision to obey. With the gun jammed against Chuck's ribs, the man said, "You're being kidnapped. I want you to keep your eyes down." He took...

John Kerry (news - web sites) on Saturday looked to frame the next presidential debate in a speech criticizing President Bush (news - web sites)'s economic record, but also tried to get in a final word about their last face-off by declaring himself the winner and Bush a liar. "George Bush (news - web sites) lost the debate," an announcer says in a television ad Kerry's campaign unveiled Saturday. "Now he's lying about it." Kerry argued that Bush cares most about the wealthy and well-connected, while portraying himself as the patron of working families who are struggling to achieve the...

From Newsmax: "PBS host declined to ask Kerry about comments in recent days from French and German officials who announced they have no intention of sending troops to Iraq, even if Kerry is elected."

"Since yesterday, the Ministry of Public Health in Thailand has confirmed two new cases of H5N1 avian influenza in humans. The cases are a 26-year-old woman, who died on 20 September, and her 32-year-old sister, who remains hospitalized in stable condition." "Immediate investigation of any possible human-to-human transmission is always needed to determine whether transmission has been efficient and sustained. Such a situation would be cause for alarm, as it might signal the start of an influenza pandemic." "Thai officials have concluded that the mother could have acquired the infection either from some environmental source or while caring for her...

Kerry says: "I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it." "It was just a very inarticulate way of saying something and I had one of those inarticulate moments," Kerry said in an interview broadcast Wednesday on "Good Morning America" on ABC. "But it reflects the truth of the position ... I thought that the wealthiest people of America should share in that burden. It was a protest."

On MSNBC Hardball, Ted Kennedy interviews Chris Matthews: Excerpts... Matthews: The CIA warned this administration that we were going to face tremendous responses around the world—negative responses from the Arab world, the Islamic world, the world as a whole, if we went into Iraq." Kennedy: "...they reclassified this, so it wasn‘t generally available to the members of the United States Senate..." Matthews: "NBC News has confirmed there was a secret plan to have the CIA try to influence Iraq‘s elections." Kennedy: "I‘ve read that report..." Matthews: "The CIA doesn‘t operate completely by itself. It‘s an arm of the executive." Kennedy:...

"I regret voting for Justice Scalia..." "I don't know what you're talking about in terms of the Bush bounce..." "We're going to stop subsidizing jobs that go overseas and create jobs here in America..." "I have personal relationships with leaders around the world..." "The Supreme Court of the United States is at stake..."

From the Associated Press article: In West Virginia, Cecil Roberts, president of the United Mine Workers of America, gave Kerry a rifle as a gift. Kerry, a self-described gun-owner and hunter, quipped: "I thank you for the gift, but I can't take it to the debate with me."