Reuters - European Union foreign ministers closed ranks on Monday to insist the EU reform treaty was still alive despite Ireland's "No" vote, but conceded they had no quick solutions to rescue it.

AP - A panel of federal judges on the East Coast will handle the ethics investigation into the conduct of Judge Alex Kozinski, under scrutiny for posting sexually explicit material on his Web site.

AP - Democratic Party officials plan to file a new lawsuit to compel federal regulators to investigate whether Sen. John McCain violated election laws by withdrawing from public financing.

AP - Democrat Barack Obama is moving quickly this week in hopes of unifying the nation's labor movement behind his candidacy.

AP - Republican Sen. John McCain criticized Sen. Barack Obama's call for a windfall profits tax on the oil industry on Tuesday, despite leaving the door open to the same idea last month.

AP - Make more than $250,000 a year? Watch out. Barack Obama wants to raise your income taxes. Social Security taxes, too.

AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday that Britain would continue the process of ratifying a key EU reform treaty despite Ireland's rejection of it in a referendum.

AFP - The US Supreme Court Monday agreed to examine whether political leaders can be individually sued for the excesses of an anti-terrorism crackdown launched in the wake of September 11.

AP - Military psychologists were enlisted to help develop more aggressive interrogation methods, including snarling dogs, forced nudity and long periods of standing, against terrorism suspects, according to a Senate investigation.