Today's top story is a look at how Barack Obama's vote on the Senate budget could be an albatross during the presidential campaign. The piece got picked up on CNN's Political Ticker blog.

A pro-gun Web site is taking notice of our story explaining how D.C. police will begin searching for firearms inside homes located in high-crime areas.

A popular news aggregator took note of our piece highlighting a report showing the United Nations had prior warning of a December terrorist attack in Algiers that killed 17 U.N. staffers but failed to implement extra safety measures.

Internet guru Matt Drudge linked to our piece looking at calls for the resignation of Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick because of a sex scandal and subsequent attempts to shift blame.

Another top story on our site today explains how Obama is keeping his hometown pastor at arms length because of some past racially-charged sermons.

-- The Washington Times editors