AP - Fred Thompson thinks there isn't enough 'star' power in the GOP presidential field, so the professional actor and former Tennessee senator is considering getting into the 2008 race.

AP - Sen. Barack Obama said Sunday he was not greatly offended by the Fox News chief's word play about his name that led Nevada Democrats to cancel a presidential debate hosted with the network.

AP - The number of presidential pardons by each president, with months in office, since 1945:

AP - Mitt Romney turns 60 on Monday, a personal milestone but also a line of demarcation in the unfolding race for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.

AFP - Systematic rights violations are key to the Cambodian government's grip on power, a United Nations envoy warned in a report accusing the administration of refusing to improve its rights record.

AP - WEIGHING OPTIONS: Politicians and pundits disagree over whether President Bush should pardon I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby.

Bloomberg - March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Arizona Senator John McCain, both Republicans, lead Democratic Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in a new poll gauging 2008 presidential preferences.

AP - Positions on the country's direction at home and abroad are starting to take shape in the blur of motion, money and ambition of the 2008 presidential contest.

AP - Sorry seems to be the hardest word, unless you're presidential contender John Edwards trying to claim a top spot in the 2008 Democratic field.