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The Justice Department has concluded that there is insufficient evidence to bring criminal charges against former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for allegedly misleading Congress about the Bush administration’s warrantless eavesdropping program.
The chairman of the British Joint Intelligence Committee in 2001 told investigators Monday that elements of the Bush Administration were pushing for regime change in Iraq in early 2001, months before the 9/11 attacks and two years before President Ge
50,000 feet over the California desert, the world is a vast expanse of blue with a drab carpet of khaki far, far below. Pilot Peter Siebold sets the craft’s trim to 18 degrees, pushes the stick forward, and counts down: “Three. Two. One. Release.”
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Foreign companies may be able to sell bonds in China within a year as the government expands its domestic capital markets, according to China International Capital Corp., the No. 2 underwriter of yuan debt this year.
Science under pressure can produce marvelous results, such as an entirely new way to store hydrogen fuel. Researchers combined the noble gas xenon with molecular hydrogen (H2) to make a never-before-seen solid that opens the doors to an entire new fa
Positrons, the antimatter equivalent to electrons, were detected in gamma ray bursts during lightning storms.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Gold climbed to a record for the second time this week as investors bought the metal to protect their wealth from the declining dollar and as a newspaper said India was “open to buying” more gold from the International Monetary
The last three years have seen a significant drop in the cost of housing in the United States, bringing prices back down from once astronomical levels.
"EVs are more than glorified golf carts," says Chip Gribben, the NEDRA's PR Director. "Our whole mantra has been to dispel the myth that EVs are slow and we have been pretty successful."
The Obama administration is using mercenaries with the firm formerly known as Blackwater to kidnap and assassinate high value targets in Pakistan, according to a published report. The program, operated out of the US Joint Special Operations Comman
A BBC Weather presenter who was discussed by scientists in the “climategate” emails says he was forwarded the material more than five weeks before it was made public on the internet. Paul Hudson, a weather presenter and climate correspondent for t
Gold jumped to a record price as the slumping dollar boosted bullion’s appeal as an alternative asset. Silver also gained. Gold futures touched an all-time high of $1,174 an ounce in New York, after the dollar fell as much as 0.9 percent against t
A House bill still being drafted aims to raise $150 billion each year to pay for new jobs. Under a bill being drafted by Democratic Reps. Peter DeFazio (Ore.) and Ed Perlmutter (Colo.), the sale and purchase of financial instruments such as stocks
These days, 24-year-old Delonta Spriggs spends much of his time cooped up in his mother's one-bedroom apartment in Southwest Washington, the TV blaring soap operas hour after hour, trying to stay out of the streets and out of trouble, held captive by
The UK team aiming to smash its own land speed record by driving a car beyond 1,000mph has settled on a final design for the vehicle. It calls for a major re-configuration of the vehicle's two power units, with a Eurofighter jet engine now being posi
Total loan balances fell by $210.4 billion, or 3%, in the third quarter, the biggest decline since data collection began in 1984. The FDIC said its fund to backstop >b>deposits fell into negative territory for just the second time in its history,
A couple who refused to leave a tip after allegedly receiving bad service in a Pennsylvania restaurant were arrested by police after being accused of theft.
The White House on Tuesday signaled the end of months of deliberations on US strategy toward Afghanistan, announcing that President Barack Obama would reveal his decision within days.
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As the number of problem U.S. banks swells to the hundreds, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is increasingly hard-pressed to fill in the gaps where institutions have put depositor's funds at risk. Unfortunately, a dire prediction made by
The Senate's leading global-warming skeptic says he plans to demand an investigation into the allegedly fraudulent data manipulation unveiled at a highly influential British research center, and another prominent analyst says he's heard enough and th
H1N1 vaccine maker GlaxoSmithKline has recalled a batch of the vaccine after several “unusually” severe reactions in several Canadians. Meanwhile, several cases of the potentially life-threatening syndrome Guillain Barre, have been reported in the U.
Watch this cartoon from 1948. The implications and similarities to today are staggering. By the way, doesn’t the snake oil salesman remind you of someone sitting in the White House right now?
Do you prefer government by consent - the system of the founders - or government by unelected life-appointed judges - the system of today? A lesson from Constitutional expert, Kevin Gutzman
[The] shadow economy amounts to nearly 8 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) – in the ballpark of $1 trillion. That’s bigger than the GDP of Turkey or Australia.
Call it “pay as you fight.” Senior House Democrats want a graduated surtax on individuals and corporations to pay for another big drain on the treasury: the Afghanistan war. 3 full committee chairmen are backing the initiative
An American judge has blocked a Tennessee law that allowed people to bring handguns into restaurants and bars. The law that took effect in July allowed handgun owners with permits to pack their pistols in places serving alcohol, providing the esta
Nude, yes. Lewd, no. A New York judge dismissed public lewdness and other charges Monday against a model who posed for a nude photo shoot at a museum while visitors looked on. Kathleen "K.C." Neill was arrested in August during photographer Zac
A technology originally developed for premature babies may be helping to save some of the sickest swine flu patients by rerouting their blood so their lungs can rest. It's a risky approach using equipment that only certain specialized hospitals ha
Groups representing Arizona teachers, cities and towns went to the state Supreme Court on Monday, arguing that the Legislature stretched a budget-cutting session to also ax unrelated policies. In separate lawsuits, the Arizona Education Associatio
