Notwithstanding the surge of 30,000 additional US troops in Afghanistan, as outlined by US President Barack Obama in his policy speech on Tuesday, the next phase of the war will primarily be aimed at fighting al-Qaeda in Pakistan's tribal areas
The unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 10 percent in November as employers cut the smallest number of jobs since the recession began. The better-than-expected job figures are a rare note of encouraging news for the labor market.
Still, the res
Even surrounded by IDF (Israeli military), an Israeli driver gets to run over a Palestinian and then back up, running him over again. Onlookers can only shriek with horror as armed troops hold them off.
Even surrounded by IDF (Israeli military), an Israeli driver gets to run over a Palestinian and then back up, running him over again. Onlookers can only shriek with horror as armed troops hold them off.
The broken window theory is lost on the Consumer Electronics Assoc and Digital Tech Consulting: "They may have not been high-margin sales, but manufacturers and retailers received a welcomed boost from the converter-box market," stated the DTS presi
Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer said on Thursday the worl has to accept a weaker US dollar in order to ensure the global economy recovers soundly. (He also says he against buying gold as well. What a shock)
A new report by VoxEU provides some detailed perspectives on just how bad the collapse in world trade has been as a result of last year's events. In a nutshell: the current Great Recession/Depression has plunged the world into an unprecedented colla
"The rover's spinning wheels have broken through a crust, and we've found something supremely interesting in the disturbed soil," says Ray Arvidson of the Washington University in St. Louis.
Spirit, like its twin rover Opportunity, has roame
A novel technology involving use of stem cells, developed by Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers, has been applied to provide better and rapid healing for patients suffering from complicated bone fractures.
On a grainy undercover videotape recorded in a hotel room in Tbilisi, Georgia, an Iranian arms merchant chats with two Philadelphia salesmen who have brought samples of their military wares.
The merchant, Amir Hossein Ardebili, who has flown from
Additionally, an inspector is observed attempting to open and search a private cargo container in a private conveyance absent consent from the driver or probable cause. This action violates limitations imposed on internal checkpoint operations by the
Two weeks ago in Pakistan, Central Intelligence Agency sharpshooters killed eight people suspected of being militants of the Taliban and Al Qaeda, and wounded two others in a compound that was said to be used for terrorist training.
Despite the prospect of a potentially tough 2010 reelection fight, the combative Democratic leader has assumed full ownership of a 2,074-page bill that would cost $848 billion over 10 years and institute the most far-reaching changes to the system in
The survey by the Pew Research Center found a plurality of Americans — 49 percent — think that the U.S. should "mind its own business internationally" and leave it to other countries to fend for themselves.
A judge on Thursday lifted a seal on court records and transcripts that a Southern California man says will prove he was an informant for the FBI.
Craig Monteilh claims he has not been fully paid by the FBI for spying on mosques — an activity that
Nebraska Tax Commissioner Doug Ewald says if the retailer does not collect sales tax for Nebraska, then the buyer becomes responsible for self-reporting the consumer's use tax at the same rate as the sales tax.
This movement is not about waiting for Federal judges or Federal politicians to give us permission to exercise our rights – it’s about exercising our rights whether they want us to or not.
On Nov. 19, the state finalized a loan agreement with Bank of America for $700 million, the first time since the Depression that Arizona has needed to turn to an outside borrower. [Two weeks later...]
U.S. Congressman Ron Paul, a Libertarian hero and former Republican presidential candidate
, will speak at Phoenix and Tempe forums this week.
Paul, R-Texas, will address students at Arizona State University on Friday and will be the keynote spea
Cops Gone Wild: Boy was "threatening" deputies with "a stick"?!? Plus, video of 72-year-old grandmother being tased during a traffic stop. Disturbing, to say the least.
On the eve of what's expected to be a tough confirmation hearing Thursday, one senator has thrown up a political roadblock intended to stymie Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's second term.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said late Wednesday that
In the film, "The Day After Tomorrow," the world gets gripped in ice within the span of a few weeks. Research suggests an eerily similar event might indeed have occurred in the past. There is no reason why such a freeze shouldn't happen again [The En
House Republicans pointed to controversial e-mails leaked from climate scientists and said it was evidence of corruption. Top administration scientists looking at the same thing found no such sign, saying it doesn't change the fact that the world is
Getting 35,000 troops into some of the world's most backward terrain in 6 months will be the most ambitious troop movement yet in the war in Afghanistan, and it will compel an already strained military to move large forces faster than ever before