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A veteran Los Angeles police detective is due in court to hear whether there is enough evidence against her in connection with the decades-old murder of her ex-boyfriend's wife. A preliminary hearing for 49-year-old Stephanie Lazarus is scheduled
[Are you kidding me?] A Kansas lawmaker says he's sorry if he offended anyone by criticizing President Barack Obama while wearing a cap that calls opossum "the other dark meat." Rep. Bill Otto said during a meeting with the NAACP on Saturday that
The largest and most important UN climate change conference in history opened, with organizers warning diplomats from 192 nations that this could be the last best chance for a deal to protect the world from calamitous global warming.
Welcome to the BCS Buster Bowl. No. 3 TCU and No. 6 Boise State will meet in the Fiesta Bowl, marking the first time a BCS game other than the championship game has a matchup of unbeaten teams. It’s also the first time two teams from conference
Security forces and militiamen clashed with thousands of protesters shouting "death to the dictator" outside Tehran University on Monday, beating them with batons and firing tear gas on a day of nationwide student demonstrations, witnesses said. T
The Obama administration will lose $200 billion less [borrowed tax dollars] than expected from the federal bailout program and is looking at using part of the savings to fund new job creation efforts. A Treasury official said the administration now b
A spacecraft designed to rocket wealthy tourists into space as early as 2011 was unveiled Monday in what backers of the venture hope will signal a new era in aviation history. The long-awaited glimpse of SpaceShipTwo marks the first public appeara
Hint: It involves explosives! :)
These nickel deposits have sulfur in them arising from an atmospheric cycle in ancient times. The isotopic signal is of an anoxic atmosphere," says Rumble of Carnegie's Geophysical L
Now, a paper published by Dr Alan Grainger in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences outlines how a new body - named the "World Forest Observatory" - could use satellite images to map the world's forests and how they are changing.
Perhaps we need to teach a new mindset to the global population. We need to be conscious of the idea of carbon management. We can convert our activities into exercises in carbon management in order to sustain a conscious awareness of its ability to
The protest was broken up by the police and many demonstrators were taken away. A witness said 29 women were arrested, some of whom were later released. But at least 21 remained in jail, the BBC said.
Government opponents shouted "Death to the Dictator" from Tehran's rooftops in the pouring rain on the eve of student demonstrations. Authorities choked off Internet access and warned journalists to stick to their offices for the next 3 days.
Burglars broke into the offices occupied by two members of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's legal defense team overnight and stole eight computers and a safe, police said Friday. The break-in occurred at the South Side offices of veteran Chicago crim
A fourth senator has joined three other senators in placing a hold on the Fed Chairman's nomination. Louisiana Republican David Vitter will also move to keep the chairman's nomination from coming to the floor. “Over the past year or so, the Fed ha
Even if a deal is reached at the UN climate change talks in Copenhagen next week it will only be the first step towards the far more radical cuts that are needed in global carbon emissions, Al Gore, the former US Vice-President, told The Times
It's hardly the image of transparency the Obama administration wants to project: A workshop on government openness is closed to the public. A fitting symbol of President Barack Obama's uneven record on the Freedom of Information Act
One day after reports that Britain's Met office intends to reexamine 160 years' worth of temperature data, emotions over what's now being dubbed "Climategate" are getting more raw by the day. During a live television faceoff hosted by the BBC, Mar
Many of you are too young to remember, but in 1975 our government pushed "the coming ice age." Random House dutifully printed "THE WEATHER CONSPIRACY … coming of the New Ice Age." This may be the only book ever written by 18 authors. All 18 lived jus
The fight over global warming science is about to cross the Atlantic with a U.S. researcher poised to sue NASA, demanding release of the same kind of climate data that has landed a leading British center in hot water over charges it skewed its data.
Italy’s centre-right government on Friday was rocked by accusations made in court by a Mafia hitman that Silvio Berlusconi had made commitments to Sicily’s Cosa Nostra as he was about to enter politics 15 years ago. Testifying behind a screen in a
Chinese authorities have offered rewards of up to 10,000 yuan (1,465 dollars) to Internet users who report websites that feature pornography, state media reported Sunday. However, the censors' latest campaign against content that harms public mora
Some years ago, in the heyday of cigarette smuggling, I found myself in a speedboat bouncing on the St. Lawrence River at 65 mph, heading to the Akwesasne Indian reserve that straddles the Canada-U.S. border. Behind the wheel was a young French Canad
A 22-year-old woman was arrested and charged with a felony after taping 4 minutes of "New Moon" during her sister's surprise 29th birthday party. The woman spent two nights in jail and faces up to three years in prison.
Myth: The Patriot Act simply updated the tools of law enforcement to match the technology used by the terrorists and criminals today. Reality: The Patriot Act “updated” surveillance powers but failed to “update” the checks and balances needed to e
In summer 2005, having spent the best part of four decades building a newspaper, film and television empire, Rupert Murdoch decided that the time had come to get serious about the internet. He acquired Myspace. And ran it aground.
During the knock-down-and-drag-out 2008 election we heard all about Sen. John McCain’s infamous temper. Today, we caught another glimpse, this time on the Senate floor. And on video! Visibly peeved at Sen. Max Baucus, both about time regulations and
According to a graduate student's research into the spying policies of major US telecom companies, at a recent security conference a Sprint surveillance manager said half of all police requests include the target's text messages.
The daughter of Chester Smalkowski wanted to play basketball for the Hardesty Public Schools. She was forced from the team when she, an Atheist, refused to recite the Lord’s Prayer after a game as was required by the school.
North Koreans are "devastated" following currency reforms that could wipe out their savings, reports say.
