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As watchdog groups mount a challenge against Coke and other soft drink marketers at high-, middle- and elementary schools, it is now becoming hip to boot the brand from college campuses. More than 130 colleges and universities (mostly in the U.S.) ha
The governor of the US state of Maine, John Baldacci, has signed a multi-million dollar trade deal with Cuba's state-run food agency Alimport.
Resurgent Taliban forces have forged an alliance with drug smugglers in the lawless Afghan province of Helmand, underscoring a worrying slide in security just months before thousands of British troops are due to take control in the spring.
Police launched a massive sweep of San Diego's medical marijuana dispensaries today. Most of the city's 18 known dispensaries hit. Led by local police, but DEA agents are also said to be involved.
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China trumped the United States in 2004 as the world’s leading exporter of high-tech goods like laptop computers, mobile phones and digital cameras, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said.
Gov. Kathleen Blanco has postponed the New Orleans mayoral election indefinitely, setting up a legal battle with voters who filed a lawsuit seeking to ensure the election is held as scheduled.
Stanley "Tookie" Williams, a gang leader-turned-peace advocate whose cause drew worldwide attention, was executed in San Quentin's death chamber after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger denied his last-ditch plea for clemency and the Supreme C
Trying to avoid a public relations disaster, aides to Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco fretted over her not appearing in charge after Hurricane Katrina hit, even worrying about her clothing.
Attorneys defending a man charged with laundering millions of dollars for terrorist activities said they want more information about a journalist's claim she watched Israeli authorities interrogate their client.
The ACLU has appealed a federal court's decision to allow the CIA to withhold documents allegedly signed by President Bush, authorizing the establishment of secret CIA prisons overseas and detailing appropriate treatment of prisoners.
A federal grand jury on Monday indicted former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman and former HealthSouth Chairman Richard Scrushy on more charges in a political corruption case.
President Bush said that 'the year 2005 will be a turning point in the history of freedom'. But since the start of the war the days have been littered with unintended consequences.
"I made a tough decision [on Iraq]. And knowing what I know today I'd make the same decision again," Bush said. About 30,000 Iraqis and 2,140 U.S. troops had been killed since the start of the war was a "down payment" on democ
Prosecutors can subpoena Rush Limbaugh's doctors as part of an investigation into whether the conservative radio commentator illegally bought painkillers, a judge ruled Monday.
Federal agents were hot on the case of a University of South Florida professor suspected of supporting Palestinian terrorist groups. The same month, Tampa toasted another man often accused of terrorist ties - Gerry Adams, head of the political wing o
Saudi Prince al-Waleed bin Talal boasted in Dubai earlier this week about his ability to change the news content that viewers around the world see on television.
More than 450 policemen, four times the usual number, will patrol Sydney's streets on Tuesday to prevent a third night of racial violence by youth gangs who have attacked people, smashed cars and hurled rocks at police.
Mr. Rumsfeld who, in 2003, signed a classified document called the “Information Operations Roadmap,” which “accelerated ‘a plan to advance the goal of information operations as a core military competency.’”
O'Dell's resignation comes just days after reports that the company was facing imminent securities fraud litigation surrounding charges of insider trading, new allegations of technical woes and may have mishandled elections in Georgia and Ohi
Robert Blackwill, deputy national security adviser in Bush's first term: "Of course torture should not be widespread and of course there should be extraordinarily stringent top-down requirements in this respect. But never? ... I wouldn't
The ACLU raised objections yesterday to a little-noticed provision of the latest version of the Patriot Act, that would give the Secret Service wider latitude to charge protesters accused of disrupting major events including political conventions and
Police learned of cell phone text messages urging people to retaliate for the attack on the lifeguards, fought back with batons and pepper spray. Young men of Arab descent struck back fighting with police for hours and smashing dozens of cars with st
Chinese intellectuals have demanded an inquiry after police shot and killed protesters in a south China village, comparing the violence to the military crackdown on Tiananmen Square demonstrators in 1989.
Iranian-backed militia Badr Organization taken over Iraqi Interior Ministry's intelligence activities and infiltrated its elite commando units. Enabled the Shiite Muslim militia to use IM vehicles and equipment, bought with American money, to car
Dottie Neeley, 87, was fingerprinted, photographed and thrown in jail. She is among a growing number of senior citizens charged in a crackdown: Elderly people reselling their painkillers and other medications to addicts.
Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest cellphone service provider, quietly has launched filtering devices and password-enabled blockers that help thwart underage consumers from buying adult content.
Establishing order and security, restoring essential services and meeting the humanitarian needs of the population of a country we just vanquished is now a "core U.S. military mission."
The U.S. ambassador to Pakistan said bin Laden cannot communicate with his followers because he likely is hiding in a remote area, Pakistan's TV reported after the ambassador met with local journalists.
