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Louisiana officials failed to make plans in the months before Hurricane Katrina to evacuate the poor, sick and elderly, according to documents and testimony in the Senate. "Inconceivable" that officials didn't make it a priority to save
Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald is raising the possibility that records sought in the CIA leak investigation could be missing because of an e-mail archiving problem at the White House. [burn the tapes]
Microsoft's Bill Gates said government attempts to censor Web sites or blogs would fail since the banned information could get out in defiance of official efforts. "If there's a desire by the population to know something, it's going
A Macomb County couple claims police stormed their home, handcuffed them and put pillowcases over their heads, a practice called "hooding." Law enforcement said undercover cops on raids may protect their identities by hooding suspects
Imagine turning a worthless waste material into an innovative, biodegradable product that protects the environment, promotes plant growth and gives jobs to poor farmers.
Capitol Police dropped a charge of unlawful conduct against antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan and apologized for ejecting her and a congressman’s wife from President Bush’s State of the Union address for wearing T-shirts with war messages.
Who said you can't snow ski in the Arabian Gulf? Apparently, when you have unlimited oil dollars, this is one way you spend it.
I was arrested before the State of the Union Address. I am speechless with fury at what happened and with grief over what we have lost in our country. There have been lies from the police and distortions by the press. (Shocker) This is what happened:
In his State of the Union address last night, President Bush waded right in the middle of the debate over his warrantless domestic eavesdropping program, making a number of assertions that have been subject to intense debate.
President Bush vowed to defend Israel militarily if needed against Iran, and denounced Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for "menacing talk" against Israel.
In the two years since oil reservoirs were discovered off Cuba's coast, Canadian, Chinese, Indian and Norwegian companies have lined up to explore the potentially lucrative Caribbean waters. U.S. corporations have watched the activity less than 6
It has been nearly 70 years since the last Duesenberg rolled off the assembly line, but the super-stylish king of American luxury automobiles is about to be resurrected. Duesenberg announced that next year it plans to unveil the Duesenberg Torpedo Co
Accused the US of manufacturing the crisis and insisted there was still time to avoid a collision. Warned that any military action by the US or Israel against Iran would have "severe consequences" and would be countered "by all means**
In the wake of new evidence revealing Pentagon surveillance of peace groups and protest activities, the ACLU filed multiple Freedom of Information Act requests seeking to uncover who is being spied on by the Pentagon and why.
A Tom Toles editorial cartoon published in The Washington Post has drawn a very rare and very strong protest letter from The Joint Chiefs of Staff. "... a cartoon about the state of the Army and not one intended to demean wounded soldiers."
“Contrary to popular belief, there is no absolute ban on [military] intelligence collecting U.S. person information,” an intelligence officer said. Agencies can “receive” domestic intelligence information, even though they cannot legally “collect” it
I was 8 years old when President John Kennedy was shot in 1963. I'll be 62 when documents related to the assassination are released to the public, and 84 when the Warren Commission's investigative files into the tragedy are finally opened.
Embattled U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay raised more money for his legal defense in 2005 than ever before but still owes hundreds of thousands of dollars to lawyers, according to documents released Tuesday.
The measure, which reduces the growth in spending for popular entitlement programs such as student aid, Medicaid, Medicare and child welfare, passed 216-214 with only Republican votes. Senate and House settled on $40 billion.
A former U.S. occupation official in Iraq has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to steal more than $2 million in reconstruction money and award contracts to a businessman in exchange for more than $1 million in cash and goods.
A document obtained by Iran serves no other purpose than to make an atomic bomb, the IAEA said. Instructions on how to mold highly enriched grade uranium into metal was "related to the fabrication of nuclear weapon components," and had no o
An experimental device that aims to generate clean energy using nuclear fusion will be built in the next few months in Hefei, capital city of East China's Anhui Province.
Congress already has approved $24 billion for Iraq reconstruction, and some speculated that the White House would not ask for more. But in recent weeks, it has become evident that Iraq does not have the financial ability to sustain all its new proper
Republican Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona inserted little-noticed language into the Patriot Act that could make it harder for state death-row inmates to appeal their cases in federal court. The provision is one of a handful that neither the House of Repres
The Bush administration proposed eliminating a civilian office tasked with oversight of the Pentagon’s special-operations forces. In 2001, then-Defense Undersecretary for Policy Doug Feith tried to disenfranchise the position.
Future warriors will be as proficient in irregular operations, including counterinsurgency and stabilization operations, as they are today in high-intensity combat." Stability operations, called "nation building," would be a top priori
Inert in his bed, the 29-year-old Marine reservist is a survivor of an Iraq car bombing and a fearsome scramble of wounds: profound brain injury, arm and facial fractures, third-degree burns, tenacious infections of the central nervous system. Each d
Australia needs to reintroduce the draft to address a shortfall in volunteer recruits, the country's former defence chief warned "... Australia should shift to a universal national service structure to train young people for our armed forces
Lawyers for former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and his co-accused say the trial's new judge, Rauf Rasheed Abdel Rahman, must be removed before they will return to the courtroom, Saddam lawyer Khalil Dulaimi said.
The World Bank's internal investigations unit has received an anonymous complaint that the bank's rules and procedures were stretched in the appointment of close advisers to Paul Wolfowitz, the bank's president.
