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A 20-year-old legal fight over protests outside abortion clinics ended with the Supreme Court ruling that federal extortion and racketeering laws cannot be used against demonstrators. The 8-0 decision was a setback for abortion clinics
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said he had advised the US against attacking Iran, predicting that Tehran would react through its influence over Shi'ite Muslim communities in Arab countries in the Gulf. "Listen to my advice for once,"
After e-mails emerged indicating that Florida Governor and Presidential Brother Jeb Bush had a role in facilitating a $236 million Katrina aid contract between Carnival Cruise Lines and the Federal Emergency Management Agency
Pregnant mothers caught using illegal drugs could go to prison for endangering their unborn children. "The first thing we're after is a drug-free baby," said posturing Idaho Sen. Darrington "Meth is a problem everywhere in the stat
Months overdue in a midterm election year, the USA Patriot Act renewal cleared a final hurdle in the Senate on its way to President Bush's desk. Several Democrats voted "no" on the test vote, but said they would vote for the bill on fi
Connecticut has given social service agencies permission to supply low-income residents with discounted heating oil from Venezuela, whose energy aid program for the U.S. needy has rankled the Bush administration.
About 5,000 personnel including snipers, commandos and US marines using helicopters, bomb detectors and electronic jammers will protect President Bush during his visit to India this week. Part of a 3-ring security cordon around the president
A federal judge ruled that the U.S. government acted unreasonably when it sent home 15 Cubans who thought they had safely made it to the United States when their boat reached an abandoned bridge in the Florida Keys.
Confronting the defendants at the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals with the evidence against them is like dragging vampires into the sunlight the chief prosecutor said. [If your evidence was compelling you would have no problem with a real trial.]
Handwritten notes taken by the CIA show Vice President Cheney's top aide knew the name of CIA spy Valerie Plame a month before her cover was blown. It appears to be the first known document that directly contradicts Libby's claim he learned f
[Remarkable & important] Ledeen believes that mankind is inclined toward war and has a dismal, Hobbesian view of history. He says, "I'm not sure Machiavelli was wrong when he said that 'man is more inclined to do evil than to do good.**
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales appeared to suggest yesterday that the Bush administration's warrantless domestic surveillance operations may extend beyond the outlines that the president acknowledged in mid-December.
"The original Patriot Act is a case study in the perils of speed, herd instinct and lack of vigilance when it comes to legislating in times of crisis," Sen. Byrd said. We were "stampeded, and the values of freedom, justice and equality
In a civil disobedience protest against the war in Iraq, 7 peace activists were arrested holding a banner that read, “God Forgive America" in front of the White House. Charged with the federal misdemeanor of demonstrating without a permit, fined
President George W. Bush on Tuesday stood by his support for allowing a Dubai-based company to run terminals at six major U.S. ports, as lawmakers raised concerns about a Coast Guard report on security issues.
The U.S. government has agreed to pay $300,000 to an Egyptian man who sued after he was detained for nearly a year following the Sept. 11 attacks, his lawyer said. Elmaghraby, a former restaurant worker, was held at the Metropolitan Detention Center
1 in 5 troops want to heed Bush call to stay “as long as they are needed.” 42% say US role is hazy. Almost 90% think war is retaliation for Saddam’s role in 9/11, most don't blame Iraqi public for insurgent attacks. 72% think the US should exit w
Scientists have found what they believe are traces of the lost Indonesian civilization of Tambora, which was wiped out in 1815 by the biggest volcanic eruption in recorded history.
Google has begun offering a new payment option for a handful of people who had listed items for sale on the Google Base posting service, a step that could eventually put the Mountain View Internet giant in direct competition with eBay and PayPal.
With out disclosing it, Rep. John Linder (R-GA), took a 5-day trip to Puerto Rico with his wife in August 1998. The trip was paid by a client of lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Arab legislators meeting in Jordan will seek to introduce international laws barring religious slander following the insults to Islam recently made by European media. [Does that include attacks on Judaism?]
The White House Homeland Security released its post-mortem on Hurricane Katrina, with a review of lessons learned and a list of 125 recommendations. Predictably, the report contains the usual fawning references to His Majesty the President, a
The economy, sagging under the strain of lofty energy prices, grew at an annual rate of 1.6% in the final quarter of last year—a mediocre performance. Economists said the economy is already rebounding smartly prdicting a robust 4.5% pace in the curre
Men who consumed the most cocoa had a 50% lower risk of dying from disease compared to those who did not eat cocoa, Dutch researchers said. Cocoa is known to lower blood pressure, though previous studies have disagreed about whether it staves off hea
Poor prewar planning left the US without enough skilled workers to efficiently rebuild Iraq's economy and public works, according to a report issued Monday. It recommended the government establish a "civilian reserve corps" to deploy ar
Several years ago, Tamara Draut and her husband were sitting in the middle of their living room floor, thinking about selling their CD collection to raise food money. They struggled to repay $57,000 in student loans and $19,000 of credit-card debt.
Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz warned the UN Security Council not to stand idly by while Iran did everything in its power to play for time to develop nuclear weapons. "Israel has the right and need to defend itself," the Iranian-born
Republican governors are openly worrying that the Bush administration's latest stumbles—from the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina to prescription drugs and ports security—are taking an election-year toll on the party back home.
Sunni Muslims from across central Iraq, alarmed by how easily Shiite Muslim fighters had attacked their mosques during last week's clashes, said that they were sending weapons to Baghdad and were preparing to dispatch their own fighters to the Ir
Dozens of unpublished images (see story link) from Birmingham spanning decades of history of the early to mid 20th Century discovered in a closet at The Birmingham News. A good way to end Black History month. Interesting.
