A suburban San Diego teenager who was barred from wearing a T-shirt with anti-gay rhetoric to class lost a bid to have his high school's dress code suspended after a federal appeals court ruled the school could restrict what students wear to prev
Iraq's prime minister relinquished his nomination to a new term after weeks of intense pressure, capping a day of surprises that left many politicians here hopeful that a months-long stalemate over formation of a new government would finally end.
[Whistleblowers step up to the plate.] What's been little noted thus far is what looks to be a similar revolt brewing at the CIA. An ex-senior agency officer who keeps in contact with his former peers told me that there is a “a big swing” in anti
The International Monetary Fund stepped up the pressure for far-reaching shifts in exchange rates, declaring that the dollar will have to depreciate “significantly” over the medium term if global economic imbalances are to be resolved in an orderly f
[Thanks Jean C.] The true story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine is brought to thrilling life in the multi-award winning drama SOPHIE SCHOLL-THE FINAL DAYS. Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film of 2005, SOPHIE SCHOLL sta
In April of 1920, a group of Generals from our State of Sonora, lead by Alvaro Obregon, proclaimed the Agua Prieta Plan and marched against the federal government to defend two of the most important principles of the original Mexican Revolution, libe
ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday again raised the specter of U.S. designs to oust him and promised that his government will blow up his country's oil fields if the United States should ever attack.
Jack Straw has warned Cabinet colleagues that it would be illegal for Britain to support the United States in military action against Iran. But Tony Blair has backed President George Bush by warning that ruling out military action would send out a **
The International Data Corp. says that, despite court battles in the United States between the SCO Group and major Unix users, Chinese banks and industry are rapidly replacing SCO Unix installations with Linux, Shenzhen Daily reported Thursday.
DEA and the Berkeley (Calif.) Police Department found four "sophisticated indoor marijuana grows" and seized 5,800 marijuana plants, about 117 pounds of processed marijuana, 12 guns and $220,000 in cash.
The new offer still leaves Silverstein to build towers on three Church St. sites, but it would also commit government agencies to fill up to 1.2 million square feet of office space in them, giving Silverstein crucial cash flow as he tries to f
New findings by a pair of economists cast doubt on assertions that about half of minority kids don't make it out of high school - and that only about three-fourths of U.S. teens overall graduate on time.
A study released relies on long-term go
When it comes to Bush administration proposals to lease areas of the Shoshone and Bridger-Teton National Forests for oil and gas development - including the place where he's had a hunting camp for 20 years - Johnston behaves like a dues-paying me
Cesar López grips the wooden rifle butt and runs his hand up the barrel. But he pulls strings instead of a trigger, and the room fills with ballads instead of bullets. The instrument is an escopetarra, an electric guitar he created from a shotgun tha
Late last year, Dr. Tour and his Rice University lab unveiled the world's first nanocar chassis - an H-shaped molecule with wheels crafted like tiny soccer balls. Now, they've added a motor.
The ultimate goal: to build molecular machines t
President Bush and Chinese President
Hu Jintao agreed to cooperate more closely on trade and nuclear tensions over
Iran and
North Korea but failed to break new ground toward resolving a host of differences. Their meeting was marred by a protest. B
Durante años me ha seducido el misterio de cual es realmente la causa de la pobreza de las naciones, y he tratado de encontrar la respuesta utilizando el mismo análisis de Adam Smith, pero en reversa.
For months, Rove's attorney, Robert Luskin, has assured the press that his client, who was believed to be vulnerable to indictment for perjury, is in the clear. But Libby insisted that he was entitled to "disclosure of such documents" i
Almost 1,200 illegal immigrants and 7 current or former managers at a Netherlands-based firm that hired them were arrested as part of a US crackdown. Raids were carried out in 26 states at plants operated by IFCO Systems North America, based in Houst
A Washington watchdog called on the Justice Department today to begin an official investigation into whether Texas Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) received bribes from a San Fransisco defense firm in exchange for supporting earmarks that benefited the comp
The official police report on Rep. Cynthia McKinney's clash with a Capitol Hill police officer three weeks ago says the DeKalb County congresswoman struck the officer "in his chest with [a] closed fist."
The "event report"
With the expected passage this spring of the largest emergency spending bill in history, annual war expenditures in Iraq will have nearly doubled since the U.S. invasion, as the military confronts the rapidly escalating cost of repairing, rebuilding