Observations of "starquakes" have allowed scientists to estimate the thickness of a neutron star's crust for the first time.
Neutron stars are very dense objects that mark the endpoints of the lives of some stars.
Using a techniqu
The Nation of Qatar plans to announce today roughly $60 million in grants to benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina, including $17.5 million to Xavier University in Louisiana, the only historically black Catholic univerisity in the United States.
Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. reported that its first quarter loss more than doubled, due largely to expenses of $225 million in stock-based compensation to Howard Stern. Revenue nearly tripled as the company expanded its subscriber base.
Sirius rep
The leftist candidate in Mexico's presidential election vowed to put immigration reform at the top of his agenda. Lopez Obrador is promising to end 2 decades of free market reforms in Mexico and create jobs by spending heavily on infrastructure p
Big Brother is watching you. At least that's the message sent by the Univeristy of Colorado-Boulder campus police last week following a massive student celebration on April 20 - the unofficial national pot smoking day.
Military action against Iran would be fraught with risk and would have repercussions across the region, a leading American general conceded.
"Any action militarily is very complicated," Lt Gen Victor Renuart, the director of planning for
President Bush has failed in his most important responsibility "to preserve, protect and defend" the Constitution of the United States. Mr. Bush believes "the liberty of every American rests on nothing more than the grace of the White
The former inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security says he was pressured to tone down criticism of security failures in the months before the 2004 Presidential election. [the wuss]
Ahmed Chalabi, the man who helped provide cooked intelligence on Iraq to the Pentagon and the New York Times in the lead-up to war, is once again being engaged in US policy decisions, current and former intelligence officials say.
According to two
A man whose son was convicted of supporting terrorism by attending an al-Qaida camp in Pakistan was released after nearly a year in federal custody. Umer Hayat, a 48-year-old ice cream vendor, had been held since he and his son, Hamid, were arrested
With gas prices sky-high and no end of the Iraq war in sight, President George W. Bush's approval rating hits an all-time low in a new CBS News poll.
Only 33 percent approve of his job performance, Mr. Bush's lowest approval rating yet in
A petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals to determine if higher-education networks - and perhaps private corporate networks - will be required to allow wiretapping by law enforcement agencies as soon as next year.
China successfully tested a locally made magnetic levitation train, the first time the country has achieved the feat without using foreign technology. The 20-ton test maglev train ran steadily on a 1,400-foot experimental line in the provincial capit
Rush Limbaugh declared victory after signing a deal with prosecutors that will dismiss a prescription fraud charge in 18 months if he complies with the terms. He did not have to admit guilt, and he continued to proclaim his innocence on his radio sho
President Evo Morales ordered soldiers to immediately occupy Bolivia's natural gas fields and threatened to evict foreign companies unless they sign new contracts within 6 months giving Bolivia majority control over the entire chain of production
More than 1 million mostly Hispanic immigrants and their supporters skipped work and took to the streets, flexing their economic muscle in a nationwide boycott that succeeded in slowing or shutting many farms, factories, markets and restaurants.
And now for some fake news: The Colbert Report. If you flip through the cable news channels any weeknight, you’re bound to see a collection of talking heads — rather shouting heads — who draw large audiences with a diet of often wildly inaccurate but
The Social Security trust fund will be exhausted by 2040, a year before expected, and Medicare will exhaust its trust fund by 2017 just 11 years from now, trustees for the program said Monday.
Appranetly March 2006 wasn't a good month for the Democratic Party's self-proclamined image of being the party that protects the civil rights of Americans.
This movie brilliantly exposes the fraud of the drug war and how governments and power interests engender chaos in order to maintain their stranglehold on the human population.
The Government of Puerto Rico ran out of money Monday, forcing the US Commonwealth to close public schools and shut down government offices, putting almost 100,000 out of work.
Crooks and Liars only has the partial clip. If you REALLY want to see the whole thing in all it's scathing glory, this is where to see it for right now. :)
The little Bully got his butt handed to him.
On May 1, 2003, President Bush stood underneath a "Mission Accomplished" banner and announced that "Major combat operations have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed." Here's the situat
Hace un par de años, tuve el privilegio de ser invitado especial del grupo conocido como, el Club del Desayuno, en la ciudad de Phoenix. El club es una organización elite que se remonta hasta los orígenes políticos del hijo consentido de Arizona, Bar
An American initiative to use private security companies to protect Iraq's oil and power infrastructure collapsed amid reports of possible fraud, missing weapons and destroyed documents, according to a federal audit released Saturday.
Under a
Iran and the United States have begun to reveal new strategies in their nuclear dispute that seem bound to escalate their confrontation, as both nations seek to turn to their advantage a highly critical report that portrays a nuclear program proceed