Wilson was not just undercover... but was part of an effort 3 years ago to monitor the proliferation of nuclear weapons material into Iran. And the sources allege that when Mrs. Wilson's cover was blown, part of the administration's ability t
Broadband providers and Internet phone companies will have to pick up the tab for the cost of building in mandatory wiretap access for police surveillance, federal regulators ruled Wednesday.
Republicans in Congress scrambled to find a new way to deal with soaring gasoline pump prices after a plan to [bribe] hand out $100 checks to consumers fell flat. Rejected a plan to boost refinery capacity by revamping state and federal permitting sc
A federal appeals court ruled that lie detector tests can be used to ensure convicted sex offenders are obeying the rules of their probation and that a ban on Internet use is appropriate for some offenders.
Members of Congress aren't the only public officials who take lavish trips paid for by special interests with stakes in their decisions. Federal judges accept junkets, too. They're just better at keeping it quiet. From 2002 through 2004, 160
Archeologists outsmarted tomb raiders to unearth a major Maya Indian royal burial site in the Guatemalan jungle, discovering jade jewelry and a jaguar pelt from more than 1,500 years ago.
The United States, Britain and France pressed ahead with a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding that Iran curb its nuclear ambitions and said they would push for targeted sanctions it if it does not.
Before a packed crowd in the state Capitol, Gov. Brian Schweitzer signed pardons on Wednesday to clear the names posthumously of 78 Montanans convicted of sedition during World War One. www.seditionproject.net
[Oh goodie, long lines for everybody.] The House approved criminal penalties and fines of up to $150 million for energy companies caught price gouging, yet lawmakers acknowledged there is no quick and easy fix to higher pump prices.
Al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui escaped the death penalty as a jury decided he deserved life in prison instead for his role in the bloodiest terrorist attack in U.S. history. "America, you lost," Moussaoui taunted.
After seven da
The Gangster Disciples,Latin Kings, and Vice Lords were born decades ago in Chicago's most violent neighborhoods. Now their graffiti is showing up 6,400 miles away in the worlds most dangerous neighborhoods - Iraq.
Supporting the early passage of the Indo-US nuclear deal in Congress, the Bush Adminstration has said that New Delhi must be prepared to accept "amendments" to the agreement.
Have you ever wondered how a man owns a $1.5 million house in DC, a $1+ million house in Florida and a $48,000 cottage in Texas manages to survive on a $161,000 salary? It's odd.
Speaking [Monday] at the San Alberto gas field in the south-east of the country, he ordered the military, including "battalions of engineers", to take immediate control of energy fields.
The Postal Service said Wednesday it wants to raise the price of a first class stamp by 3 cents - to 42 cents - and proposed a "forever" stamp that people could use as a hedge against future rate increases.
[What enemy satellites?] The Bush administration is seeking to develop a powerful ground-based laser weapon that would use beams of concentrated light to destroy enemy satellites in orbit.
The largely secret project, parts of which have been made
Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) threw down the gauntlet just moments ago, introducing the Network Neutrality Act of 2006 [full text HERE], which "[offers a] choice between favoring the broadband designs of a small handful of very large companies, and safe
Nettelhorst's principal made the decision to bring back recess - a rarity in Chicago, where a recent survey showed just 6% of elementary schools have a recess of at least 20 minutes. "There isn't anything happening here that can't ha
Aerial spraying of illegal, drug-producing crops in Colombia — an expensive linchpin of the U.S.-backed war on drugs — is failing, key members of Congress and drug policy experts said
First Russia, then Venezuela, now Bolivia. Soaring energy prices are fueling a global wave of natural-resource nationalization that is souring the investment landscape for international oil companies and reshaping energy politics for years to come.
One of the defining myths of modern China - that it has a bottomless well of unskilled, low-wage laborers - is coming apart at the seams. And hardest hit are the southern coastal cities that produce much of America's consumer bounty.
What bega
If Congress gets into funding local projects, there will be no end to it, and it might be "productive of evil." So warned President James Monroe in 1822. Since then, members of Congress have siphoned off billions in federal tax dollars for
6 months before Republicans try to hold on to control of Congress in the fall elections, a new poll shows President Bush has slid to the lowest approval rating of his presidency, and a majority of voters say they'll vote for Democrats in November
[So, I guess any future foreign investment is out.] "This is just the start ... tomorrow or the day after it will be mining, then the forestry sector, and eventually all the natural resources for which our ancestors fought," Morales told a
Iran threatened to attack Israel in response to any "evil" act by the US and said it had enriched uranium to 4.8%,"ar below the 80 percent level needed for bomb-making. Enrichment above 5% is not on Iran's agenda," Gholamreza
Ten states, led by California, sued the federal government to try to force the Bush administration to strengthen gas mileage requirements for sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks. The lawsuit contends the National Highway Traffic Safety Administr