Telephone calling records from before the US terror attacks of Sept 11,2001, helped the National Security Agency develop a template to highlight terrorist. Officials who asked not to be indentified told USA Today the ongoing collection and analysis
A small American town is facing accusations of seeking to drive unmarried couples with children out of town on grounds they do not fit the local definition of a family. The brewing controversy in Black Jack, a town of 6,800 in the central state of M
Lawyers on both sides of the CBS Corp. and Howard Stern breach of contract lawsuit said Wednesday they have settled. A clerk in the courtroom of Judical Hearing Officer Ira Gammerman said lawyers for the parties called around 3:15 pm to announce
What are national leaders to do when they attack to thoroughly discredit another country or mount an attack when a provocation is lacking? "Casus belli" is defined in my dictionary as (1) "an event or combination of events which is a
The American Civil Liberties Union launched a 20-state campaign on Wednesday to stop warrantless eavesdropping by the National Security Agency and prevent telecoms firms from providing it with phone records. The rights group was appealing directly t
Even after being cleared of any wrongdoing, 5 innocent men were kept captive at the detention center at Guantanamo. Today, these men who started out in China and ended up in Cuba are now free and in the Eastern European country of Albania, the only c
Acts of violence have killed nearly 2,500 people and forced more than 85,000 to flee their homes in Iraq, the United Nations assistance mission in Iraq said in a March-April report on the human rights situation.
Less than 18 months after President Bush declared in his 2005 Inaugural Address his unequivocal commitment to the "ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world," tyrants, particularly in the Islamic world, are taking heart.
[It certainly was for Christians and Jews.] Many Iraqis think conditions have gotten so bad in their country, they'd like to see Saddam Hussein back in power, according to some of the seven young Iraqi men who had a candid discussion with The Ear
Iran offered in 2003 to accept peace with Israel and cut off material assistance to Palestinian armed groups and to pressure them to halt terrorist attacks within Israel's 1967 borders, according to the secret Iranian proposal to the United State
US Army Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller, the highest ranking officer to testify in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, said he never suggested using military dogs in interrogations of Iraqi prisoners.
[We're tough. Vote for us.] The US House of Representatives would accept a narrower Senate bill to boost fines on television and radio stations for decency violations if differences cannot be worked out between the two chambers.
Much of the research for Internet2 is based around its high-performance backbone, called Abilene, that currently runs at up to 10 Gbps. But the Internet2 group is planning to upgrade Abilene to 80 separate channels of 10 Gbps each, using different wa
[Yet another victimless crime we need to be protected from.] Today, the House Judiciary Committee will mark up a bill introduced by Rep. Robert W. Goodlatte (R) that would ban much online gambling, including bets on sporting events and games of chanc
Mayor Tom Potter accused the FBI of using "big brother" tactics in his city by trying to recruit an informant inside the offices of City Hall. The FBI said it "strongly disagrees on the significance of the incident described."
Marines will face criminal charges for a Nov. 19 incident that left 24 Iraqi civilians dead, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Michael W. Hagee confirmed. While not revealing who will be charged, or the severity of the charges, Hagee said the investigatio
The Justice Department denied a news report Wednesday that it was investigating House Speaker Dennis Hastert. (Can you smell the hip deep sewage in Wash. D.C.?)
The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Dennis Hastert, is under investigation by the FBI, which is probing corruption in Congress, ABC News reported on Wednesday.
A Justice Department official denied a report that the speaker of the House of Representatives, Dennis Hastert, is under investigation by the FBI in connection with a corruption probe. ABC News reported information implicating Hastert was developed f
[That'll happen.] Vice President Dick Cheney could be called to testify in the perjury case against his former chief of staff. Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald suggested Cheney would be a logical government witness because he could authenticate
Trying just one cigarette may not be so harmless for non-smokers after all.
Scientists have discovered that a single cigarette has a "sleeper effect" that can increase a person's vulnerability for three years or more to becoming a re
A US study concludes there is no link between smoking marijuana and increased risk of lung cancer—even among heavy, long-term users. Also does not appear to increase the risk of head and neck cancers, such as cancer of the tongue, mouth, throat or e
Federal prosecutors said on Wednesday that a former Bush administration official lied to investigators and hid his ties to Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist at the center of an influence-peddling scandal.
In opening statements at the first trial in conn
With the spinning hard disk drive gone, there is absolutely no noise. In addition, the SSD can withstand twice the impact force of a traditional hard drive, offers 300% faster reads (53MB/sec)
After the parish canceled the drill, FEMA asked park management to drive around the park with bullhorns and simulate an evacuation notice. Evacuating the people in the trailers is a problem because residents are not allowed to have telephone lines, t
President Bush said that the US would come to Israel's aid if it were attacked by Iran and welcomed the Jewish state's plan to define its borders. "Israel is a close friend and ally of the United States. And in the event of any attack on
Paul Gordon Fatta, who was just released after spending 13 years for his "part" in the Waco Fiasco. Also appearing is his attorney, Mike DeGuerin. (His Brother Dick was Koresh's attorney, and is Tom Delay's attorney)