[Perhaps a Bill of Rights? ;-)] European Union foreign ministers acknowledged there was no chance of rescuing the EU constitution before elections next year in France and the Netherlands where voters have already rejected the charter.
Comparing his role fighting terrorism to President Truman's leadership at the beginning of the Cold War, President Bush told hundreds of new Army officers they were entering a "great struggle" destined to persist long after he leaves of
The state Attorney General's Office, which would have the responsibility of auditing employment records if the immigration bill becomes law. Those audits come with a price tag estimated from $6.7 million to $11.5 million, depending on how many bu
More than 1,100 British military personnel who have deserted since the start of the Iraqi war remain missing. Figures for those who remain absent without leave are 86 from 2001, 118 from 2002, 134 from 2003, 220 from 2004, 377 from 2005, and 189 for
For over 15 years, the CIA, with assistance from numerous government agencies, conducted a massive illegal domestic covert operation called Operation CHAOS. It was one of the largest and most pervasive domestic surveillance programs in the history o
Photographs taken by a Marine intelligence team have convinced investigators that a Marine unit killed as many as 24 unarmed Iraqis, some of them "execution-style," in the insurgent stronghold of Haditha after a roadside bomb killed an Amer
PHOTOGRAPHS taken by American military intelligence have provided crucial evidence that up to 24 Iraqis were massacred by marines in Haditha, an insurgent stronghold on the banks of the Euphrates.
One portrays an Iraqi mother and young child, knee
Law enforcement agents in Arizona investigating charges of underage marriage and sexual abuse raided four houses simultaneously in Colorado City, a polygamist enclave on the Arizona-Utah border.
Investigators, in the unusual show of force, seized
Arizona law-enforcement agents, investigating charges of underage marriage and sexual abuse, raided four houses simultaneously in Colorado City, Ariz., a polygamous enclave on the Arizona-Utah border. Investigators, in the unusual show of force, seiz
3 more people in Wayne County have died from what authorities suspect is a combination of heroin or cocaine and fentanyl, a prescription pain killer.The deaths bring the county's total caused by the mixture to 44 since
The fallout from the killing of as many as two dozen Iraqi civilians by Marines could undermine U.S. efforts in Iraq more than the Abu Ghraib prison scandal did, a lawmaker who is a prominent war critic said Sunday.
The shootings last November at
A senior Republican Senator vowed to hold hearings on USMarines' role in the deaths of up to two dozen Iraqi civilians last November as a leading Democratic war critic alleged a military cover-up.
The U.S. military is investigating the Novembe
The elk that roam Rocky Mountain National Park in their slow-moving majesty have become a signature attraction for tourists, and an economic driver of the economy in this town at the park's edge.
The U.S. government has asked a pair of federal judges to dismiss legal challenges to the Bush administration's controversial domestic eavesdropping program, arguing any court action in the cases would jeopardize secrets in the ongoing "war
The constitutional showdown that followed the FBI's search of a congressman's office came down to this: The House threatened budgetary retaliation against the Justice Department. Justice officials raised the prospect of resigning.
That sce
Haditha is not the only case pending: The military announced an investigation into allegations that Marines killed a civilian April 26 near Fallujah. Iraq's ambassador to the UN accused the Marines of killing his 21-year-old cousin in cold blood
The FBI on Friday dismissed criticism investigators were wasting money by tearing up a Michigan horse farm in a search for the body of labor leader Jimmy Hoffa.
The FBI has rolled out cadaver dogs, ground-piercing radar, heavy equipment, archaeolo
Lawyers for AT&T accidentally released sensitive information while defending a lawsuit that accuses the company of facilitating a government wiretapping program. AT&T's attorneys filed a 25-page legal brief striped with thick black lines that wer
Tony Blair challenged the world to unite around a policy of "progressive pre-emption" as he sought to shore up his legacy by linking the invasion of Iraq to a range of problems, from global warming and poverty to immigration.
In a speech
A military investigation has reportedly concluded that US Marines embarked on the "methodical" killing of two dozen Iraqi civilians - including women and children - in what may be the worst incident of its kind since the 2003 invasion.
Witnesses to the slaying of 24 Iraqi civilians by U.S. Marines in the western town of Haditha say the Americans shot men, women and children at close range in retaliation for the death of a Marine lance corporal in a roadside bombing.
Aws Fahmi, a
A 3-judge appellate panel stated that bloggers can protect the anonymity of sources, reversing an earlier decision in the case of Apple Computer versus a group of owners of Mac rumor sites. They are protected under First Amendment rights as well as b
A catalogue of communication failures undermined the "heroic" efforts to rescue victims injured in the London bombings. The recommendations made nearly 2 decades ago, after the King's Cross fire, have not been acted on.
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller urged telecommunications officials to record their customers' Internet activities. In a private meeting with industry representatives, Gonzales, Mueller and other senior members of
A 4-man team of US Marines led the killing rampage in the Iraqi town of Haditha which resulted in the deaths of 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians, military investigators believe. The troops went from house to house shooting their occupants after a roadside
Britain's influential Joint Committee on Human Rights called for a full investigation into allegations that US flights involved in extraordinary rendition passed through British territory. The government had not taken sufficient action to probe t
Iran is willing to accept a cap on its uranium enrichment capability to ensure the fuel produced is not used to develop nuclear weapons, its ambassador to the UN says."This cap I think should be below 10 [%], meaning reactor grade,"
It wasn't until 26 days after the memorial service -- more than a month after his death -- that the Army would publicly acknowledge what the Rangers who were with him in combat knew almost right away: Tillman died in "friendly fire." He
Amid the heated debate in Washington over border enforcement and citizenship for illegal immigrants lies a Senate bill provision that would significantly raise the number of annual visas for highly skilled foreign workers.
The high-tech industry a
Over the years, families have used religious symbols such as the Jewish Star of David, the Christian cross and the Islamic crescent and star to honor their loved ones on headstones and markers. For Sgt. Patrick Stewart's family, the symbol of cho