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How real was an alleged plot by a group of Toronto-area terror suspects to take over the Parliament building in Ottawa and behead Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper? If there was talk about a beheading plot, it was the kind of empty, though menac
In a major concession, world powers are no longer demanding that Iran commit to a prolonged moratorium on uranium enrichment and are now asking only for a suspension during talks on its nuclear program, diplomats and officials said. offer to allow co
Congress gave notice to broadcasters that they will pay dearly for crossing the line with offensive material like Janet Jackson's 2004 Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction," passing legislation that would multiply indecency fines 10 times.
Stocks dropped Wednesday, extending investors' losses for the third straight session and pushing the Dow Jones industrial average below 11,000 for the first time since March 9. The Dow has lost more than 316 points this week; the selloff has a
In a rare case of officer dissent, a Fort Lewis Army lieutenant has refused orders to head out to Iraq this month to lead troops in what he believes is an illegal war of occupation. "I feel that we have been lied to and betrayed by this a
The Bush administration invaded Iraq claiming Saddam Hussein had tried to buy yellowcake uranium in Niger. As much of Washington knew, and the world soon learned, the charge was false. Worse, it appears to have been the cornerstone of a highly succes
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drone aircraft, are about to be launched for the first time by the police in Los Angeles. UAVs have long been used by the military in war zones such as Iraq or Afghanistan. But the technology has bee
"No U.S. company acting alone can resist China's demands, but those that choose to do business in China must push back," said Leslie Harris, executive director of the Center for Democracy and Technology. "Progress can only be made
Internet users in major Chinese cities faced difficulties accessing Google's international site in the past week, Reporters Without Borders said. But Google.cn, the controversial Chinese language version launched in January, has not been affec
The unveiling of a bronze bust commemorating President Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard was postponed December, 2002 due to the "pending war" with Iraq. The Bush Administration always insisted there was no "pending wa
US Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad had been set to brief Senators today. Democratic aides tell RAW STORY that the meeting, set to address "all members," was cancelled abruptly yesterday. Requests for a briefing by another administration
Lobbying group Digital Media Association will propose an amendment to Congress that would simplify the hoop jumping that digital music providers currently have to go through to obtain rights to music—or completely rewrite copyright as we know it.
Two well-known talk-show names are going head-to-head starting next week with original, high quality, Web-only TV-type shows. Talk shows, specifically. Tom Green, 34, the gross-out Canadian comic and Drew Barrymore ex whose MTV talk show ended three
With funky eyewear from MicroOptical Corp., iPod users can watch video on what looks like a 27-inch screen TV while, theoretically, maintaining some of the portability for which the iPod is famous as a music player.
In recent years, with interest rates low and credit easy, U.S. companies have gorged on high-yield debt. There was more than $1 trillion worth of high-yield issues in the U.S. last year, up from $750 billion in 2002.
Scientists have detected large amounts of carbon gas in a newly forming solar system around Beta Pictoris, a nearby young star. Carbon has specific atomic quirks that render it immune to most of the energy pouring out of the star as light. Like a gho
Origen has been working on new ways to produce human antibodies and proteins in eggs, milk and farm crops. Allow scientists to alter the chicken genome in ways that could allow them to produce drugs in very large quantities and develop new therapies.
After years of searching, scientists have rediscovered Illacme plenipes, a millipede that is the world's leggiest creature, in a tiny patch of San Benito County, California [Photo | Video] This type of millipede was first discovered in
At $4,000 a head, the allergy-free felines don't come cheap. But the biotechnology firm behind the project believes sensitive owners will happily fork out extra for the chance to have a cat that doesn't leave them wheezing and sneezing. In
Fossils from northern Germany have revealed a dinosaur that evolved into a dwarf, ending up only about one-third the size of its closest known relatives. The 4-legged plant-eater was no lap dog: It measured about 20 feet from its snout to the tip of
The best evidence yet for the oldest life on Earth is found in odd-shaped, rock-like mounds in Australia that are actually fossils created by microbes 3.4 billion years ago. Known as stromatolites. They're produced layer by layer when dirt sedime
Ancient relatives of today's plants and animals may have survived Earth's oldest, longest winter, when the planet was covered in a deep sheet of ice. The planet was encased in a shell of ice at least a half-mile thick more than 2 billion yea
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Valadez said the supervisors were advised that if they didn't comply with federal law, the county might be ordered to buy the same machines with county rather than federal funds. "The Diebold equipment raises a lot of questions. I don't
Watch the fence over his shoulder! [Might want to turn room lights down as contrast is low.]
In Northern California's Humboldt County, voters decided by a 55-45 margin that corporations do not have the same rights —based on the supposed "personhood" of the combines—as citizens when it comes to participating in local political c
Baghdad's central morgue received more than a thousand bodies each month this year. The body count here gives a more accurate picture of the story in Baghdad than any official statistics. "Most of those brought dead here have been tortured b
The Lone Gunmen's pilot episode, which first aired on March 4, 2001, concerned a terrorist plot ... well, you should watch this prescient clip and make up your own mind about fiction being stranger than fact.
A former Republican congressman won a bitter US House of Representatives race in California. Republican Brian Bilbray narrowly beat back a challenge by Democrat Francine Busby in a conservative district north of San Diego.
The Senate rejected a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, dealing an embarrassing defeat to President Bush and Republicans who hoped to use the measure to energize conservative voters on Election Day.
