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An asteroid that has been corkscrewing around Earth in recent years is heading for deep space today, according to NASA. The object, named 2003 YN107, was discovered in 2003. It arrived in Earth's vicinity 1999, scientists have calculated.
I was bored, so I thought it would be funny to write a song with the words "Durka Durka" in it. I had just seen team america world police, and it was fresh in my mind.
A black bear picked the wrong yard for a jaunt, running into a territorial tabby who ran the furry beast up a tree — twice. Jack, a 15-pound orange and white cat, keeps a close vigil on his property, but his owners say his latest escapade was surpris
Back from a week in their home districts, members on both sides of the aisle report a growing disconnect between Congress and constituents on issues ranging from war to fuel prices. But voters greatest frustration regards immigration.
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled that the state can indeed charge undocumented immigrants with conspiracy to commit human smuggling. County Attorney argued that people being smuggled could be charged with conspiracy.
PHOENIX — Cities will not lose their right to take private property for redevelopment projects. (Cities' rights???? - this is how legislative news is spun by Howie Fisher on a regular basis)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has set July 26 as the date for a referendum that calls for a Palestinian state alongside Israel. Hamas had called on rival Abbas to abandon the referendum, which would implicitly recognize Israel.
I'm sure there's a perfectly good explanation for this. There always is. As ever, it underscores the need for verifiable elections, and begins to remind us that the folks who give a damn about this down there in San Diego County better dam
The Democratic National Committee plans to return $5,000 in campaign contributions from two Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP partners who were indicted last month, a party spokeswoman said. The Milberg Weiss firm, known for its class-action secur
An "embarrasing email" leaked by former FEMA head Michael Brown to CNN quotes President Bush as saying at a Cabinet meeting held shortly after Katrina that he was pleased that Brown was taking most of the heat for the federal government
From the moment President Bush introduced him to the American people in October 2002, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi served a crucial purpose for the administration, providing a tangible focus for its insistence that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was linked t
Congressional Republicans killed a provision in an Iraq war funding bill that would have put the United States on record Iraq war bill deletes US military base prohibition against the permanent basing of U.S. military facilities in that country, a la
A top aide to House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jerry Lewis received $1.96 million in severance payments from a lobbying firm with ties to Lewis, according to documents released. The connection between Lewis, a California Republican, and the
Fighters loyal to a US-backed Somali warlord alliance reinforced their last remaining stronghold as Islamist militia in control of the capital gathered for a feared attack. Heavily-armed gunmen backed by machine-gun-mounted pick-ups erected barric
The United States is to revise laws to facilitate export of sensitive high-technology equipment to China under a new policy designed to prevent such products from being used for military purposes.
Flush with intelligence, the U.S. military moved quickly to take advantage of the power vacuum left by the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, carrying out nearly 40 raids in an effort to stop his terror network from regrouping. A U.S. military search
As our yogurt culture evolves, so do the bacteria involved in making it, ridding themselves of extra genes and in the meantime giving scientists a glimpse of the evolutionary process. Scientists have sequenced the genome of Lactobacillus Bulgaricu
If you hang out in front of the student center of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus during the next few days, you might see a towering, green structure swishing to-and-fro like a giant stalk of grass in the wind. Don't worr
Delighted conservationists said that they had found conclusive proof of the existence of a rare giraffe-like creature in Congo's Virunga National Park that has defied the odds of survival in a region battered by savage conflict. First discover
A British archaeologist rejected claims that a hill in central Bosnia is a man-made structure that many local residents insist is a pyramid. Professor Anthony Harding visited Visocica hill and said the formation was natural. "Not any evidenc
Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher pleaded not guilty to charges that he was involved in an illegal scheme to hire political allies for merit-based state jobs. Republicans violated state law by ignoring merit and hiring political supporters for civil servi
Rep. John Murtha, an outspoken opponent of the war in Iraq, unexpectedly announced he will run for the No. 2 leadership post in the US House of Representatives if Democrats regain control of that chamber in elections this fall.
Businessmen, a lobbyist and a major corporate foundation have donated almost $700,000 in the past 8 days to pay for the renovation of Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick's apartment inside the Capitol.
THE two brothers arrested during an anti-terrorism raid in which one of them was shot were released last night without charge. [nuf said]
[Hours before Palestinian PM offers referendum on recognizing Israel, they shell beach full of tourists. Now why would they do that?] Israeli naval gunboats killed at least 10 Palestinian civilians and wounded about 40 others as they relaxed in the s
Companies that provide Web-based telecommunications services must allow wiretapping by law enforcement officials, a federal appeals court ruled. The ruling upholds a Federal Communications Commission decision that companies such as Vonage Holdings Co
Canadian authorities detained an American activist filmmaker at the Ottawa airport late Wednesday night, confiscating his passport, camera equipment and most of his belongings. Canada agents stopped Alex Jones, whose films include Martial Law 9/11: T
New Scientist has discovered that Pentagon's National Security Agency, which specialises in eavesdropping and code-breaking, is funding research into the mass harvesting of the information that people post about themselves on social networks. And
Sitting stone still under a skull cap fitted with a couple dozen electrodes, Austrian scientist Peter Brunner stares at a laptop computer. Without so much as moving a nostril hair, he suddenly begins to compose a message -- letter by letter -- on a g
President Bush said that it's not yet clear when Iraqi forces will be able to take control of their country's security, a key step in bringing U.S. troops home. Making that determination depends on an assessment of the new government in Baghd
