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A space telescope scheduled for launch in 2007 will be sensitive enough to detect theoretical miniature black holes lurking within our solar system, scientists say. By doing so, it could test an exotic five-dimensional theory of gravity that compe
A uniform neural net of brain cells—a brain chip—has been created by a team of scientists lead by Yael Hanein of Tel Aviv University in Israel. 100-micrometer-wide bundles of nanotubes were used to get the rat neurons to form regular patterns on a
In early 2004, NASA's Mars strategy of "following the water" paid off handsomely for the rover named Opportunity. Landing in Meridiani Planum, Opportunity immediately found beds of soft sandstones, much altered by acidic water long ago.
[Just before global warming does.] Non-smoking sections and ventilation in bars, restaurants and offices do not protect people from secondhand smoke, which poses a health hazard at any level, a report from the U.S. surgeon general said Tuesday. Th
Americans are paying unusually close attention to the congressional elections in November, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, and they are more inclined to deliver big gains to Democrats than in any year since Republicans swept to control of the House an
[Wouldn't this tax apply to lobbyists too?] Pimps and sex traffickers could soon find themselves being chased by tax collectors, not just the vice squad. Sen. Charles Grassley wants the IRS to chase after pimps and sex traffickers with the same f
[Buy an oil well?] The most widely used electronic-voting systems all have flaws that can be addressed relatively easily, but few states and counties have actually implemented recommended security measures, researchers concluded Tuesday.
A constitutional amendment to ban flag desecration died in a cliffhanger vote in the Senate, one week before Independence Day, one vote short of the support needed to send it to the states for ratification.
Israeli planes attacked 3 bridges in central Gaza, and Israeli tanks were on the move after the government approved a limited operation — a response to a weekend Palestinian attack in which two soldiers were killed and a third captured.
The Council of Europe accused states of colluding with the CIA on secret flights transferring prisoners to third countries where they could be tortured. It urged governments and parliaments in each state to hold their own inquries
Belgium's government said on Monday it was investigating the legality of counter-terrorism searches by U.S. officials of thousands of private records held by Brussels-based international bank cooperative SWIFT.
A revolt that began when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld government's right to take private property for economic development a year ago is sweeping much of the nation. Legislatures in 25 states, as well as numerous local governments, including
Debate on another in a series of measures that aim to please key Republican constituencies opens in the Senate on Monday, but with one big difference. The latest proposal — a ban on flag burning — might actually pass.
The Federal Bureau of Investigations has conceded another legal victory to a group of Connecticut libraries. The NSL is a little known statute in the Patriot Act that permits law enforcement to obtain records of people not necessarily suspected of an
Iraq's sectarian violence of the past four months has pushed the number of displaced people to above 130,000, parliament heard on Monday as members urged ministers to give more aid and security to contain the crisis.
A divided U.S. Supreme Court struck down strict limits for money contributions and spending for state political campaigns, dealing a setback to advocates of campaign finance regulation.
Olmert said he had "instructed the heads of the army to deploy our forces in order to be ready to prepare for a prolonged and extensive military operation in order to strike the terror organisations and commanders. "We will reach everyon
Sources have confirmed to CBS4 News that conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been detained at Palm Beach International Airport for the possible possession of illegal prescription drugs Monday evening. Limbaugh was returning on a flight f
Author Jerome Corsi filed a Freedom of Information Act request yesterday asking for full disclosue of the activities of an office implementing a trilateral agreement with Mexico and Candad that apparently could lead to a North American union,
Today, President Bush blasted the print media for printing the story of SWIFT. Well, back in 2003, it's Ok for the Weekly Standard to print a story "linking" Hussian with Bin Laden. That information was obtained from a "secret
The Senate yesterday acted quickly to plug a government accountability loophole created less than one month ago, when the Supreme Court's Garcetti v. Ceballos decision canceled constitutional free speech rights for government workers carrying out
This movie was released on June 23rd. It's on a limited release now. Currently, not playing in Arizona, but that may soon change.
In the face of persisiting threats, including a growing number of terrorist attacks around the world, numberous reports show that Americans are losing faith in theri government's ability of successfully wage the global war on terror as well as to
Almost every piece of personal information that Americans try to keep secret -- including bank account statements, e-mail messages and telephone records -- is semi-public and available for sale. That was the lesson Congress learned over the
A prominent Somali cleric who is on the United States list of terror suspects has been elected as head of an Islamist militia that controls the Somali capital and most of the southern regions. Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys was elected in absentia late
Newspapers have been doing a lot of hand-wringing lately over the decline of the print media. Any day now, says the conventional wisdom, they'll be gone, replaced by blogs and other websites used by a generation that holds print in contempt.
A national reconciliation plan for Iraq calls for a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops and, controversially, amnesty for insurgents who attacked American and Iraqi soldiers.
We were sitting in a Manhattan living room on a spring afternoon, and Warren Buffett had a Cherry Coke in his hand as usual. But this unremarkable scene was about to take a surprising turn. "Brace yourself," Buffett warned with a grin. H
From the barber's chair at a shop called The Spot where he gets his regular razor shave, Christopher Johnson often wondered about the odd men at the bunker-like warehouse across the street. "They ran around like ninjas dressed in black an
For a long time, the top-selling poster in Hassan al-Sheikh's gift shop here showed President Bashar al-Assad of Syria seated beside the leader of Hezbollah in Lebanon. A few weeks ago a slightly different poster overtook it, this one with the Sy
