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It's one way to assure order in the court. The NY state Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics has ruled that it is permissible for judges to pack a pistol beneath their robes while on the bench. "From an ethical standpoint, there is no pr
Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich says America is in World War III and President Bush should say so. Gingrich said that Bush should call a joint session of Congress and talk about global military conflicts in much starker terms than have been h
Backed by hundreds of thousands of followers, the leftist who lost Mexico's presidential vote two weeks ago, vowed to start civil resistance to protest at fraud and force a recount. Huge crowds chanting "You are not alone," cheered A
Business is on the upswing for UP Aerospace—a firm that is offering suborbital rocket shots of experimental payloads out of the Southwest Regional Spaceport site in New Mexico. In an update, the firm stated over the weekend that the first launch o
Andy Krukar boarded TWA Flight 800 with a diamond ring in his pocket, planning to place it on his fiancee's finger at the Eiffel Tower during a romantic weekend in Paris. His fiancee, Julie Stuart, was going to follow him on another flight the ne
Few Americans have ever heard of them. Yet these private non-profit groups receive millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars each year to promote "democratic" values in some of the most repressive places in the world. They help to monitor ele
"Evangelical Protestants have become much more Republican in recent times, although 40 or 50 years ago more of them were Democrats," said Green, director of the University of Akron's Bliss Institute of Applied Politics.
Syria warned on Sunday it would respond directly and by all means necessary to any Israeli attack on its territory, in its first official reaction to Israel’s offensive on neighbouring Lebanon.
Iran said that Western incentives to halt its nuclear program were an "acceptable basis" for talks, and it is ready for detailed negotiations. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice responded that Iran should talk directly to negotiators if
[Where's the beef?] A dispute over access for U.S. meat to the Russian market helped frustrate U.S.-Russian talks on a deal for Russia to join the World Trade Organization, America's top trade negotiator said. After intense, late-night neg
2 US senators, Byron Dorgan, a Democrat from North Dakota, and John Cornyn, a Republican from Texas, launched the U.S. Senate RFID Caucus in mid-July to educate colleagues about the potential uses and benefits of RFID.
Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans to implant patients suffering from chronic diseases with a microchip that will give emergency room staff access to their medical information and help avoid costly or serious medical errors, the insurer said
Hezbollah and Israel traded rocket and missile barrages for a sixth day Monday, as warfare that has erupted in the Middle East showed no sign of easing. Hezbollah rockets struck deep inside Israel, killing eight people in the northern city of Haifa,
Gold rose to a six-week high as investors bought the metal as a haven and a hedge against inflation, after escalating violence in the Middle East pushed crude oil to a record. Gold has jumped 8.4% this month, after falling in May and June, as bomb
As I hung up the phone, I wondered if I would ever see my friend Ali alive again. Ali, The Times translator for the past three years, lives in west Baghdad, an area that is now in meltdown as a bitter civil war rages between Sunni insurgents and Shia
A "steamy spy scandal" at the State Department is brewing as Time Magazine links an operation by US Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte to the case involving Taiwanese agent Isabelle Cheng and Donald W. Keyser, former Principa
“Israel gave Damascus 72 hours to stop Hizbullah’s activity along the Lebanon-Israel border and bring about the release the two kidnapped IDF soldiers or it would launch an offensive with disastrous consequences.”
The House Government Reform Committee has subpoenaed the former law firm of convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff for records of any contacts he or members of his lobbying team had with the Bush White House. Chairman Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.) authori
In a chilly summit prelude, President Bush blocked Russia's entry into the World Trade Organization and President Vladimir Putin mockingly said Moscow doesn't want the kind of violence-plagued democracy the United States has fostered in Iraq.
Maine lobsterman caught a lobster this week that looks like it's half-cooked. The lobster caught by Alan Robinson in Dyer's Bay that is a typical mottled green on one side; the other side is a shade of orange that looks cooked. Robinson
A high school valedictorian who had the plug pulled on her microphone as she gave an address referring to Jesus Christ sued school officials, saying her rights to religious freedom and free speech were trampled on. Brittany McComb, 18, was part wa
A Pennsylvania town that passed one of the toughest immigration laws in the US this week overstepped its authority, said a civil-liberties group which announced plans to sue. The city council of Hazleton, a former coal-mining town of some 31,000 p
Majority Leader Bill Frist predicted the US Senate would pass legislation next week expanding federal stem cell research, likely triggering a veto from President Bush with unpredictable political repercussions. Bush has vowed to cast his first vet
The U.S. National Guard Bureau chief dismissed suggestions they were militarizing the border with Mexico by sending thousands of soldiers to secure the border. "We're not putting 6,000 armed national guardsmen on the border as a show of for
For all the talks interpretive guide Nick Racine has given to visitors about this volcano, standing on the crater rim and watching it pump out tons of rock left him nearly speechless. "Holy cow, it's incredible," he said. "It
Scientists say they may have found an important clue in the mystery of why the Confederate submarine Hunley sank 140 years ago after making history by sinking an enemy warship in battle. Archaeologists and others working to restore the submarine r
A tiny telescope designed to be implanted in the eyes of some elderly patients should not receive Food and Drug Administration approval, the panel recommended on a 10-3 vote. The FDA's ophthalmic devices panel recommended against the pea-sized
Chocolate is not widely consumed in the tropics, even though that's where most of the world's cocoa is produced. The reason: It's too hot. High temperatures in countries like Nigeria reduce chocolate into a sticky, gooey mess. Fo
Israeli and Lebanese residents are braced for increased hostilities after Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah vowed "open war" amid Israeli attacks that have raised international fears of a devastating regional conflict.
British forces in Afghanistan have defended their decision to call in US planes to drop 500lb bombs on a town. They had been under constant attack for the past 2 weeks and the Taleban fighters were close to overrunning the base when the US air
