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The House of Representatives on Saturday voted to gradually increase the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour and also to cut estate taxes paid mostly by the wealthy. By a vote of 230-180, the House approved the election-year legislation that lik
Police said the gunman had been arrested without a struggle inside the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, where the shooting took place, and was being questioned by police. The gunman is a U.S. citizen, and police said initial contacts with him
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found lakes on Saturn's moon Titan. The lakes are most likely the source of hydrocarbon smog in the frigid moon's atmosphere. Finding the source of the complex soup of hydrocarbons in Titan's atmosphere
"If we are still part of the United States and if the Constitution still means something, then why is the criminal justice system 11 months after Hurricane Katrina still in shambles?" he said in an emergency order. "It is a pathetic
Republican leaders were confident late Friday that they can push through the House the first minimum wage increase in a decade, along with a cut in inheritance taxes on multimillion-dollar estates. But combining the two volatile issues was sure to
The House rushed to pass pension legislation meant to give retirees greater financial security and prevent airlines from dumping their plans on the government. After a year of delays and missed deadlines, the bill could be on the presiden
The future of Mexico's young democracy lies in the hands of seven judges who have the final word on a disputed presidential election that has strained class divisions and threatened the nation's stability, with one candidate calling for milli
The tiny, airborne particles Cliff gathers at an air monitoring station just north of San Francisco drifted over the ocean from coal-fired power plants, smelters, dust storms and diesel trucks in China and other Asian countries.
Saying it had "credible and uncontested" reports of such jails, the U.N. Human Rights Committee said the United States appeared to have been detaining people "secretly and in secret places for months and years".
Residents living close to the U.S. Embassy in London say the British government and police are endangering their lives by failing to adequately protect the embassy area from terrorist attacks. It's the latest controversy concerning the embassy
The economy throttled back in the second quarter as consumers and companies turned cautious amid surging energy prices. Wall Street rallied on the hope that a break in two years of interest-rate pain may be in sight. The nation's gross domesti
Humans aren't the only creatures that vocalize during sex. While mating, female Physocylus globosus spiders emit high-frequency squeaks to let males know what they should be doing, a new study finds.
NASA is considering shutting down all the research programs it conducts aboard the International Space Station for at least a year to fill a projected budget shortfall of up to $100 million, a top station manager said
Widgets, soft-drink formulas, new drugs: They can all be protected by patents. But did you ever think the clever tax-saving strategy your financial adviser is offering up could be patented as well? Unauthorized use of a patented method might get you
A monk riveted world attention by immolating himself in public. John F. Kennedy, the first Catholic U.S. president, felt duty bound to come to the defense of the Buddhists. Quietly, he encouraged the Vietnamese military leadership to depose Diem.
Rush hour in Washington brings the slugs out into the light. Each workday, members of a unique breed of commuters known as "slugs" line up, sometimes at regular bus stops, sometimes at special areas. Chatting quietly, they wait for stran
Scientists have identified two ancient reptiles that swam in icy waters off Australia 115 million years ago, researchers said. They are among the first of their kind to be found from the period soon after the Jurassic era.
Mast cells release a wide range of biological compounds that promote inflammation and other changes to tissue when triggered by parasites, bacteria or foreign substances such as venom. In some people, they can be activated by irritants such as pollen
Obtaining U.S. permission to shoot Genesis-1 into orbit atop the Dnepr booster—a converted Cold War, silo-launched SS-18 intercontinental ballistic missile from Russia—was no trouble-free task.
A new survey of young pulsars by the ESA's XMM-Newton Observatory suggests astronomers might have had it reversed this entire time, and that heat is being generated inside the stars, not outside.
A Border Patrol agent who admitted smuggling more than 100 illegal immigrants into the U.S. from Mexico, some of them in his government truck, was sentenced Friday to five years in prison.
An enormous amoeba-like structure 200 million light-years wide and made up of galaxies and large bubbles of gas is the largest known object in the universe, scientists say. The galaxies and gas bubbles, called Lyman alpha blobs, are aligned along
The National Museum of Ireland announced one of the most significant Irish discoveries in decades; an ancient Psalter or Book of Psalms, written around 800 AD. It said part of Psalm 83 was legible. "The Director of the National Museum of Ireland
The report states she drew the attention of a police officer when she swerved into his lane and "almost collided" with him. "I asked her, 'Where are your pants?' and I think she answered, 'I don't know,'" Deput
[Can politicians be far behind?] The operators of an X-rated online video game on Wednesday debuted Utherverse.com, an adults-only site that aims to duplicate the success of wildly popular teen hangout MySpace.com.
A University of Arizona professor has invented a sticker that can tell consumers if a fruit or vegetable is ripe. The stickers will be available to growers next year, and should make their way to supermarkets within two to three years, said their inv
Researchers say they have come closer to unlocking the secrets of earthquake prediction by uncovering a link between tiny, almost imperceptible, tremors deep inside the earth and devastating quakes capable of wiping out cities.
"Even so, the border search doctrine is not limited to those cases where the searching officers have reason to suspect the entrant may be carrying foreign contraband. Instead, 'searches made at the border...are reasonable simply by virtue of
"The Supreme Court will do everything it can to delay a ruling or dismiss the action - I’m not going to help them,” he said July 26, referring to his refusal to make additional filings the court requested. “They can kiss my..." (you know)
President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced agreement today to seek a United Nations resolution next week that would send a multinational force to southern Lebanon.
