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Soon, reservists found themselves on a Lebanese battlefield, at a disadvantage to Hizbullah guerrillas fighting on home turf. And in the midst of combat, they did what anyone wanting to influence decisionmakers would do: get on their cellphones and c
Two F-15s were sent from Otis Air National Guard Base on Cape Cod to escort the airliner. Master Sgt. Anthony Hill said the fighter pilots can intercept, shadow or escort commercial aircraft and, if ordered, shoot down an aircraft deemed to be a thre
A 16-year-old cancer patient 's legal fight did not end in defeat Wednesday when his family's attorneys and social services officials reached an agreement that would allow him to forgo chemotherapy.
Lebanon has a dauntingly steep path to climb towards reconstruction and a chance, though no guarantee, of recovering from the economic devastation caused by Israel's offensive, economists said.
A reporter accused of spying for Taiwan was put on trial in China's capital Tuesday, Hong Kong television and a human rights activist said in reporting the latest in a string of espionage cases against people with overseas ties.
Before the plane's arrival, customs had run passengers' names through a database listing outstanding arrest warrants. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Allen Brock knew only that the Navy wanted to arrest the 21-year-old petty officer
Arizona's Counter-Terrorism Information Center issued an advisory to law enforcement officials statewide saying there is a possible increase in suspicious purchases of prepaid cellphones occurring nationwide.
A two-year-old law intended to keep illegal immigrants from voting has blocked thousands of Maricopa County residents from casting ballots because they can’t prove U.S. citizenship.
In 2004, an American soldier stationed at Abu Ghraib handed a CD full of incriminating photographs to the Army Criminal Investigation Division. The soldier's name was Joe Darby. For this act of courage, he was vilified by his fellow soldiers, his
Fighter jets were on hand to possibly shoot down a London-to-Washington, D.C., flight diverted to Boston’s Logan airport after the pilot declared an emergency because an claustrophobic passenger caused a disturbance, federal officials said.
Garrett's medical care may save the company $50,000. Instead of winding up $20,000 in debt to have the operations in the US, he may now get up to $10,000 back as a share of the savings. He'll get to see the Taj Mahal as part of a 2-day tour b
FEAR may account for more than a quarter of the price of crude oil, which yesterday slipped back again as the market reacted to the current truce in Lebanon and the diminished impact of the BP shutdown in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.
Seeking to counter the White House's depiction of its Middle East policies as crucial to the prevention of terrorist attacks at home, 21 former generals, diplomats and national security officials argue the administration's "hard l
Voter advocates filed a lawsuit seeking to stop Pennsylvania counties from using "paperless" electronic voting machines, saying that such systems leave no paper record that could be used in the event of a recount, audit or other problem.
A 911 operator, speaking to a woman trapped on the 83rd floor of the World Trade Center, offered hope of a rescue team that never appeared, according to recordings of emergency phone calls from Sept.11 released Wednesday. "Listen to me, ma'
Lebanon and Israel counted their losses from 34 days of fighting: The Israeli military said the air force had attacked about 7,000 targets in Lebanon and the navy had fired 2,500 shells during the conflict, while 3,970 Hizbollah rockets hit Israel.
Haaretz photographer Yaron Kaminsky was beaten by three Israel Defense Forces officers near the community of Zar'it on the northern border with Lebanon. The photographer was taking pictures of soldiers who were on their way into the country after
A U.S. District Court judge ruled a Mississippi couple's homeowner policy did not give them coverage for damage from flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina, in a major win for the insurance industry.
Bill Burton, a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spokesman, said: "With a mess in Iraq, gas prices at new highs and public confidence in the White House and Congress at new lows, it's no surprise that Republicans are on defense at
President Bush made clear in a private meeting this week that he was concerned about the lack of progress in Iraq and frustrated that the new Iraqi government — and the Iraqi people — had not shown greater public support for the American mission, par
President Bush's startling assertion yesterday -- that at the end of 33 days of warfare between Israel and the Hezbollah militia, Hezbollah had been defeated -- once again raises questions about his ability to acknowledge reality when things don*
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. posted its first profit decline in a decade as the world's largest retailer paid a hefty price for closing its loss-making German stores while high energy prices hit its sales and costs at home.
By surviving a ferocious month-long conflict with Israel, Hizbollah has foiled U.S.-Israeli hopes of destroying the Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim group and emboldened its allies in Iran and Syria. The day after a tenuous U.N. truce took hold in Leba
New Jersey's attorney general resigned after a special prosecutor concluded that she violated state ethics laws in an incident involving her boyfriend and a traffic stop. Zulima Farber, the state's top ranking law enforcement official, showed
A lawyer plans to use a legal precedent that allowed President Bill Clinton to be sued while in office to force Vice President Dick Cheney and presidential adviser Karl Rove to testify in a lawsuit brought by former CIA operative Valerie Plame and he
Dozens of rocky bodies that are part of a sea of small rocky fragments never observed before have been spotted in the suburbs of our solar system beyond planet Neptune, thanks to a novel technique. These newly detected chunks of dust and rock coin
A fundamental force that holds electrons inside atoms and governs how charged particles and light interact is a little weaker than previously thought, scientists reported today.
The increase in the intensity and duration of Atlantic hurricanes in recent decades is due to temperature increases in the atmosphere caused by global warming, and not by natural variations in ocean temperature, according to a new study.
Physics professor David Willey doesn't use chalk and formulas to spark his students' interest in thermodynamics. He walks on fire. "Nothing gets a student's attention like the possibility that I might kill myself," said Willey
The tally of planets in our solar system would jump instantly to a dozen under a highly controversial new definition proposed by the International Astronomical Union. Eventually there would be hundreds as more round objects are found beyond Neptune.
