A motion to dismiss a congressional election challenge in California took on national implications last week when defense attorneys argued that no court has jurisdiction to intervene in an election after Congress has sworn in a member.
A decade ago, scientists successfully developed sperm in one animal that had come from cells in another. Researchers began by growing rat sperm in mice, and proceeded to foster sperm from hamsters, rabbits, pigs, bulls and humans in mice as well.
Khan was not charged with a crime and Ryan said the government never said why he was detained.
"We couldn't figure out why he was there," Ryan said. "He could barely walk and he could barely hear."
Sen. Rick Santorum drew parallels between World War II and the current war against "Islamic fascism," saying they both require fighting a common foe in multiple countries. "We're at war with Islamic fascism," said Santorum,
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said he is deeply troubled by the success of terrorist groups in "manipulating the media" to influence Westerners.
Vice President Cheney, seizing on Democratic calls to pull troops out of Iraq, linked early withdrawal to the possibility of terrorist attacks in the US. As Cheney and President Bush try to help Republicans keep control of the Congress, polls show pu
The Pentagon unveiled a plan to reorganize its policy office and make it easier to coordinate the so-called global war on terror within the U.S. government and with international allies.
U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned potential adversaries that the United States remained capable of responding to military threats at home and abroad, despite its troop commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan.
One year after Hurricane Katrina battered the U.S. Gulf Coast and his political standing, President Bush acknowledged that a complete recovery was still a long way off. "There is hope down here, there is still a lot of work to be done," Bus
A prankster posing as a federal housing official took center stage at a New Orleans event with the city mayor and the governor of Louisiana, controversially promising to throw open closed public housing to thousands of poor former city residents.
A Florida judge barred enforcement of a state law that imposed fines on civic groups for failing to meet state deadlines in their voter registration drives, ruling the law violated free-speech rights and discriminated against the groups.
John Mark Karr, the schoolteacher who made worldwide headlines by confessing to one of America's most notorious unsolved crimes, the murder of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey, was abruptly dropped as a suspect after the case against him collapsed.
Mexico's top electoral court threw out allegations of massive fraud in last month's presidential election, handing almost certain victory to conservative candidate Felipe Calderon.
According to an article in The New Republic, Britain now presents a greater security threat to the United States than Iran or Iraq. "In the wake of this month's high-profile arrests, it can now be argued that the biggest threat
An 87-year-old diabetic great-grandmother had her heart medication and other prescription drugs confiscated by screening officers Friday as she went through security at Toronto's Pearson airport. She is supposed to take heart medication every fou
The e-mail was sent from a U.S. Department of Justice account and asks those interested in helping to call Moore at his DEA office, the Camera reported, and Moore said there was $10,000 available to launch the campaign.
Farmers may seem like trustworthy people, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture is taking no chances. It's spending tens of millions of dollars to create an enormous computerized map of every farmer's field in America.
“Not only did the police violate my client’s constitutional rights by selling his car before the trial, but the case demonstrates that young black males in this city are blindly targeted by the Baltimore City police,” he said.
Richardson County Deputy Todd Landis shoots Ann Marx, a former employee at the nursing home, Victory Village Retirement Home, who died from the single gunshot above her left eye in the Aug. 13 incident. Deputy Todd was allegedly on an lllegal painkil
Marco Andretti has become the youngest IndyCar Series winner of all time and the youngest winner of any major open wheel race, at 19 years, five months and 14 days.
The tiny devices identify each bin so that records can be kept on the waste disposal habits of its owners, and up to 500,000 bins in council districts across England are thought to have already been fitted.
In an ironic twist, legislation that would open up the murky world of government contracting to public scrutiny has been derailed by a secret parliamentary maneuver.
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Mr Bolton is negotiating with US allies such as Britain and Japan to form its own coalition to freeze Iranian assets abroad and restrict trade if Tehran presses ahead with its controversial nuclear program unpunished by the UN.