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Kinky Friedman, author, musician, humorist and independent contender for Texas governor, was among three finalists announced Wednesday for the Thurber Prize for American Humor, with the winner receiving $5,000 and a crystal plaque.
Democrats in Minnesota’s strongly Democratic 5th Congressional District put history into motion by nominating state Rep. Keith Ellison in Tuesday’s primary — all but guaranteeing that he will become the first Muslim ever elected to Congress.
The spy agency recently sent the Senate Intelligence Committee a list of approved talking points about its warrantless eavesdropping program. Riddled with "subjective statements that appear intended to advance a particular policy view and presen
Col. Mike Bumgarner took over as the warden of Guantánamo Bay in April 2005. He had been hoping to be sent to Iraq; the job of commanding guards at the American detention camp in Cuba was considered not particularly challenging and somewhat risky to
The world has tapped only 18 percent of the total global supply of crude, a leading Saudi oil executive said, challenging the notion that supplies are petering out. [In time for the elections.]
The entertainment company that produces the "Girls Gone Wild" films and its founder pleaded guilty to charges they failed to document the ages of female performers in sexually oriented productions.
Tom Noe, the GOP fund-raiser at the heart of Ohio's biggest political scandal in a generation, was sentenced today to 27 months in a federal prison for illegally funneling money into President Bush’s re-election campaign.
NATO soldiers must 'destroy the heroin labs, disband the open opium bazaars, attack the opium convoys and bring to justice the big traders,' Antonio Maria Costa, head of the UN office on Drugs and Crime told a news conference in Brussels.
Scientists removed the rear hatch on the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, although the work won't immediately remove the questions surrounding the sinking of the sub in 1864. The 40-foot, hand-cranked sub, the first in history to sink an ene
California Attorney General Bill Lockyer may file criminal charges within a week in an investigation into the tactics employed by Hewlett-Packard Co. to probe boardroom leaks. Have enough evidence to file charges against people in HP and outside cont
Go Daddy named a new "Go Daddy Girl", promising she'd bring a new meaning to its reputation for "racy'' advertising. Auto racing star Danica Patrick, a Scottsdale resident, will be sponsored by the Scottsdale-based domain n
A federal judge declined to throw out a conviction or order a new trial for a former Bush administration official convicted of lying about his relationship with lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
The White House and 3 powerful GOP senators reached an impasse over a Bush administration plan to allow tough CIA interrogations, underscoring election-season divisions among Republicans on the high profile issue of security.
The widow of a soldier killed in Afghanistan won state approval to place a Wiccan religious symbol on his memorial plaque, something Veterans Affairs had refused. The VA allows only approved emblems of religion on government headstones.
Federal ATF Agents issued an officer safety advisory on what is called the world’s smallest gun. ATF has confiscated thousands of disguised or miniature guns. The latest miniature gun that is alarming ATF agents is the SwissMiniGun. It's extremel
Republicans are planning to spend the vast majority of their sizable financial war chest attacking Democratic candidates over personal issues and local controversies. Combing through tax, court and other records looking for damaging information on De
The Department of Homeland Security has resulted in improved planning and readiness. But overall security strategy should be directed by a White House-level entity that "must have some clear authority over the homeland security budgets and progr
Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? What kind of impact did Roe v. Wade have on violent crime?
MK Effie Eitam called Sunday for the expulsion of Arabs from the West Bank and the removal of Israeli Arabs from the political scene
"The Israel Factor: Ranking the presidential candidates" is a new project on Rosner's Domain that rates potential presidential contenders in the 2008 race for the White House based on their attitudes toward Israel.
Death of a President, opened to a warm reception at the Toronto international film festival on Sunday and has now sold its US distribution rights for $1 million.
Richard Mack is a cop, a salesman and a member of the middle class. He lives in the small community of Safford, Arizona and he loves America and her traditions. Richard Mack is also the Libertarian candidate for the United States Senate in Arizona.
The commander of U.S. Marines in Iraq denied his troops had lost the vast province they patrol, after newspapers said his intelligence chief had written the grimmest report from the field since the war began.
Senate Republicans struggled for an agreement on legislation to set up trials for foreign terrorism suspects as the White House lobbied for its plan that critics said could allow abusive interrogations and deprive suspects of basic rights.
"What we did was insane and monstrous, we covered entire towns in cluster bombs," the head of an IDF rocket unit in Lebanon said regarding the use of cluster bombs and phosphorous shells during the war. Quoting his battalion commande
There is no such thing as Gulf War syndrome, even though U.S. and foreign veterans of the war report more symptoms of illness than do soldiers who didn't serve there, a federally funded study concludes. U.S. and foreign veterans of the Gulf War
House leaders moved yesterday to temper many of the controls that a bill headed toward rapid passage would have imposed on the Bush administration's program for wiretapping terrorism suspects without court approval.
Nonlethal weapons such as high-power microwave devices should be used on American citizens in crowd-control situations before being used on the battlefield, the Air Force secretary said. "If we're not willing to use it here against our fello
Most of the federal scientists who improperly accepted personal money from drug or biotechnology companies walked away with reprimands or were allowed to retire unscathed. Only 2 of the 44 scientists found to have violated rules governing private con
Just a few hours before the attack, I was walking down one of the corridors of the Pentagon that was later obliterated by the hijacked aircraft. After most of D.C. went home early, I did media interview after media interview about the attacks.
