An Egyptian rights group called on the US to investigate the case of a detainee who had a leg amputated in the US military base of Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Adel Fattouh Gazar’s left leg was amputated because of extensive injuries combined with a reluc
An Army officer charged with murder in the suffocation death of an Iraqi general was using an interrogation technique approved by his commander and was under intense pressure to extract information
Suppose you send out soldiers on a search and destroy mission, or SWAT team on a midnight bash and smash. Like washing the blood off, wouldn't it be great if these brave men could have the memories of what they have done wiped clean?
The federal government spent $152 million over a 30-month period to cajole Americans into paying their taxes, taking their medicine and staying in school. Agencies involved in public service announcements insist it is money well spent.
The founders of our country faced dire threats. If they failed in their endeavors, they would have been hung as traitors. The very existence of our country was at risk.
Yet, in the teeth of those dangers, they insisted on establishing the Bill of Ri
US intelligence said they were certain a missile strike in Pakistan had failed to kill the second in command of al Qaeda, but officials in Pakistan said the attack had killed 4 or 5 other extremists who were attending a dinner in a village near the A
American helicopters in Iraq are facing a new threat from so-called aerial bombs, which are fired into the air from the ground and explode close to passing aircraft. The new home-made weapons have been used on numerous occasions.
A disruption in Iran's crude oil exports would further crimp the already tight global oil market and lead to higher petroleum prices, the U.S. Energy Information Administration warned
Former Vice President Al Gore called for an independent investigation of President Bush's domestic spying program. Attorney General Gonzales said Gore's criticism is inconsistent with Clinton administration policy.
Go Daddy's Superbowl ad was pulled by cowardly and persons lacking humor over being spoofed over the prior years Superbowl half time fiasco (i.e., Janet Jackson's wardrobe "mishap"). See the new ad. Go Daddy got a lot of mileage;-)
The Intel Core Duo and a whole new architecture give iMac up to twice the horsepower it had previously. Coupled with the ATI Radeon X1600 graphics processor and the Mac OS X operating system, iMac will run all your software, fast.
The Pentagon spent more than $70 million on a market research and management database that includes the names and personal details of more than 30 million US children between the ages of 16 and 23. Parents cannot remove their children’s info
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from an anti-war protester who was convicted of violating the boundaries of a "restricted area" established during President Bush's visit to South Carolina in 2002.
Hours earlier, Iran barred CNN journalists from the country for misquoting the president as speaking of "nuclear weapons" when he actually spoke of "nuclear technology" during a recent news conference.
House Republicans moved to seize the initiative for ethics reform Tuesday with a comprehensive package of changes, including the banning of privately sponsored travel like that arranged by convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Today, on the 300th anniversary of his birth, the statesman Ben Franklin is celebrated as much for his scientific achievements as for the signature on the Declaration of Independence. A keen observer of nature, by the age of 42 he had amassed enough
The Bush administration overstepped its authority when it barred doctors from helping terminally ill patients die in the only state that allows physician-assisted suicide, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.
At least four foreign terrorists died in the purported U.S. airstrike aimed at al-Qaida's No. 2 leader in a Pakistani border village, the provincial government said. Between 10 and 12 foreign extremists had been invited to the dinner at the villa
"The market crash of 2001-2002 was very painful to me," he said. "Everything I bought in 1996 to 1998 went up. I made a lot of money. The problem was I didn't sell. Just as they say when prices go down, it's a paper loss, well,
Mayor Ray Nagin suggested that Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and other storms were a sign that "God is mad at America" and at black communities, too, for tearing themselves apart with violence and political infighting.
The Republican National Committee has revised their website in the wake of a RAW STORY article revealing that the Party had illegally listed non-partisan, tax-exempt nonprofits as "GOP groups."
President Bush has never used his veto. Instead he used something called a "signing statement:" When Congress passes a bill the president doesn't like, he goes ahead and signs it, but along with the usual press release, he issues his ow
A suicide bomber killing at least 20 in the deadliest insurgent attack since the US invasion. More than 1,600 were killed in 2005, and the murder rate is rising. The rule of law has collapsed. The government is trapped in its own fortified compound i
Crude oil in New York rose after rebel attacks in Nigeria prompted Royal Dutch Shell Plc to evacuate facilities and diplomats prepared to refer Iran to the United Nations over its refusal to abandon nuclear research.
Uncertainty over direction of rates, Alan Greenspan replaced by Ben Bernanke, has already upset the dollar and buffeted interest rate futures, even though data point to a soft economic landing.
Astronaut Mike Mullane has flown on the shuttle 3 times, but in a new memoir he called this ship the most dangerous spacecraft humans have ever ridden. NASA's bureaucracy helped make it that way by discouraging questions about safety and other ma
The soldiers were ordered to leave their privately purchased body armor at home or face the possibility of both losing their life insurance benefit and facing disciplinary action.
President Bush's efforts to spread democracy to the Middle East have strengthened Islamists across the region, posing fresh challenges for the United States, according to U.S. officials, foreign diplomats and democracy experts.
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