FEW authors, no matter how serious or scholarly, can afford to be so stubbornly Pynchonesque as to refuse to participate in a book tour. If they want to sell books, this is. But fewer still could have guessed until recently that their best pitchman
Internal Justice Department performance reports for six of the eight US attorney who have been dismissed in recent months rated them "well regarded," "capable" or "very competent," a review of the evaluations show.
We are about to find out if the invasion of Iraq really was a war for oil. The country is on the verge of passing a petroleum law, which will set down rules for investing in its oil industry. That will set off a race among the foreign oil giants
Some of America's most senior military commanders are prepared to resign if the White House orders a military strike against Iran, according to highly placed defence and intelligence sources. Tension in the Gulf region has raised fears that an a
The 1991 National Convention held in Chicago over a steamy, hot weekend saw the nomination of Andre Marrou as their presidential candidate and Jo Jorgenson for vice president. That campaign ended up exposing many things. But many indications werre
Despite the Bush administration's insistence it has no plans to go to war with Iran, a Pentagon panel has been created to plan a bombing attack that could be implemented within 24 hours of getting the go-ahead from President Bush.
Most Ron Paul supporters realize that Paul will be ignored by main stream media. However, many see this as the good ole boy network keeping an outsider like Paul ... well ... outside. A vast conspiracy of one wing or another. But this is not Stossel*
A rare, 184-year-old copy of the Declaration of Independence found by a bargain hunter at a Nashville thrift shop is being valued by experts at about 100,000 time the $2.48 purchase price.
September 11 conspiracies will go mainstream on Sunday as BBC airs an hour long documentary that investigates the growing number of conspiracy theories surrounding the 9/11 attacks. 9/11: The Conspiracy Files, will try to answer the question
North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator plans to visit the US with days for follow-up talks on a recent disarmament deal, South Korean news reports said Saturday. The North's Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan is expected to arrive in San Fra
Israel has opened negotiations to fly through US controlled airspace in Iraq in the event that it would decide to carry out strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, a British newspaper reported Saturday. Israel deputy defense minister denied the claim
US troops detained the eldest son of Iraq's most influential Shiite politician for nearly 12 hours Friday as he crossed back from Iran, the same route Washington believes is used to keep powerful Shiite militias flush with weapons and aid.
AFTER years of spending our nation’s space budget building an orbiting space station of questionable utility, serviced by an operationally expensive space shuttle of unsafe design, NASA has set a new direction for the future of human spaceflight. Onc
A paid FBI informant was the man behind a neo-Nazi march through the streets of Parramore that stirred up anxiety in Orlando's black community and fears of racial unrest that triggered a major police mobilization.
The U.S. Army today re-filed charges against 1st Lt. Ehren Watada, who refused to go to Iraq in June 2006. A mistrial was declared in his first court martial at Fort Lewis on Feb. 7.
The 28-year-old Watada is charged with missing movement and of
The United States demanded that Israel desist from even exploratory contacts with Syria, of the sort that would test whether Damascus is serious in its declared intentions to hold peace talks with Israel.
In the nearly 2 years Cpl. John Callahan of the Army was away from home, his wife had two extramarital affairs. She failed to pay his credit card bills. Their 2 children were sent to live with her parents as their home life deteriorated.
Arizona farmers cite tighter border security and limits on guest workers. They're paying field hands $2 more per hour. [Get ready to pay at the market you dumb gringos.]
Top Education Department officials, including former Secretary Rod Paige, allowed specialists to improperly encourage state and local officials to spend billions of dollars in federal grant money with a small group of companies, government investigat
The 2000-year-old cave had already been discovered in 1980 in
Jerusalem's Talpiyot neighbourhood. In it were 10 coffins, six of
which bore inscriptions, including the names "Jesus son of Joseph," twice "Maria," and "Jud
Ahmed Chalabi, the former deputy prime minister of Iraq [an Iranian spy] who has come under suspicion for his pre-war involvement in supplying questionable intelligence supporting the invasion, has assumed a new role within the Iraqi government, acco
The Petraeus plan will have U.S. forces deployed in Iraq for years to come. Does anybody running for president realize that? The British are leaving, the Iraqis are failing and the Americans are staying—and we’re going to be there a lot longer than a
Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) who is a decorated Marine, has taken the lead in arguing that the House should use its power of the purse to raise roadblocks to President George Bush's strategy to increase the number of US troops in Iraq.
A 6-year ordeal in which he would be named as a flight instructor of the 9/11 hijackers, locked up in Belmarsh jail for 5 months to await extradition to the US and, be released when no evidence of his involvement materialised.
With his reputation
An Egyptian cleric, speaking publicly for the first time, said that Egyptian officials tortured him in prison after he was kidnapped in Italy — allegedly by CIA agents — and sent here for interrogation.
Leaders see ‘a grave social problem;’ treatment includes electric shocks. A 12-year-old boy receives electric shock treatment for his Internet addiction at the Beijing Military Region Central Hospital. A soldier shouting, "This is for your own
Geffen was on to something with his passing mention that Obama is not from "the Bush royal family" or the "Clinton royal family." Is the country prepared to be governed, for 28 years by 2 families who alternate turns in the White