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A series of coordinated bomb attacks shook Baghdad hours after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said that security would be in Iraqi hands by the end of the year. Overall, at least 312 people were killed and 302 wounded throughout Iraq. One American sol
The compromise language would keep the deadlines included in the original House bill but make them nonbinding. ( "It's the Democrats War Now" & "Pin the War on the Donkey" are new signs in production - Powell
A Rochester Institute of Technology student was arrested and suspended from classes after authorities discovered he had two assault rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammunition a day after the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history.
A domestic policy adviser to President Ronald Reagan and a treasury official under President George H.W. Bush, Bartlett assailed Bush's "big government conservatism" and said he was surprised at Bush's policies, despite his campaign
(Sometimes you have to laugh)
Russia plans to build the world's longest tunnel, a transport and pipeline link under the Bering Strait to Alaska, as part of a $65 billion project to supply the U.S. with oil, natural gas and electricity from Siberia. The project, which Russi
The death six Canadian soldiers in southern Afghanistan reminds us of Santayana’s maxim that those who fail to study history are doomed to repeat it. On 27 July, 1880, the British Empire suffered one of the worst defeats in its colonial history.
A University of Colorado student was arrested after making comments classmates deemed sympathetic toward the gunman blamed for killing 32 students and himself at Virginia Tech. Another student was detained when he was spotted wearing an ammunition be
Shortly after the shootings were made public, a news story surfaced on the Internet about how the Virginia legislature recently killed a bill that would have allowed university students and employees to carry concealed weapons on campus.
The largest solar power plant in North America will soon be providing electricity to an Air Force base in the Nevada desert. Matt Cheney, chief executive officer of MMA, said financing details were still being worked out but his company is investing
On the April 15 broadcast of NBC-syndicated The Chris Matthews Show, Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial page editor Cynthia Tucker claimed that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is "a real libertarian." (grin)
Customers on the BlackBerry Forums discussion board complained of having no service starting at about 5:15 p.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday. BlackBerry service was mostly restored by late morning today EDT, following a widespread North American outage th
Imaging Earth-like exoplanets is a daunting challenge because the dim starlight that such relatively small worlds reflect is easily overpowered by the glare of their far larger, brighter parent stars. New techniques can overcome this glare, enabling
Will Google replace Microsoft's software dominance? Nothing lasts forever :)
WASHINGTON — FBI agents have searched the home of Republican Rep. John Doolittle, who is under scrutiny over his ties to convicted GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff, Doolittle's attorney said Wednesday.
Since 1956, when American geophysicist M. King Hubbert correctly predicted that U.S. oil reserves would hit a peak within 20 years, experts have debated when the same might occur globally.
The euro surged past 1.36 dollars for the first time since December 2004 on Wednesday while sterling hit a near 26-year high against the dollar on fears for US economic prospects.
A bill that would let the U.S. government negotiate prices for Medicare prescription drugs stalled in the U.S. Senate when Republican opponents blocked a vote on the legislation.
Suspected Sunni insurgents penetrated the Baghdad security net Wednesday, hitting Shiite targets with four bomb attacks that killed 183 people - the bloodiest day since the U.S. troop surge began nine weeks ago.
The US Supreme Court backtracked on abortion rights for the first time in more than a generation, upholding a federal law restricting access to a rare but controversial late-term abortion procedure.
An avalanche of car bomb attacks on Shiite districts of Baghdad slaughtered 190 people on Wednesday and delivered a savage blow to the credibility of a two-month-old US security plan.
Virginia Tech mass killer Seung-Hui Cho reached out from his grave to lament that "this didn't have to happen" and warned that "I will no longer run" in a bizarre multimedia package received by NBC News Wednesday.
Iran has started feeding uranium gas for enrichment at a nuclear plant where it has installed over 1,300 centrifuges, the UN atomic watchdog said, showing increasing defiance of UN resolutions.
Emerging downtown Scottsdale hotel and entertainment scene has gone "Sin City". If the newly-renovated James hotel, now the Mondrian Scottsdale, is a harbinger, the city is indeed ready for a Lingerie Bowl.
Why do you think they're not building homes, condos and cities in Death Valley? Short answer: no water! No ability to sustain population other than a few cactus plants and lizards! It's called 'carrying capacity'.
The Libertarian
What became of the Maya? The Mayan people developed an agricultural system productive enough to support populations in the hundreds of thousands. For better or worse, this allowed them to develop specialization. Their kings and priests started
As I write these words, news reports out of Blacksburg, Va., say that more than 30 people have been shot to death on the campus of Virginia Tech. Consider the Blacksburg massacre in the context of what happens every day in Iraq.
Keeping your garden safe and out of sight, from hungry looters and refugees after the collapse could mean the difference between life and death for the survivor. Having a traditional garden planted in rows is an open invitation to trouble,
A Michigan man spied for the Iraqi government for about a year before the 2003 US-led invasion of the country, federal authorities said Tuesday. A grand jury indictment accuses Najib Shemami, 58, of Sterling Heights, of four espionage-related charge
A leading US official on Wednesday warned of "unhealthy" Iranian involvement in Afghanistan, saying Tehran was MEDDLING in the country's political affairs and providing weapons to a resurgent Taliban. (Hmm, sound familiar)
