Chandler High senior Maria Duenas is going to have a difficult time cracking higher education after her high school graduation May 30. She may be deported. "I've been here for 16 years, so it feels like something is being taken away," t
Scottish nationalists committed to independence from Britain became the biggest party in the Scottish parliament on Friday in elections which left a political headache for Prime Minister Tony Blair's successor.
Personal and financial records of 100,000 Transportation Security Administration employees were lost after a computer hard drive was missing. It contains the bank account numbers, Social Security numbers, names and birth dates of people who wo
In a survey of U.S. troops in combat in Iraq, less than half of Marines and a little more than half of Army soldiers said they would report a member of their unit for killing or wounding an innocent civilian.
US officials championing freedom and democracy are well aware that they cannot try to silence Islamist militants by censoring or blocking the burgeoning number of Al-Qaeda related web sites.
long with high gas prices come the calls for Americans to diversify our energy sources and reduce our dependence on foreign oil. But be skeptical of politicians who tout ethanol as the clean-burning solution to our energy crisis.
Researchers discovered strong evidence the planet Mercury has a molten core. This explains a 3-decade old planetary mystery that began with the flight of the Mariner 10 spacecraft. Among its discoveries was that Mercury had its own weak magnetic fiel
The attacks by the LAPD on peaceful demonstrators were planned out and even trained for weeks in advance. It's apparent by the formations and equipment the police used. Nothing improvised or spontaneous about it. (builds and builds and then...)
I suppose there was a time in American politics when there was a significant difference between conservatives and liberals, between Republicans and Democrats, and between Christians and unbelievers.
How far down the gopher hole do we want to inject our children as we add 100 million people into the USA by 2040? How much misery can a civilization stand? When is enough, enough?
however, he hit an even more solid point when he stated that the country needs to decide what the proper role of government is supposed to be first. THAT’S the Ron Paul that Ron Paul fans have come to know and love.
This Video was made during Paul's Phoenix visit in March but after last night's debate in the "House of Reagan" with Chris Mathews comparing Paul to Goldwater, it seems even more timely now.
American forces have completed construction of a concrete wall around the Baghdad district of Adhamiya despite protests from the Iraqi prime minister and local residents who claim that they are now at the mercy of militants.
As calls in the U.S. Congress grow for a scheduled troop withdrawal from Iraq, similar demands are escalating in Iraq's National Assembly.
Some 133 Iraqi lawmakers from different political blocs, calling themselves the "free deputies,
[stacking the deck for justice] Many potential jurors in the Jose Padilla terrorism-support case say they aren't sure who directed the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks because they don't trust reporters or the federal government.
"There are to
The Chungs, immigrants from South Korea, realized their American dream when they opened their dry-cleaning business 7 years ago in the nation's capital. For the past 2 years, they've been dealing with the nightmare of litigation: a $65 millio
Circulation is hard to maintain when information is free on the Internet. Meanwhile, there are fewer and fewer department stores, which are traditional advertisers in big city papers. And within the newspaper families themselves, an increasing number
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened Thursday to nationalize the country's largest steel company and private banks unless they make national interests a priority. [ie, line his pockets]
Links (unfortunately Javascript so I can't link here) are present on the MSNBC website to watch the entire first Republican Presidential "debate." Requires IE or Firefox, and Flash. Go read the discuss link too. ;-)
Kurdish and Sunni Arab officials expressed deep reservations about the draft version of a national oil law and related legislation, misgivings that could derail one of the benchmark measures of progress in Iraq laid down by President Bush.
Incredible new images of the planet Jupiter have been released by NASA from the New Horizon's spacecraft.
NASA said the pictures have impressed scientists with never-before-seen perspectives of the giant planet's atmosphere, rings, and moo
The number of calls made on mobile phones has fallen for the first time, according to new research.
The figures suggest that the novelty of constantly being in touch is finally starting to fade.
You've heard of the Loch Ness Monster, the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
The sea serpents of legend, right?
A local diver says he's found something not even the Smithsonian can identify and it's right off the shores of Juno Beach.
You go to one of the big video sites such as YouTube or Metacafe, you see a video you like and that can be downloaded immediately, but after a few seconds the film suddenly stops and you find yourself staring at a motionless movie player. The solutio
...government is only a convenience created and managed by the people, with no powers of its own except those voluntarily granted to it by the people. We sometimes forget that great truth, and we never should.
A brouhaha erupted when executives at Digg began removing posts that contained a software key needed to crack the encryption used to limit copying of HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs. Digg, which began removing the posts after it got a cease-and-desist lette