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16-year-old was arrested after postings on MySpace.com showed him holding handguns. 3 misdemeanor charges of juvenile possession of a handgun. Police searched the boy's home after report from High School where he was suspended.
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) -- For years, the U.S. military has explored a new kind of firepower that is instantaneous, precise and virtually inexhaustible: beams of electromagnetic energy. "Directed-energy'' pulses can be throttled up or down
Three men - including a bank employee - have been charged.
An extensive investigation of embattled Fannie Mae points to its former finance chief and controller as mainly responsible for the accounting failures at the mortgage giant now struggling to emerge from an $11 billion scandal. Fannie Mae executives —
Fortinet told ONI it didn't know how its software got into Myanmar and promised an investigation. But then ONI turned up images from Myanmar TV of a Fortinet sales director appearing with the prime minister. A request for comment from Fortinet we
The discovery of a furry, beaver-like animal that lived at the time of dinosaurs has overturned more than a century of scientific thinking about Jurassic mammals. The stereotype of mammals living in that era has been of tiny, shrew-like creatures scu
Former Sen. Bob Dole was hired last year by a United Arab Emirates company to facilitate its takeover of shipping operations at six American ports.
The point of no return for the USA is the point where so many voting-age Americans are dependent on the government for all or part of their livelihood, education and retirement that it is politically impossible to stop government at all levels from c
"We see very little growth in Standard mail volume [right now], [but] we are hoping to get it back up to the 3 percent growth level that it did last year," Richard J. Strasser Jr., USPS chief financial officer and executive vice president,
It makes absolutely no sense for Sunnis to bomb Shia mosques; this would be akin to Baptists bombing Catholic churches. Sectarian violence, dividing Iraqi society, does not serve Iraqis, either Sunni or Shia.
As scientists and engineers figure out how to return astronauts to the Moon, set up habitats, and mine lunar soil to produce anything from building materials to rocket fuels, they are scratching their heads over what to do about Moon dust.
Ball lightning is one of the most mysterious phenomena in nature. Now scientists have created a laboratory version of the eerie floating orbs using technology taken from a common microwave oven.
Researchers recently created more Talpids by tweaking the genes of normal chickens to grow teeth. "What we discovered were teeth similar to those of crocodiles—not surprising as birds are the closest living relatives of the reptile," said M
The brushed aluminum box on the brick wall glows purple. You peek in and stare for a second, and the steel doors click open. A soothing female voice says: "Identification is completed." Welcome to Park Avenue Elementary School.
The centers are being built for "The Homeland Security Department for an "Unexpected influx of immigrants, to house people in the event of a natural disaster or FOR NEW PROGRAMS THAT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL DETENTION SPACE".
But contrary to the Air Force website denial, scientists working at Wright Patterson Air Force Base confirmed to the Ohio newspaper, Columbus Alive, that they were involved in aerial spraying experiments. One involved aluminum oxide spraying related
The day after Sonoran News posted the Web exclusive article, “Phoenix blows off campaign advertising violations,” this reporter received her first death threat. “Hey Linda, you better grow some eyes behind your f---ing head because you’re not going t
Taiwan needs to purchase 8 submarines President Bush had promised to sell the island to counter rival China's looming military threat, said Rep. Rob Simmons, all of which could be built in a shipyard in his home state of Connecticut.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il made a sudden visit to China. Kim's itinerary appeared designed to let him see first hand the success of China's special economic zones. "The rapid changes in the southern part of China have given us unfor
The US has brushed off Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's latest taunts to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and his new threat to cut off oil supplies [to the US].
A gang of armed robbers has stolen at least £25m - £40m from a security depot in Kent. The BBC News website looks at the key events in what is thought to be Britain's biggest robbery.
Mike Modano took no shots in the loss that bounced the US men's hockey team from the Olympics. He saved his best one for afterward. The 3-time Olympian was benched for most of the 3rd period in the Americans' 4-3 loss to Finland in the quart
It has been over one year since Congress passed the Intelligence Reform Act, the largest restructuring of our national security agencies in half a century. As the law is implemented, we must overcome entrenched bureaucratic trends. Perhaps most entre
A new law making it harder to erase debts in bankruptcy has failed to stop abuses and has stymied people who have legitimate reasons to file. In a new study 97% were unable to repay any debts and 79% had gotten into financial trouble because of job l
In approving the $6.8 billion purchase, the administration chose not to require state-owned Dubai Ports World to keep copies of its business records on U.S. soil, where they would be subject to orders by American courts. It also did not require the c
New research adds a twist to the debate on the origins of sexual orientation, suggesting that the genetics of mothers of multiple gay sons act differently than those of other women. ¼ of the mothers who had more than one gay son processed X chromosom
The FCC will sanction Fox, NBC and CBS TV stations or affiliates for violating decency standards. One of the decisions involves an appearance by Nicole Richie on the 2003 Billboard Music Awards on Fox. During the broadcast, she uttered the "F
The Stop The War Coalition say they hope "several tens of thousands" of people will demonstrate [in London] on 18 March, marking the 3rd anniversary of the start of the Iraq conflict. Similar demonstrations will be held in America, Japan, M
Now we have no idea what that "IrDA" port is meant to be used for with a touch-screen voting machine, but we do know that the IrDA (Infrared Data Association) is an Infrared port used for wireless connection between two devices. We used to
Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Roger Ferguson, the sole Democrat on the Fed's board, will step down from the central bank after 8-1/2 years, a surprise announcement at a time of change at the central bank. He will not attend the first meeting chai
