He walks her yard, where, as any reasonable person might suspect, one of her dogs growls at the sight of a stranger poking around. The cop takes out his gun and shoots the dog dead while the woman's two-year-old son watches from 20 feet away
Congress is again grasping for more control over the health of American children with the expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. Parents who think federally subsidized health care is a good idea should be careful what they wish
The biggest obstacle to living altogether without political government as we now know it is the fear or reluctance to live in freedom. The second biggest obstacle is the risk of changing from the present condition of society to a condition of freedom
Contortionists worldwide must be mourning the death of Carol Anne Gotbaum. She was an artist of unparalleled talent, if you believe the cops who arrested, trussed, and imprisoned her at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona. She died
Iran has slashed the use of the dollar in payment for its oil exports to 15 percent, an official said on Tuesday, amid growing pressure from arch-foe the US on its financial system. The vast majority of transactions for oil from OPEC's number tw
The Republican Party, known since the late 19th century as the party of business, is losing its lock on that title. New evidence suggests a potentially historic shift in the Republican Party's identity -- what strategists call its "brand.**
A large convention of atheists gathered today in Virginia, where men, woman and children eagerly proclaimed their belief God does not exist. While their views still may be the minority in the country, atheists have become more vocal and visible in r
Several nationalist and Islamist armed groups have formed alliances in Iraq in what they say is a move to thwart a power struggle should the US military withdraw and the Iraqi government collapse. In July, groups including The Islamic Army, The Army
The increasingly high profile national organization,"Jews for Ron Paul," is asking the Republican Jewish Coalition to swap in presidential candidate Ron Paul(R-TX) for Mike Huckabee at its upcoming presidential forum. Huckabee has reported
(What's next, pace makers) Airport security screeners stepped up scrutiny of remote-controlled toys Monday after authorities said terrorists could us them to detonate bombs. "Credible specific information" indicate that terrorists are
A federal judge's decision to slice a few years off a lengthy prison term has brought to the Supreme Court the racially tinged issue of harsh sentences for dealing crack cocaine. Derrick Kimbrough, a black veteran of the 1991 Gulf War, received
Selling newspapers in London is a tough game, but The Evening Standard is using RFID to gain a competitive edge. The popular daily paper, targeted at commuters who ride the London Underground subway system, sells between 200,000 and 300,000 copies p
When Blackwater contractors guarding a US State Dept convoy allegedly killed 11 unarmed Iraqi civilians on Sept 16, it was only the latest in a series of controversial shooting incidents associated with the private security firm. Blackwater has a re
Six years after arresting turncoat Robert Hanssen, the FBI remains vulnerable to espionage from within, the parent Justice Dept said in a report Monday. The reason for this, said the Justice's Office of Inspector General, is that the bureau has
Texas oil billionaire Oscar Wyatt, who in the mid-1990's was involved in a land dispute with a group of agencies in Utah, faces up to two years in prison after pleading guilty to paying an illegal kickback to the regime of late Iraqi leader Sadda
Blackwater USA, the private security contractor under scrutiny for its role in a deadly Baghdad shootout in September, has sacked 122 of its armed guards in Iraq since it started protecting US diplomats there nearly 3 years ago, congressional investi
Many STATES have CLOSED Primaries!
What does this mean???
It means if you are NOT REGISTERED REPUBLICAN,
You will NOT be able to vote for Ron Paul in the PRIMARY election.
In a bold jab before a key meeting of China's Communists, a 90-year-old former secretary to Mao Zedong has urged the Party to embrace democracy, saying that only political freedom can end instability and corruption. Li Rui issued his demand for c
Though little noticed outside of the Pentagon, the attack occurred on Sept. 11 in Mali, a northwest African state that the Pentagon fears could become home to havens for terrorists. A US C-130 transport plane was hit by machine-gun fire after it drop
Even children can be detained in Iraq placed in special jails. But that is not enough. They can also be raped, tortured and burned. The new picture emerging from the US-led ‘liberation’ of a country that has been bleeding since US invaded in 2003.
The United States maintained its role as the leading supplier of weapons to the developing world in 2006, followed by Russia and Britain, according to a Congressional study to be released Monday. Pakistan, India and Saudi Arabia were the top buyers.
Here, police in uniform with video cameras were proudly out in the open shooting what looked like continuous footage of us all. And that was the least of it. We demonstrators were surrounded by a veritable army of police, on horseback, on motorbike,
It seems to have fallen down the memory hole or been consigned to the purgatory of forgotten news stories: the indictment of Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman, two top officials of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). More than three ye
For over 5 1/2 years the prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has held hundreds of innocent men. Humanitarian aid workers, teachers or students of the Koran, businessmen, economic migrants, and refugees from persecution – all were swept up for bounty paym
Hillary, I'm glad to see you got a good laugh when I confronted you during last week's debate over your vote calling the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization. The American public finally got to see your cavalier attitude towar
Health Minister Tony Clement will announce the Conservative government's anti-drug strategy with a stark warning: "The party's over" for illicit drug users.
"In the next few days, we're going to be back in the business o
US authorities unveiled rules Monday to implement a law passed last year banning Internet gambling, which would prohibit payments made through US-based banks, credit cards and other systems.
The Department of Homeland Security is not implementing a plan to dramatically widen law enforcement agencies' access to spy satellite data as intended after lawmakers raised privacy concerns and called for cuts to the agency's funding.
Are drivers ready to be scanned like groceries at the supermarket? Technology scans drivers and passengers with bursts of infrared light that detect human skin. The technology is so sophisticated that it can distinguish human faces from decoy dummies