The Centers for Disease Control updated its investigation of an outbreak of a paralyzing condition that is affecting certain meat processing plant workers who use compressed air to remove the brains from the heads of pig carcases.
The FBI is gearing up to create a massive computer database of people's physical characteristics, all part of an effort the bureau says to better identify criminals and terrorists. The bureau is expected to announce the awarding of a $1 billion,
In a worrisome sign, America's job market may be freezing up even in areas far removed from housing or mortgage loans. In January, stagnation in the economy's giant service sector helped cause the first monthly decline in jobs in over four ye
Bigelow Aerospace officials said Feb. 1 they are making progress in their negotiations with United Launch Alliance for six initial launches for their planned commercial space station, starting around 2011. Subsequently the company hopes to conduct as
The Pentagon is asking for more than $515 billion for fiscal 2009, the largest request ever, and a nearly 8 percent increase over the amount of money Congress awarded the Defense Department last year. Also asking for an additional $70 billion to cove
A Canadian accused of killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan should not be tried as a war criminal because he was a child soldier for al Qaeda, too young to voluntarily join its forces, his military defense lawyer told a U.S. war court on Monday.
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With the Hollywood writers' strike 3-months old, TV networks are scrambling to fill the void of new programming, primarily with new game and reality shows. But even those moves are coming up short: Ratings at the 5 major broadcast networks droppe
When Saad Tawfiq watched Colin Powell's presentation to the UN on February 5 2003 he shed bitter tears as he realized he had risked his life and those of his loved ones for nothing. As one of Saddam Hussein's most gifted engineers, Tawfiq kne
The Washington Post created an illustrated timeline of neoconservatism to go with a review of Jacob Heilbrunn’s They Knew They Were Right: The Rise of The Neocons.
Britian planned to build a Taliban training camp for 2,000 fighters in southern Afghanistan, as part of a top-secret deal to make them swap sides, intelligences sources in Kabul have revealed. The plans were discovered on a memory stick seized
Why the Giants Won the Super Bowl
By Greg Dixon
Christians who don’t have a sense of humor and those of you who don’t enjoy sports can stop reading this column now because you won’t catch the drift anyway so you needn’t waste your time. Besides,
Check out what they did in the Tennessean today. Never mind when Paul spoke here, he rallied 1600+ Tennesseans. Never mind you see signs everywhere for Paul and none for any other candidate. He is the only candidate with a campaign HQ.
President Bush sent the nation's first-ever $3 trillion budget proposal to Congress, contending that the spending blueprint will fulfill his chief responsibility to keep America safe. [PS: Bush was the first with a $2 trillion budget too. Nice le
The vessels, including one once commanded by Germany's most successful U-boat ace, formed part of the 30th Flotilla of six submarines, taken by road and river across Nazi-occupied Europe....
"I saw one fall and it was just so symmetrical, I said wait a minute I just saw that last week at the casino in Las Vegas and you see these implosions all the time and the next one fell and I said hell...
In 2003, NASA deliberately directed its still-functioning Galileo spacecraft to make a 108,000 mph suicidal plunge into Jupiter’s atmosphere. Thus ended the successful eight-year NASA Galileo mission in a literal, most fitting “blaze of glory.”
With the U.S. government getting ready to return $600 to individuals and $1,200 to couples as part of an economic stimulus plan, many analysts expect a jackpot payout for casinos....
In spite of the supposition that "there has never been a better opportunity to purchase household furniture" it seems there is no profit in the liquidation business.
It was changing attitudes that sunk home prices. Now attitudes are impacting LBOs in a major way. This is just the beginning of the unwinding of attitudes towards both consumption and risk.
CREDIT card customers who pay off their balance each month are as much risk from being cut off by their lender as those that have lost control of their spiraling debts.
This video is partly a wake up call to believers and partly a defense of Christianity, because of those who are perverting it. It is also a wake up call to Americans and a defense of the Constitution, because of those who are perverting it.
When pressed on ABC's "This Week," she said: "I think there are a number of mechanisms" that are possible, including "going after people's wages, automatic enrollment."
When our president breaks international laws by declaring war on sovereign nations, refuses to uphold the U.S. Constitution and works against the American people--he stands in violation of his oath of office. It's called treason!
“The market is in total disarray,” said the head of debt capital markets at one major Wall Street firm. Another senior banker involved in the deal added: “The last 10 days have been the worst ever.
Computer specialist Jim March and election activist John Brakey from Pima county were recently denied credentials as official observers of the pre-election logic and accuracy test by the Maricopa County Elections Department.