One thing is certain about the Iraq war: It has cost a lot more than advertised. In fact, the tab grows by at least $200 million each and every day. In the months leading up to the launch of the war 3 years ago, few Bush administration officials were
In 5 internal reports made public as part of a lawsuit, NYC police commanders candidly discuss how they had successfully used "proactive arrests," covert surveillance and psychological tactics at political demonstrations in 2002, and recomm
Anti-war demonstrators held rallies across the globe to protest the war in Iraq as campaigners marked the third anniversary of the US led invasion with a demand that coalition troops pull out. "Iraq is a quagmire and has been a humanitarian disa
The death-penalty trial of al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui is back on track after a judge reversed course and agreed to admit some evidence about aviation security. US District Judge Brinkema relented from her earlier order barring all such t
The Security Council is inching toward agreeing a revised Franco-British draft urging Iran to suspend uranium enrichment, diplomats said as China suggested that Tehran be given up to six weeks to do so.
A federal appeals court struck down a Bush administration rule that would have made it easier for coal-burning power plants to make equipment changes without installing controls to fight the pollution that would result.
Space shuttle Discovery's robotic arm was set to return to its Canadian manufacturer for repairs on Friday after the latest in a spate of accidents that prompted a stern call for caution at the
Kennedy Space Center.
Long before this suburb west of New Orleans was shaken by Hurricane Katrina, it was notorious for its fierce political infighting, for name-calling and mudslinging, for charges and countercharges of cronyism and corruption.
Federal Emergency Management Agency will try to recoup some of the aid fraudulently or otherwise wrongly obtained by individuals or families following hurricanes that struck last year.
Members of the clergy from 80 cities and 30 denominations called on Congress to quickly pass $4.2 billion in supplemental housing funding Louisiana has requested so thousands of evacuees scattered around the country can come home.
Attorney General Gonzales had subpoenaed Google to turn over data the government wanted from the company as part of the Bush Administration's attempt to defend a federal law on Internet child pornography. "You have to disclose what your robo
Two more women have died after using the abortion pill
RU-486, regulators said Friday in a warning that brought renewed calls for pulling the controversial drug from the market.
A lawsuit that sought to establish as illegal several core functions of Google's search engine has been dismissed, a boost to the company as it defends itself against similar allegations in other cases.
Somewhere in the giant interconnected system of banks, merchants, and transaction processors, someone got hold of not only debit card numbers, but the PINs used to access those accounts as well. No one knows where the security breach occurred or no o
NASA's Spirit Mars rover has wrapped up exploration of a baffling feature called "Home Plate" but now faces the onset of martian winter while dealing with dropping power levels and fighting a balky right front wheel. Drive to safe winte
A new poll finds that a plurality of Americans favor plans to censure President Bush, while a surprising 42% favor moves to actually impeach the President. Only 57% of Republicans oppose the censure. 47% of Independents want impeachment.
"It's less of a message and more of a question which is 'when if ever is violence justified'? And you can say that there are certain situations when it is justified," Natalie Portman, who plays Evey, told eTalk.
[They use your cell phone on the outside.] California prison officials have begun using Global Positioning System anklets to track known gang members. "GPS tracking is just another tool in the bag," said a spokesman for the corrections depa
Chinese AIDS activists called for the release of fellow rights worker Hu Jia, who vanished a month ago, while his wife said she still had no idea where he was and was becoming increasingly worried. Hu went missing after protesting the government'
Lawyers for 2 airlines being sued by 9/11 victims prompted a federal attorney to coach witnesses in the Zacarias Moussaoui death penalty trial so the government's case against the al-Qaida conspirator would not undercut their defense, victims
An autopsy and preliminary tests on Slobodan Milosevic's blood found no evidence of poison or medicines in concentrations that could have killed him, the UN war crimes tribunal said. No traces were found of rifampicine, which a Dutch toxicologist
"In this sea of government attorneys and agents who have assiduously played by the rules, Ms. Martin stands as the lone miscreant." "Her aberrant and apparently criminal behavior should not be the basis for undoing the good work of
2 US senators proposed legislation that would establish a new ".XXX" domain for racy or sexually explicit websites. The bill calls to exclude sexually charged content from established website domain names such as .gov, .com, .org, .net, and
[The payback and interest rate's a bitch!] The US Senate approved a $781 billion increase in US borrowing authority aimed at averting a possible government default on debt this month. No Democrats voted for raising the debt limit, leaving Republi
A $2.8 trillion election-year budget blueprint that narrowly passed the Senate forsakes President Bush's tax cuts and Medicare curbs and smashes his cap on spending, disappointing GOP loyalists anxious to see their party stem the flow of federal
The latest poll might sound like a broken record, but the tune grows louder as congressional midterm elections get closer and closer: An electorate that greatly prefers a Democratic controlled Congress over a Republican controlled one.
A newly discovered, perfectly preserved fossil of a 150 million-year-old dinosaur found in southern Germany may force scientists to rethink how and when feathers evolved. Unlike other members of the group of 2-legged meat-eating predators known as co