An international smuggling ring that sold bomb-related parts to Libya, Iran and North Korea also managed to acquire blueprints for an advanced nuclear weapon, that could have been shared secretly with any number of countries or rogue groups.
A stiff drink comes with a stiff tax in Pittsburgh and surrounding towns these days, and that has made the county executive public enemy No. 1 in some quarters, reviled by name in song and on bar bills.
Military lawyers warned against the harsh detainee interrogation techniques approved by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in 2002, contending in separate memos weeks before Rumsfeld's endorsement that they could be illegal, a Senate panel has fou
The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether top government officials can be sued for the alleged abuse of a Pakistani Muslim arrested and jailed after Sept. 11, 2001. The case, arising from the federal roundup of Arab Muslims in New York after the ter
President Bush makes his most controversial statements (VIDEO) about his critics and their understanding of the Constitution 15 minutes into this British interview. His statements concerning the Constitution must be seen to be believed.
SAN DIEGO (AP) - With a throbbing knee and a pounding heart, Tiger Woods made one last improbable escape Monday and won the U.S. Open in a 19-hole playoff over Rocco Mediate, his 14th career major and maybe the most amazing of them all.
The Cold War has broken out again, and Thailand suddently finds itself caught uncomfortably in the middle of competing US and Russian interests. At the centre of conflict is the alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was arrested
Today, long-time international arms dealer Monzer al Kassar will appear before federal judge Jed Rakoff in a hearing in Manhattan. Al Kassar already was arraigned on Friday, shortly after his extradition of the US., and he pleaded not guilty to char
American soldiers herded the detainees into holding pens of razor-sharp concertina wire, the kind that's used to corral livestock. The guards kicked, kneed and punched many of the men until they collapsed in pain. US troops shackled
The goal of the Bush regime's foreign policy is to promote conflict, not avoid it. The neoconservatives desire nothing more ardently than to create a second Cold War with our old adversaries Russia and China...
Can America continue importing two Rose Bowl stadiums filled with immigrants every 30 days, month in and month out, year in and year out? What do they bring with them? Poverty, plain and simple. Want more poverty? Keep importing 2.1 million immigr
The Megaphone desktop tool is a Microsoft Windows application distributed by the World Union of Jewish Students and other pro-Israel organizations, through the Giyus.org website. Released on July 19, 2006.
Will a President McCain be accountable to future service members, veterans and their families? Some current veterans and their families, including those of POW/ MIAs whom McCain betrayed and left in captivity-- as well as his own record-- say, “NO!”
"They kicked him out because he was trying to ask a question," said Bonnie Murphy, who said she was shocked and distressed at the upset, which left her feeling left out of the process. "We kind of quieted down. If we left, we'd los
Paraphrasing the conference call: The outlook is grim. Congress needs to act "urgently". Americans are losing their jobs, losing their homes, losing their home equity. We need help!!!
But he cannot resist also offering his own, suggesting 'the liberation of 50 million people from the clutches of barbaric regimes is noteworthy, at a minimum'.
“Excuse me folks, I'm going to say this. We ought to find the people who are doing this, take them out and shoot them. Really. You take them out, they are traitors to this country, and shoot them. You have a problem with that? Deal with it. You s
I tell my students on the first day of my property classes, if you claim self-ownership, why do you allow others to exercise control over you? And if you do not assert self-ownership, what objections can you raise to others’ exercise of such coercive
The Church of England has been plunged into fresh turmoil by the “marriage” of two gay clergymen and threats of an exodus of 500 priests opposed to the consecration of women bishops.
He ate cake with John McCain while the people in and around NOLA died, begging for help. He is once again MIA in a time of crisis now. Is it that George W. Bush does not consider Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, and New York as part of the Union?
Gov. Jennifer Granholm says she has gotten personal assurances from presidential candidate Barack Obama that he'll restore the full voting rights of Michigan and Florida's national convention delegates. [if they vote the right way]
Here, in some of the best soil in the world, the stunted stalks of Dave Timmerman's newly planted corn are wilting in what sometimes look more like rice paddies than the plains, the sunshine glinting off of pools of collected water. Although time
By now, it is widely known that the Supreme Court has weighed in on the debate over the rights of the prisoners at Gitmo. The court has stated that the detainees’ habeas corpus rights (the protection against an indefinite detention without charges an
As I write these words, we are into the third day of a seemingly endless period of mourning for Tim Russert. ... there is something telling about the state of journalism in this country in the way his death is being transformed into a national traged