Just west of El Paso, near where Spanish conquistador Juan de Onate crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico in 1598, construction crews have completed a steel fence authorities say is a new model for border security. The five-meter (18-foot) tall fence ha
As tens of thousands of foreign journalists arrive to test China’s pledges to respect media freedom during the Olympic Games, they offered apologies for the beatings that police gave Japanese journalists who were covering a deadly assault by Muslim s
Scientists operating the Phoenix spacecraft say the Martian soil near the north pole landing site is similar to what can be found in the Chile desert on Earth. The lander recently detected an ingredient of rocket fuel in soil samples taken from the s
Actor Wesley Snipes must reimburse the government in prosecution costs for his tax conviction. A U.S. District Court Judge ruled the action film star must reimburse the government about $217,000. Snipes had objected to the cost.
South Korean biotechnologists have engineered a pet resurrection that, until recently, seemed commercially impossible: they have reunited a California woman with cloned puppies derived from remains of her deceased dog's ear.
New microchipped passports designed to be foolproof against identity theft can be cloned and manipulated in minutes and accepted as genuine by the computer software recommended for use at international airports.
The Democratic-controlled Congress and the Bush administration have presided over a surge in new federal spending obligations that may be the most enduring legacy of the 110th Congress. From new entitlements such as a GI bill for military veterans to
A potential mistrial was avoided in the first Guantanamo trial when the US military judge ruled it was too late to challenge his war crimes instructions to the jury deliberating the case of Osama bin Laden's driver. But the judge acknowledged he
Rwanda formally accused senior French officials of involvement in its 1994 genocide and called for them to be put on trial. Among those named in a report by a Rwandan investigation commission were former French Prime Minister and the late President
The White House and the CIA adamantly denied a report that the Bush administration concocted a fake letter purporting to show a link between Saddam Hussein's regime and al-Qaida as a justification for the Iraq war.
The allegation was raised b
Both Republican Party Presidential candidate John McCain and Democrat Party Presidential candidate Barack Obama recently spoke at the annual convention of the National Council of La Raza.
Work on the civil suit over what happened in Nueces County, Texas has been ongoing since the State Convention ended, and the case is now ready to be filed. The facts are organized and compelling. However, the needed funds are not yet there.
WAKE UP!! You live in a POLICE STATE- ED Peter Tubic ignored a $50 parking fine in 2004, and on Monday, it cost him his $245,000 house. In what city officials believe is the first case of its kind, the city foreclosed on Tubic's house on W. Veron
Some states have managed to postpone their implementation of the Real ID act, but make no mistake: Neither Senators McCain or Obama will do anything to curb it's implementation. Not only do we have to stop future infractions of our Liberties and
Here’s a thought about generating electricity in the future from a bona fide expert: “I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power!” That was Thomas Edison. The year was 1931. After years of optimistic predictions and false st
Private espionage agent, Mary Sapone, previously known for infiltrating the animal-rights movement on behalf of a surgical supply co., was an NRA spy within Ceasefire and other gun control groups and sat on many boards.
A white police officer was acquitted in the drug-raid shooting death of an unarmed black woman that set off protests about how police treat minorities in a city where one in four residents is black. The all-white jury found Sgt. Joseph Chavalia not g
Mexico's peso firmed to a six-year high as lower oil prices eased some economic fears and investors bet on higher local interest rates, while stocks sank to a six-month low.
The peso gained 0.9 percent to 9.8745 per dollar, its strongest since
For more than three years starting in 2005, there has been a reduction in the number of voters who register with the Republican Party and a rise among voters who affiliate with Democrats and, almost as often, with no party at all.
The chief executive of the mortgage giant Freddie Mac rejected internal warnings that could have protected the company from some of the financial crises now engulfing it, according to more than two dozen current and former high-ranking executives and
The Bush administration informed all foreign intelligence and law enforcement teams visiting their citizens held at Guantanamo Bay that video and sound from their interrogation sessions would be recorded.
Scientists say the Phoenix spacecraft has found a substance in the Martian soil that might be detrimental to possible life.
If confirmed, it could mean the soil may not be as friendly as once thought.
New estimates show that least 56,000 people become infected with the AIDS virus every year in the United States -- 40 percent more than previous calculations, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
"Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to this resolution, which is yet another meaningless but provocative condemnation of China. It is this kind of jingoism that has led to such a low opinion of the United States abroad. Certainly I do not condo
The subject of influence peddling and state court judges may reach the U.S. Supreme Court next year, as a result of questions of judicial conflict of interest in a case against a West Virginia mining company.
Cash-strapped US state and city governments are likely to sell or lease more highways, bridges, airports and other assets to investors desperate for stable returns after being frazzled by the credit crisis. The trend is set to pick up speed given wor
In the immediate aftermath of the 2001 anthrax attacks, White House officials repeatedly pressed FBI Director Robert Mueller to prove it was a second-wave assault by Al Qaeda, but investigators ruled that out.
It was 40 years ago on July 25th that Pope Paul VI issued the infamous "Humanae Vitae" encyclical. Mike Renzulli comments on the declaration's effect on human relations and how it, like religion itself, is anti-life.