Frustrated government auditors pleaded, cajoled and finally threatened Halliburton Co. executives who repeatedly failed to comply with government reporting requirements under a key Iraq contract with a $1.2-billion potential price tag, newly released
It's only in conversation that the men and women of the PJAK camp, most of whom hail from Iran, begin to distinguish themselves from Iraqi Kurds, who tend to be subsistence farmers with little education. My first night in the PJAK camp, I was tre
On what would become known as "Bloody Sunday," voting rights marchers in March 1965 reached the highest point on the Edmund Pettus Bridge near Selma, Ala., and saw a blue sea of uniforms awaiting them at the end of the bridge.
Former White House counsel John Dean, who helped push President
Richard Nixon from office during the Watergate scandal three decades ago, heads to Capitol Hill on Friday to back an uphill attempt to censure
President George W. Bush.
Just six months after the Pentagon agreed to reimburse soldiers who bought their own protective gear, the Army has banned the use of any body armor that is not issued by the military. Any soldier wearing it will have to turn it in and have it replace
The Islamist group Hamas [who are now the Palestinian government] defended a suicide bombing that killed 4 Israelis as "resistance" against Israeli "crimes," putting it at odds with Palestinian President Abbas, who condemned the a
A U.S. judge made an unusual visit to the death chamber at California's San Quentin prison on Thursday to ask questions about lethal injection, which is under challenge by an inmate condemned to die by the procedure.
The public remains largely divided in its views of the overall effect of immigration. Roughly as many believe that newcomers to the U.S. strengthen American society as say they threaten traditional American values, and over the longer term, positive
The Bush administration said yesterday that the cost of rebuilding New Orleans's levees to federal standards has nearly tripled to $10 billion and that there may not be enough money to fully protect the entire region.
The Justice Department is demanding internal files from dozens of Internet service providers and other technology firms as it seeks to defend a controversial Internet child protection law. "That money could be spent so much more wisely on giving
The Washington state Supreme Court ruled a trial judge overreached his authority when he restricted a man from posting information on a Web site. Paul Trummel was jailed for more than 3 months in his free-speech standoff with the judge over the Web s
Scientists have created a magnetism-manipulating tool suited to building molecular computers. The development was touted as a step toward making computers based on the spin of electrons and atoms.
Scientists have found a molecule that can spin freely in liquid, clearing out water like a person swinging suitcases would clear a crowded room. The molecule spins without causing friction. That shouldn't be possible, according to a chemical phys
Chris Simcox is the controversial cofounder (with James Gilchrist) of the Minuteman Project, and the project's main spokesperson, which brought nationwide attention to the problems created by illegal immigration on our southern border.
The days of crewed vehicles – both on the ground and in the air - are numbered. The US Air Force admits there is no planned successor to the F-22; the next generation will be unmanned.
"Zogby International has been tracking public opinion since 1984", and giving a window into what the next bundle of "Issues" that are going to be tried on us.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Iran on Thursday the "international community is united" in the dispute over its nuclear program, but a Tehran envoy defiantly rejected a UN call to re-impose a freeze on uranium enrichment.
The just updated National Security Strategy, published so we can all read it, specifically singles out Hugo Chavez as "a demogogue awash in oil money (who is) undermining democracy and seeking to destabilize the region."
The station is owned by Entravision Communications Corp., a Santa Monica, Calif. firm that operates a string of Spanish stations throughout California and the Southwest, including KLNZ-FM (103.5) in the Valley, also known as Radio Tri-Color.
MIAMI -- Jack Abramoff, the once-powerful Washington lobbyist whose downfall has propelled a far-reaching congressional-corruption investigation, was sentenced Wednesday to five years and 10 months in prison for his role in the fraudulent purchase of
"This new version of Bluetooth technology will meet the high-speed demands of synchronizing and transferring large amounts of data as well as enabling high quality video and audio applications for portable devices, multi-media projectors and tel
An explosive report soon to be released by the Project on Government Oversight, fingers high-level officials both on the federal and local California level in allegations of influence-peddling ensnaring members of both parties.
Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) and a police officer scuffled after the Georgia Democrat entered a House office building unrecognized and refused to stop when asked.
Silver has surged 57 percent in the past year, and gold reached a 25-year high last month as investors keep betting that precious metals will outperform stocks and bonds.
The Florida state Attorney General has subpoenaed the 3 Electronic Voting Machine companies who have all refused to do business with Leon Co. since they discovered that Diebold's optical-scan voting system was vulnerable to hackers.
Saudi Arabia is working secretly on a nuclear program, with help from Pakistani experts, the German magazine Cicero reports. Saudi bar codes can be found on half of Pakistan's nuclear weapons "because it is Saudi Arabia which ultimate
The battle among Republicans over immigration policy and border security is threatening to undercut a decade-long effort by President Bush and his party to court Hispanic voters, just as both parties are gearing up for the 2006 elections.