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Alito faces tough U.S. Senate questions Jan 10, 2006, 16:28 GMT
WASHINGTON, DC, United States -- U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr., preparing to face tough questioning in Senate hearings, says a judge cannot have an agenda in any case. ....more |
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Colo. family sues in Disneyland accident Jan 10, 2006, 17:25 GMT
SANTA ANA, CA, United States -- A Telluride, Colo., family sued Walt Disney World Co. for injuries suffered in a Big Thunder Mountain Railroad collision at Disneyland, a report said. ....more |
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New Jersey lawmakers first to pass death-penalty moratorium Jan 10, 2006, 17:08 GMT
Washington - New Jersey lawmakers have suspended the death penalty, legislating the first state moratorium since the U.S. Supreme Court reintroduced capital punishment in 1976. ....more |
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Colorado wintertime open-fire ban a first Jan 10, 2006, 17:01 GMT
DENVER, CO, United States -- Colorado Gov. Bill Owens issued an unprecedented wintertime ban on open fires to combat a series of wildfires fueled by dry, windy conditions, a report said. ....more |
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Alito faces tough U.S. Senate questions Jan 10, 2006, 16:28 GMT
WASHINGTON, DC, United States -- U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr., preparing to face tough questioning in Senate hearings, says a judge cannot have an agenda in any case. ....more |
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N.J. bans smoking except in casinos Jan 10, 2006, 16:26 GMT
TRENTON, NJ, United States -- New Jersey is about to become the 11th U.S. state to ban smoking in public places with the exception of a dozen Atlantic City, N.J., casinos, a report said. ....more |
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Homemade bomb found in Calif. Starbucks Jan 10, 2006, 16:26 GMT
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, United States -- Some 100 people were evacuated and two busy streets closed when a homemade bomb was found in a San Francisco Starbucks, a report said. ....more |
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Our troops` unmet needs Jan 10, 2006, 10:18 GMT
WASHINGTON, DC, United States -- Many in Congress and the Pentagon boast American troops have the best equipment in the world. But reports from the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan say otherwise. The information about the failures is not new; solutions are long overdue. ....more |
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Gay soldier discharged; attacker stays Jan 7, 2006, 15:17 GMT
WASHINGTON, DC, United States -- The U.S. Army Thursday honorably discharged a gay soldier who was punched by another soldier because of his sexual orientation. ....more |
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DNA could expose justice miscarried in 1992 execution Jan 7, 2006, 10:34 GMT
Washington - A state governor's decision to retest DNA evidence linked to a 1992 execution could help expose flaws in the application of the death penalty in the United States. ....more |
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The falling costs of terror Jan 7, 2006, 3:02 GMT
WASHINGTON, DC, United States -- The shocking legacy of the Western response to Sept. 11, 2001 is the declining cost of Islamist terror activity. The invasion of Afghanistan pulverized al-Qaida -- at the time a small, highly integrated armed organization with a very limited international following. However, the war in Iraq made it possible that from its ashes rose al-Qaidism, the new anti-imperialist ideology which has, in turn, fostered a new, cheaper form of terrorism. ....more |
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