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Most of Baghdad beyond U.S. control
Security forces in Baghdad have full control in only 40 percent of the city five months into the pacification campaign, a top American general said Saturday as U.S. troops began…
June 16, 2007Comments OffRead More
Home of the free, land of the terrorist
"America is still the land of opportunity," Sen. John McCain recently said. "And we're not going to erect barriers and fences." Unlucky us. Along with Massachusetts Democrat Ted Kennedy, the Arizona Republican…
June 15, 2007Comments OffRead More
What, exactly, is an ‘enemy combatant?’
One of the most difficult dilemmas in the war on terrorism is and has been from the start to define the designation "enemy combatant" and determine to whom it should…
June 15, 2007Comments OffRead More
Yes, Virginia, there is a ‘gay bomb’
At first it seemed like one of those urban myths that spread through the Internet like wildfire. But this one turned out to be true. The Pentagon now admits that it…
June 14, 2007Comments OffRead More
Rise of the one-button bandit
In a cloud of mesmerizing stardust, legalized gambling crept a little closer to Pittsburgh this week with the opening of The Meadows Racetrack & Casino at the site of what…
June 14, 2007Comments OffRead More
FBI finds abuse in domestic spying
An internal FBI audit has found the agency violated rules more than 1,000 times while collecting data on domestic phone calls, e-mails and financial transactions in recent years, The Washington…
June 14, 2007Comments OffRead More
Bush, Congress hit new lows in polls
President George W. Bush's approval rating has dropped to 29 percent in an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released on Wednesday, his lowest mark ever in that survey, which also…
June 14, 2007Comments OffRead More
Paris Hilton and the jail factor
The absurd media frenzy over the perils of Paris Hilton shouldn't obscure the serious issue this made-for-TV pseudo-event raises. That issue is the astonishing number of Americans who are in…
June 13, 2007Comments OffRead More
With friends like these…
Sixteen years ago, Chicago businessman Antoin "Tony" Rezko tried to hire bright young Harvard law student Barack Obama to work in his real estate development company. Obama said no, but it…
June 13, 2007Comments OffRead More
Experts say nuke attack will happen
Experts meeting in Miami warn a terrorist nuclear attack somewhere in the world is no longer a question of "if" but "when." …
June 12, 200710 CommentsRead More
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