Massive Surveillance Net Keeps Track of Americans’ Travel — Even the Size of Hotel Beds

The Bush Administration has been collecting detailed records on the travel habits of Americans headed overseas, whether you fly, drive… Continue reading

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Patients using marijuana for ailments ranging from chronic back pain to cancer are allowed by Washington state law to possess a two-month supply of the drug. But… Continue reading

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I have this problem. Whenever I try to explain what’s happening in American politics-I mean, what’s really happening-I wind up sounding a bit like an unhinged conspiracy theorist. But honestly, I’m… Continue reading

The U.S. government is collecting electronic records on the travel habits of millions of Americans who fly, drive or take cruises abroad, retaining data on the persons with whom they travel or plan… Continue reading

Dan Rather said Thursday that the undue influence of the government and large corporations over newsrooms spurred his decision to file a $70 million lawsuit against CBS and its former parent company.

“Somebody, sometime… Continue reading

In London this week, Rudy Giuliani proposed what is probably the single most extremist policy of any major presidential candidate, certainly this year and perhaps in many years:

Rudy Giuliani talked tough on… Continue reading

Tells Denver trade conference EU is ‘model we need to follow quickly’

At a Denver conference on intercontinental trade corridors, a Mexican mayor called for a swift move toward a European Union-style

In a new op-ed, Bilderberg luminary Henry Kissinger admits that U.S. hostility against Iran is not about the threat of nuclear proliferation, but as part of a larger agenda to seize Iranian oil… Continue reading

For most of the last many years that he served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve, the public heard very little from Alan Greenspan. His public utterances were usually short and devoid of… Continue reading

Americans of all ages can’t go very long without the Internet—in fact, they prefer the Internet over everything else, including their friends and one of nature’s most primal instincts. The world’s fourth-largest… Continue reading

A big overhang of property will bring U.S. house prices down further, but it is too early to say if the economy will plunge into recession, former Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan was… Continue reading

The American people are getting to be more and more like the frog in the pot of water. You know the analogy—if you put a frog in water and slowly up the heat, the… Continue reading

Former CBS anchor Dan Rather recently filed a $70 million lawsuit against CBS, saying they made him a “scapegoat” when he was fired for a September 2004 story on 60 Minutes about President Bush’s unsatisfactory… Continue reading

International travelers concerned about being labeled a terrorist or drug runner by secret Homeland Security algorithms may want to be careful what books they read on the plane. Newly revealed records show the government is… Continue reading

Morrisons is one of five supermarkets accused of inflating prices for milk, butter and cheese… Continue reading

Saudi Arabia has refused to cut interest rates in lockstep with the US Federal Reserve for the first time, signalling that the oil-rich Gulf kingdom is preparing to break the dollar currency… Continue reading

A Sheriff’s office in Denver has been blasted by drivers after it engaged in the operation of what appeared to be DUI checkpoints but were in fact stops being carried out… Continue reading

During a Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill today, the Texas Congressman confronted Bernanke and accused the Fed of trying to solve the problem of inflation with more inflation by creating artificially low… Continue reading

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In his testimony before Congress last week, Gen. David Petraeus confirmed that the United States plans to sell billions of dollars of weapons to Iraq:

Iraq is becoming one of… Continue reading

Taylor Karras, 15, of North Tustin sits on his bed as he talks with his mother, who is upset with deputies for subduing the autistic boy with a stun gun… Continue reading

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Large banks with big balance sheets and access to central bank liquidity could be poised to benefit from the recent turmoil in financial markets, says ratings agency Moody’s in a report on Wednesday.

As the… Continue reading

Two soldiers who smuggled guns and ammunition out of Iraq to sell to other members of their unit accepted cocaine as payment for a pair of pistols, a court martial heard yesterday.Lance Corporals Michael White… Continue reading

Financial analyst says China could use huge dollar reserves as blackmail for beefing superpower status

The Fed’s… Continue reading

PORTLAND Ore. - Some Oregon high schools are adopting Mexico’s public school curriculum to help educate Spanish-speaking students with textbooks, an online Web site, DVDs and CDs provided free by Mexico to… Continue reading

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Wednesday the government will hit the current debt ceiling on Oct. 1.

He sought quick action to increase the limit, saying it was essential to protect the “full faith… Continue reading

Let’s go back a few years.

Say you’re a Republican Congressman, just coming off your failed effort to Impeach Bill Clinton for lying about consensual sex.

What do you do next?

Well, if you were a… Continue reading

The Senate narrowly rejected legislation on Wednesday that would have given military detainees the right to protest their detention in federal court.

The 56-43 vote against the bill, by Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt

A Clay County woman’s family said it’s seeking justice after their loved one died shortly after being shocked 10 times with Taser guns during a confrontation with police.

The family of 56-year-old Emily Delafield said it… Continue reading

A 70-year-old woman arrested in a dispute over her brown lawn pleaded not guilty Tuesday, then stood by as a Los Angeles lawyer waved handcuffs for the cameras outside court.

Betty Perry… Continue reading