Memo: 'Good faith' OK defense for torture charges
07/24/2008
04:54 PM
The U.S. Justice Department in 2002 told the CIA that its interrogators would be safe from prosecution for violations of anti-torture ...
Air Force missile crew falls asleep
07/24/2008
06:05 PM
Three ballistic missile crewmembers in North Dakota fell asleep while holding classified launch code devices this month, triggering ...
Congress votes to triple money for AIDS victims
07/24/2008
05:06 PM
The House voted Thursday to triple money to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis around the world, giving new life and new punch ...
Postal Service sets new mark for 1st-class on-time rates
07/24/2008
03:12 PM
More first-class mail items are getting to their destinations on time than ever before, the Postal Service said.
House votes to boost bridge spending, inspections
07/24/2008
03:02 PM
The House overwhelmingly passed legislation Thursday aimed at improving the safety of the nation's bridges, nearly a year after ...
Feds: Collapsed Utah mine operator courted danger
07/24/2008
02:23 PM
Even before the release of a federal report into what went wrong at a deadly Utah mine cave-in last summer, critics were already ...
GOP stops efforts to release U.S. stockpile oil
07/24/2008
01:16 PM
House Republicans on Thursday scuttled a bill that Democrats hoped would help lower gasoline prices by forcing the Energy Department ...
House panel probes medically unfit truckers
07/24/2008
12:55 PM
It's so easy to fabricate the medical certificates required to operate commercial trucks on the nation's highways that there's ...
EPA: Few volunteering to cut greenhouse gases
07/24/2008
11:21 AM
Voluntary pollution-reduction programs touted by the Bush administration as part of the solution to global warming have "limited ...
New disability rules prompt chorus of concern
07/24/2008
09:56 AM
Thousands of gallons of water pulse through cascading waterfalls and rapids at Adventure Mini Golf in Lake Worth, Fla. The course, ...
U.S. wants fund shift in Pakistan anti-terrorism aid fund
07/24/2008
09:42 AM
The State Department wants to use about two-thirds of its proposed military equipment aid for Pakistan's anti-terrorism programs ...
Sirius-XM radio deal closes in on FCC approval
07/24/2008
07:37 AM
The Federal Communications Commission was close to an agreement Thursday to conditionally approve the $3.9 million merger of ...
Pentagon says Afghanistan needs troops
07/23/2008
09:36 PM
Pentagon planners are recommending dispatching hundreds of support troops to Afghanistan before bad weather hinders fighting ...
Military officials to recommend more troops for Afghanistan
07/23/2008
06:18 PM
Top U.S. military leaders are expected to recommend to Defense Secretary Robert Gates hundreds of U.S. troops who could be sent ...
Vigorous debate held on 'don't ask, don't tell'
07/23/2008
06:09 PM
Opponents of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military denounced it as cruel Wednesday. Supporters insisted ...
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