When Pope John Paul II visited Damascus in May 2001, Bashar used his welcoming speech to denounce the Jews, saying, “They tried to kill the principles of all religions with the same mentality in which they betrayed Jesus Christ and the same way they tried to betray and kill the Prophet Muhammad.”   read more

When a CIA woman serving abroad has an affair or falls in love with a local, their clearances are routinely revoked, forcing them to resign, a group of female former employees charge. When men do the same, they get a slap on the wrist. A few years...   read more

While media headlines have been dominated by the fall of the stock market and the bailouts of large banks and other financial institutions, another more ominous economic statistic shows that the economic slowdown has hurt a larger group of America...   read more

Less than three months before the 2006 elections, Americans learned of the arrests in England of alleged terrorists on the brink of staging a massive attack. It later turned out that there was no imminent attack, but in the meantime, Congress rush...   read more

The first democratically-elected leader of the Indian Ocean nation of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, announced the creation of a fund to move the entire population of his country because of the threat that the island nation will be inundated due t...   read more

In a piece of news that might bring some hope in the Middle East, both American Jews and American Muslims voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election. A Pew Research exit poll showed that 78% of Jewish voters cast their...   read more

Whenever someone publicly suggests that President Bush and other members of his administration might have committed war crimes, he or she is accused of being a wild, over-the-top extremist. But there is one group of people that has always taken th...   read more

1. New Orleans: Attorney Pleads Guilty and Forfeits $30 Million James G. Perdigao pled guilty to 30 federal felony charges including a fraudulent billing scheme and agreed to forfeit $30 million.     ...   read more

An Army career counselor suggests a new pitch to be used to convince former soldiers to rejoin: "A President Elect who says he'll get us out of Iraq. What are you waiting for?"   New Army Recruiting Tactic: Obama will "Get Us Out of Iraq" (by Br...   read more

A multi-agency initiative to combat illegal exports of restricted military and dual-use technology from the United States has resulted in criminal charges against more than 145 defendants in the past fiscal year, with roughly 43 percent of these c...   read more

New Hampshire became the first state in the history of the United States to have women form the majority of members of its state senate.  As a result of the 2008 election, 13 of the state's 24 senators will be female.  The governor of the state is...   read more

The 2008 election may lead to historic changes, but in one way, it was as old-fashioned as an election could be. In 93 percent of House of Representatives races and 94 percent of Senate races that had been decided by mid-day Nov. 5, the candidate ...   read more

There were 125 bird strikes against aircraft taking off, landing or taxiing at Bagram air base from January through November 1. Now the Army is looking for falcons, the ones with feathers and talons.   Wanted: Falcons, Handlers For Mission in Af...   read more

Mukasey has taken personal trips on government jets almost every weekend since he took office less than a year ago at a cost to taxpayers of more than $155,800. In February, Mukasey flew to Orlando, Fla., with his wife and four other relatives. He...   read more

First proposed in 1953, the 2.1 mile Sand Creek Byway in North Idaho will cost $144 million.  It is partially funded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.   Ground Broken on $144M N. Idaho Byway (by Zach Hagadone, Idaho Business Review)   read more

The National Institutes of Health is about to open a a laboratory to study Ebola and other viuses on Galveston Island, which was recently hit by Hurricane Ike. Each time a hurricane approaches the island, scientists will have to stop their experim...   read more

The Bureau of Land Management is reviving plans to sell oil and gas leases in pristine wilderness areas in eastern Utah even though there are already 3.5 million acres of BLM-managed land under lease, but not yet being drilled.   Bureau Proposes...   read more