The U.S. Defense Department is conducting an extensive review of thevideotaping of interrogations at military facilities from Iraq toGuantanamo Bay, and so far it has identified nearly 50 tapes, includingone that showedwhat a military spokesman described as the forcible gagging
Imagine this: You're lying on the operating table, apparentlyunconscious. The surgeon is cutting. But you're still awake. Not onlythat, you're paralyzed by the drugs the anesthesiologist gave you andcan't speak out.That horrifying experience happens to between 20,000 and 40,000Americans every
U.S. federal officials have indicated that they are likely to close the Pacific salmon fishery from northern Oregon to the Mexican border because of the collapse of crucial stocks in California's major watershed. That would be the most extensive closing
A "dramatic weakening" of standards used by the U.S. mortgageindustry to evaluate and make home loans touched off the global creditcrisis that continues to undermine markets, a presidential panel saidThursday in a report that called for nationwide licensing of mortgagebrokers
The body of the Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Mosul, Paulos FarajRahho, who was kidnapped by gunmen in Mosul in northern Iraq late lastmonth as he drove home after afternoon Mass, was discoveredThursday in an area south of the city, said
Sprinkled with pastel colors and armed with new features to thwartcounterfeiters, the latest version of the $5 bill went into circulationThursday with a gift shop purchase at President Lincoln's newlyrenovatedcottage at the Soldiers' Home.The portrait of Abraham Lincoln remains front
Southern California home prices continued to fall at a record pace inFebruary, and are now at 2004 levels, a real estate information servicereported Thursday.The median price for a Southland home last month was $408,000, down17.6% from a year ago, according
No other 310-mile-wide ice ball in the solar system is attracting quite the attention as Enceladus, a moon of Saturn.NASA's Cassini spacecraft had a deliberate near-miss with Enceladus onWednesday afternoon, passing about 30 miles above its surface at aspeed of
Consumers, battered by plunging home prices and a credit crunch,stayed away from the malls in February, pushing retail sales down by alarger-than-expected amount. It was another worrisome sign that thecountry could be falling into a recession.The CommerceDepartment reported Thursday that
The FBI continued to improperly obtain private telephone, e-mail andfinancial records five years after it was granted expanded powers underthe USA Patriot Act, according to a report issued Thursday.In a review focusing on FBI investigations in 2006, JusticeDepartment Inspector General
A dispute over the sale of snuff on board ships between Sweden and Finland is threatening to undermine the Lisbon Treaty ratification process. The tiny Aland Islands may be able to wield outsized power.
The country that made the cuckoo bird famous with its clocks is now worried the bird might follow the tragic path of the dodo -- into extinction. Nature and clock preservationists are teaming up and fighting back to save the
America's long primary campaign has been a boon to CNN. In the US, the cable news channel is raking in its best ratings in years. One reason: CNN's new election studio, a high-tech set built specially for its New York
You probably won't find Occidental Petroleum Corp . executives complaining too much about high oil prices. That's because the Los Angeles-based oil and gas producer ended 2007 with its highest-ever earnings. The IW 50 Best Manufacturer for 2007 rode the
The application filed by Dutt sought a direction for the release of his passport to visit Malaysia, Thailand and United States. The actor, who was granted regular bail on November 27 last, was directed to surrender his passport and the
Former president Dr Abdul Kalam has accepted an invitation of the Canada-India Foundation (CIF) to be the chief guest at their gala dinner on April 18 at Toronto's 'Liberty Grand' when this newly minted advocacy group will award Sam Pitroda
