President Bush has been on the road touting tax cuts and budget cuts this week. But Akron's Mayor today (Thurs), in his State of the City address, refuted many of those arguments. Democrat Don Plusquellic argued that governments have a
The foundation is a non-profit organization headquartered at Oregon State University. The group's 2006 essay contest is sponsored by the Capital Press, Oregon Farm Bureau, Agri-Business Council of Oregon and Dairy Farmers of Oregon.
Girls have become users at rates that exceed boys or equal boys now, which never used to be the case," John Walters, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, said in a telephone interview.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Taiwanese citizen was charged in the United States on Thursday with being a covert agent for Beijing, and accused together with a Frenchman of trying to illegally export an F-16 jet engine, Blackhawk helicopter engines and
KUWAIT (Reuters) - An American journalist held hostage in Iraq for more than a month appeared in a new video tape aired on a private Kuwaiti TV station on Thursday appealing for help in securing her release.
There has been an over-100 percent increase in the last fiscal year in border violence aimed at our Border Patrol agents, and that ranges from gunshots fired across the border to rocks being thrown, sometimes flaming rocks," said Homeland Security
Fielding a lineup of owners, government representatives and fans, Sonics officials pushed a House committee Thursday for additional money to help financeKeyArena's future.
TAMPA, Fla. New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter thinks Houston Astros great Roger Clemens will pitch in the majors this season. Jeter and Clemens -- his...
An aircraft carrying a student and his instructor collided with a small plane whose pilot was on a solo pleasure flight, killing all three men and scattering debris over a square mile, investigators said Thursday.
A law that took effect Thursday makes it illegal to toss used batteries, cellular phones, fluorescent lights and other household hazardous materials into the garbage.
NCPA E-Team Scholar Says President Should Apply Free Market Concept to Energy Policy DALLAS (February 9, 2006) - An unfettered market rather than President Bush's call for energy independence is the best solution to America's energy crisis, according to NCPA
The last one is pretty full. So here's some more canvass for you guys. AP accuses Reid of Abramoff involvement! Except that, uh, Reid never took the Abramoff position on ANY vote. So why is this a story? Atrios gives
Maine residents are giving the National Weather Service's new rating system for eastern snowstorms a chilly reception. The five-point scale is similar to tornado and hurricane ratings, but it also considers impact on large populations. Keith Shortall of Maine Public
A new National Academy of Sciences report finds that transportation accidents involving nuclear waste pose minimal risks. The academy recommends further study of scenarios involving long-duration fires or terrorist attack, and it points out another issue the government needs to
President Bush on Thursday revealed what he said were new details of a failed al Qaeda plot in 2002 to crash a plane into the tallest building on the West Coast. The president also said that international cooperation has significantly
The debate about the NSA wiretapping program is still raging. Although polls show a small majority still supports the Bush-NSA eavesdropping program, Monday's Senate hearing shows bipartisan doubts.
