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President Bush on Friday said he supports "an independent judiciary" and declined to endorse comments by House Majority Tom DeLay that were critical of judges.

Two Italian F-16 fighter jets intercepted a suspicious plane heading to Rome's Ciampino airport Friday, hours after Pope John Paul II's funeral, and escorted it to a local ...

Syngenta announced today that it has agreed to a settlement with the US Department of Agriculture for the unintended release of a limited amount of Bt10 corn.

U.S. Coast Guard officials are still searching for two fishermen missing after their 27-foot boat capsized in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday night in high seas about three ...

ST. PAUL - There's no shortage of statehouse Democrats eager to criticize Republican Gov.

Eric Rudolph has agreed to plead guilty in the deadly 1996 bombing at the Atlanta Olympics and three other blasts in a deal that allows him to escape the death penalty, The ...

Two former longtime executives of consumer chemical products company S.C. Johnson & Son Inc.

It is now time for the Republican movement to listen to the will of the Irish people and fully embrace democratic politics, Progressive Democrats leader Mary Harney said ...

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. BEN WEINSTEIN Firehouse.com Slideshow: CFSI Dinner More than 2,000 attended the Congressional Fire Services Institute's 17th ...

Two years and several drafts later, a value-added agricultural ordinance developed by local farmers and orchard owners, and requested by Washington Township Supervisor Gary ...

Fruit processor Tree Top has announced plans to close a plant here and shift operations to Washington state.

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A federal appeals court in San Francisco today overturned the murder conviction of a man who was found guilty after relatives of the victim wore large buttons with the ...

Ceremony to Reopen Minn. School, Site of Rampage Republicans Step Up Attacks on Judiciary Postal Service Proposes 2 Cent Stamp Hike Harvard Chief Wades Back Into ...

German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, a Vatican theologian with a reputation for coldness, moved mourners to tears Friday with a homily that painted an image of John Paul II ...

Strong basis premiums produced small gains in cash soybean prices this week, even though all other U.S. grains lost 1%-3% of their market value.

Even though it might not affect them as individuals, about 45 senior citizens turned out to hear about efforts by the Bush administration and top Republicans to partially ...

There's only so far you can go in trying to patent the ever-popular peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Drug maker Pfizer Inc. has obtained a license to a product that, when included in a horse's food, can dramatically reduce the number of flies buzzing around stalls and ...

Skywatchers waited for the moon to blot out part of the sun Friday in a phenomenon that will not be visible again in the continental United States for seven years.

LITTLE ROCK Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean is in Little Rock today and tomorrow to promote his party.

Denmark's Prince Joachim and Princess Alexandra have finalized their divorce, the first in Europe's oldest monarchy in nearly 160 years, the royal court said Friday.

Representative John Graham Altman's bill calls for the removal of the current seven-member board.

At the age of six, Alex Rossi was told by doctors that a genetic condition would likely make it impossible for her to finish 12th grade or live on her own as an adult.

Damaged by war and repeatedly altered to suit succeeding monarchs, the 15th-century St.

The U.S. military has drafted new doctrine for prison operations that aims to fix problems that contributed to abuse in Iraq, but rights groups complain it formalizes a ...

Authorities have determined that three volunteers involved in a civilian project to watch the border and report illegal crossers had an illegal immigrant pose for a flippant ...

Critical questions about delays in OSHA rulemaking marred an otherwise friendly reception when the leaders of the federal government's three workplace safety and health ...

The 2005 Litton Awards were presented last night during the annual Democrat Club's banquet.

"We did nothing right," Drinkard told The Associated Press Friday. "We didn't do anything good.

Contempt of court is a legal charge that must be decided by a judge. However, contempt for the public he serves and contempt for the law he swore to uphold are all too clear ...

By Frank Schultz Gazette Staff UW-Rock County's chances of finally getting its engineering program advanced Thursday as the state Assembly voted 70-26 for a bill to fund it.

Ken Jennings will join thousands of competitors this weekend at the 36th annual self-proclaimed world's largest trivia contest.

Punitive damages greater than nine times compensatory damages are constitutional if they do not exceed the amount of a defendant's gain from wrongful conduct, the state ...

Red Mass will take place this morning. It is coming unusually early in the ArkLaTex this year in order to accomodate a special guest -- U.S.

It's time to "gear up" & "strap in" as the 2005 MCAS Cherry Point Air Show has recently announced that it will host eastern NC's biggest, baddest, fastest & loudest event ...

The History Channel's documentary on the Aryan Nations didn't have enough recent history for northern Idaho residents who were reluctant neighbors of the neo-Nazi group.

A man convicted in the nation's first felony prosecution for illegal spamming was sentenced to nine years in prison Friday, but the judge postponed the sentence while the ...