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Venezuelan President Continues Anti-Bush Insults 
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Calling President Bush "the devil" was apparently just the beginning for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who chided the president's policies and delivered another personal attack on Bush at a Harlem church ... 6 Comments
Diplomats Call For Pushing Pakistan
President Bush today starts a series of meetings with the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan. 4 Comments
Commerce Department Loses 1,137 Laptops
The Commerce Department has lost 1,137 laptop computers since 2001, most of them assigned to the Census Bureau, officials said Thursday night. Comment?
Able Danger Couldn't Stop 9/11
A Pentagon report rejects the idea that intelligence gathered by a secret military unit could have been used to stop the Sept. 1 Comment
House OKs bills to make illegal U.S. entry tougher
The House of Representatives voted Thursday to arm state and local law enforcement officers with powers to arrest undocumented immigrants as Republicans continued to stitch together pre-election initiatives to ... Comment?
Navy's iconic 'Top Gun' jet takes one last flight
The two fliers in the F-14 fighter gave a final salute and a final thumbs-up. With that, the Tomcat took off Friday for the ceremonial last flight of the Navy's iconic jet. Comment?
Chronicle Reporters To Be Jailed In BALCO Probe
Two San Francisco Chronicle reporters were sentenced to a maximum 18 months in prison Thursday, pending an appeal, for refusing to testify about who leaked them secret grand jury testimony from Barry Bonds and ... Comment?
Drug Imports From Canada Set to Be Eased
Americans could buy and carry home prescription drugs from Canada under an agreement reached Thursday between House and Senate Republicans. 1 Comment
Black Republicans Run Racially Tinged Ad
A national black Republican group is running a radio advertisement accusing Democrats of starting the Ku Klux Klan and saying the Rev. 13 Comments
Virginia Senator George Allen, a Republican, was expected to cruise to victory over his Democratic rival James Webb this year. Comment?
HP Ceo Mark Hurd offers to testify in Congress
As questions mounted over Hewlett-Packard's troubled boardroom leak investigation, HP chief executive Mark Hurd offered today to appear at a House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing next week on the ... Comment?
FEMA Underestimated Repair Costs
Many initial estimates by the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the cost of repairing thousands of water-logged buildings, cracked pipes and crumbling streets in hurricane-staggered Louisiana were way too ... Comment?
Church to Fight IRS Demand for Documents
A liberal church that has been threatened with the loss of its tax-exempt status over an anti-war sermon delivered just days before the 2004 presidential election said Thursday it will fight an IRS order to ... Comment?
Bush Reading Program Gets Failing Grade
A scorching internal review of the Bush administration's billion-dollar-a-year reading program says the Education Department ignored the law and ethical standards to steer money how it wanted. Comment?
Journalist Goes to Prison for Contempt
A freelance journalist reported to prison Friday, a week after an appeals court upheld a contempt order for refusing to cooperate with a federal grand jury. Comment?
Baby on bong: Court upholds mom's conviction
A Montana mother who allowed her 18-month-old baby daughter to inhale from a marijuana water pipe was properly convicted, but should not have to spend five years in jail, a U.S. appeals court ruled Friday. Comment?
Labour Looks Toward Life After Blair
Britain's governing Labour Party, bruised by angry infighting, looks toward life after its most successful leader, with Tony Blair preparing to say goodbye at his last annual party gathering as prime minister. Comment?
GOP Drops Ariz. TV Ad Campaign
Republicans signaled retreat Thursday in their battle to retain an Arizona congressional seat, dropping plans for nonstop television advertisements through Election Day on behalf of GOP contender Randy Graf. Comment?
Shuler-Linked Firm Pays Back Taxes
A real estate brokerage house associated with Democratic House candidate Heath Shuler belatedly paid over $69,000 in unpaid taxes Friday after The Associated Press raised questions with the campaign. Comment?
Ga. Lawmaker May Apologize to Latinos
A Georgia Republican says he'll apologize to a national Latino advocacy group he accused of supporting racism and illegal immigration if the organization agrees to a list of conditions. Comment?
TV Ads Fail to Move Pa. Voters in Poll
The front-runners in the race for Senate and governor maintained their leads as televised political advertising increased, two statewide polls released Thursday found. Comment?
Feinstein vows filibuster on 9th circuit nominee
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved an Idaho judge Thursday for a seat on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, but Sen. Comment?
Sen. Clinton Calls for Global Plan for Poor Women
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton made a star turn this morning at former President Bill Clinton 's conference on global challenges, calling for a concerted attack on the "feminization of poverty" by destroying ... Comment?
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Bush, GOP Rebels Agree on Detainee Bill
The Bush administration and Senate Republicans announced agreement Thursday on terms for the interrogation and trial of suspects in the war on terror. 3 Comments
Chavez Slammed For 'Devil' Remarks
It's rare to hear Congressional Democrats coming to the rescue of President George W. Bush. 9 Comments
SF reporters ordered to jail for refusing to reveal grand jury leak on Bonds
Two San Francisco Chronicle reporters were ordered jailed Thursday for a maximum of 18 months, pending an appeal, for refusing to testify about who leaked them secret grand jury testimony from Barry Bonds and ... Comment?
US Navy saying goodbye to venerable F-14 fighter
Washington- The US Navy began a series of ceremonies on Thursday to celebrate the F-14, as the pilot favourite that served on aircraft carriers for three decades heads into retirement. Comment?
FDA seen needing to fix post-market drug safety
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration needs more staff and funding to fix its monitoring of drug safety after medicines are on the market, the Institute of Medicine said on Friday.The IOM, an ... Comment?
Pet Protection Bill Sent to Bush
Congress called for emergency preparedness plans that include helping individuals and families with pets, under legislation sent Wednesday to President Bush. 2 Comments
Ohio 'Choose Life' license plates to stay 
Abortion rights supporters dropped a lawsuit challenging the state's sale of "Choose Life" license plates because the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Tennessee to continue selling similar plates. Comment?
Government urges review of parents' IDEA role
The Justice Department on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to clarify when a non-lawyer parent of a disabled child may file a lawsuit, without a lawyer, to enforce the child's rights under the Individuals with ... Comment?
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