WASHINGTON – Lawyers asked the Bush administration on Thursday why a German citizen, taken prisoner by the CIA in a case of mistaken identity in 2004, was not allowed into the United States last weekend. Khaled al-Masri was seeking entry to publicize the lawsuit he filed Tuesday in U.S. District …
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Gay Movies | Golden Globes | ‘King Kong’; Soul Tomorrow Night Steve Martin’s Oscar ‘Curse’ Comes True On March 25, 2001, host Steve Martin opened the Oscars with this bon mot, a curse of sorts: “This show is being watched by roughly a billion people around the world, and everyone …
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ST. LOUIS – At least 1,500 people attended Christmas Eve Mass presided by an excommunicated Roman Catholic priest, despite warnings from the archbishop that participating would be a mortal sin. The Rev. Marek Bozek left his previous parish without his bishop’s permission and was hired by St. Stanislaus Kostka Church …
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WASHINGTON – Responding to a congressional uproar, the Bush administration said Monday that a secret domestic surveillance program had yielded intelligence results that would not have been available otherwise in the War on Terror. With Democrats and Republicans alike questioning whether President Bush had the legal authority to approve the …
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BEIJING – China on Saturday blamed a deadly confrontation between authorities and demonstrators in a village near Hong Kong on “a few instigators” who organized an attack on a wind power plant, prompting police to open fire. China said in its first official comments on Tuesday’s confrontation that three villagers …
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Steve and Elena Kapelonis, proprietors of The Pump Energy Food restaurants in NYC and authors of “The Pump Energy Food,” have a hangover remedy so you don’t spend all of New Year’s Day in bed! Hangover Buster ShakeServes 1 Ingredients 1 large banana 2/3 cup fresh squeezed orange juice 6 …
Read More »BAGHDAD, Iraq – After another delay brought on by lawyers’ security concerns, the trial of Saddam Hussein and seven of his co-defendants is set to resume Monday. Testimony from the first witnesses will take place inside the old Baath Party regional headquarters in Baghdad’s Green Zone. Despite new measures put …
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PORT RICHEY, Fla. – A music store manager was charged Thursday with exploiting a woman with Alzheimer’s disease (search) who authorities say bought 11 organs from him over 18 months — including four on a single day. Scott L. Heyder, 36, sold the 79-year-old a progressively more expensive string of …
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DETROIT – Toyota Motor Corp. (TM) said on Monday it is looking into complaints in the United States that its popular Prius hybrid car (search) suddenly stalled or shut down, often at high speeds on highways. “We have been alerted to the fact that some owners might have a problem,” …
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WASHINGTON – The Republican-controlled Senate (search) brushed aside a presidential veto threat Tuesday and passed a $295 billion highway bill, arguing that massive spending on bigger and better roads was necessary to fight congestion and unsafe roadways. The administration, while pressing Congress (search) to pass a new highway bill, said …
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