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Walter Reed flap puts retirement on hold
Navy Times - Thu Aug 30, 2007
The Army will not process the retirement request of its former surgeon general until completing a review of last winter's Walter Reed patient care scandal, officials say. More»

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Has Resigned
Associated Press - Sun Aug 26, 2007
CRAWFORD, Texas - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has resigned, ending a months long standoff with critics over the botched handling of FBI terror investigations and the firings of U. More»

US terror database leads to few arrests: report
AFP - Fri Aug 24, 2007
WASHINGTON - The US government's terrorist screening database flagged Americans and foreigners as suspected terrorists almost 20,000 times last year, but only a small fraction of those questioned were arrested or denied entry into the United States, The Washington Post reported Saturday. More»

Jimmy Carter's UFO Experience Suggests Possible Extraterrestrial Association
The Canadian - Wed Aug 22, 2007
President Jimmy Carter has often been referred-to as the "UFO President" due to the fact that he publicly claimed to have had a UFO sighting prior to becoming president. More»

Minnesota law sheds light on drug companies
Associated Press - Mon Aug 20, 2007
Saint Paul, Minnesota - A groundbreaking Minnesota law is shining a rare light into the big money that drug companies spend on members of state advisory panels who help select which drugs are used in Medicaid programs for the poor and disabled. More»

US psychologists to take stand on military torture tactics
AFP - Sat Aug 18, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO - The American Psychological Association will decide Sunday whether to condemn torture tactics and place a moratorium on members' involvement in interrogations at US military detention sites. More»

The Katrina Disaster: Two Years Later - and Counting
OpEd News - Sat Aug 18, 2007
"Americans want the Gulf Coast not just to survive, but to thrive; not just to cope, but to overcome. More»

Secret Spy Court To Consider ACLU Request For Bush Spying Orders
Wired - Fri Aug 17, 2007
In a surprising move, a secret spying court ordered the Bush Administration to respond to the ACLU's request for the court to reveal the legal pinnings behind its decisions that gave legal blessing to the government's warrantless wiretapping program. More»

Abu Ghraib whistleblower's ordeal
BBC - Thu Aug 16, 2007
The US soldier who exposed the abuse of Iraqi prisoners in Abu Ghraib prison found himself a marked man after his anonymity was blown in the most astonishing way by Donald Rumsfeld. More»

Wives struggled after FBI framed spouses
Associated Press - Wed Aug 15, 2007
BOSTON - For three decades, Marie Salvati and Olympia Limone essentially lived as widows, struggling to make ends meet as they raised four children on their own. More»

Seniors head south to Mexican nursing homes
USA Today - Tue Aug 14, 2007
AJIJIC, Mexico - After Jean Douglas turned 70, she realized she couldn't take care of herself anymore. More»

Oak Harbor Man's Friends Blame His Death on Taser
WTOL-TV - Tue Aug 14, 2007
FREMONT, Ohio - Craig Burdine, who died Saturday morning after a run-in with the Fremont police, had a history with the Sandusky sheriff's office. More»

Mississippi Suspect Dies After Being Shot With Taser
WAPT-TV - Tue Aug 14, 2007
JACKSON, Mississippi - Jackson police are conducting an internal investigation after a man shot with a Taser gun died early Wednesday morning. More»

CA: Suspect Dies After Deputies Use Taser
KCRA-TV - Tue Aug 14, 2007
WATERFORD, California - A man died Wednesday after a Taser gun was used by authorities in Stanislaus County to subdue a robbery suspect. More»

Army suicides highest in 26 years
Associated Press - Tue Aug 14, 2007
WASHINGTON - Army soldiers committed suicide last year at the highest rate in 26 years, and more than a quarter did so while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new military report. More»

Family of man who died after Taser shock files lawsuit
Associated Press - Mon Aug 13, 2007
CHICAGO - Authorities say it may take several weeks to determine if a Taser shock killed Gefery Johnson, but his family filed a lawsuit yesterday claiming police used "excessive force. More»

GA: Head of Water Dept Dumps Untreated Sludge in Public Park
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Fri Aug 10, 2007
Leon Forrer receives plenty of calls about environmental problems, so he wasn't surprised when he heard about an illegal dump at a park in McDonough. More»

Bush Adviser Considering the Draft
Associated Press - Thu Aug 9, 2007
WASHINGTON - Frequent tours for US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan have stressed the all-volunteer force and made it worth considering a return to a military draft, President Bush's new war adviser said Friday. More»

The Real X Files
People of the Web - Wed Aug 8, 2007
John Greenewald Jr has been digging for the truth about extraterrestrials since he was a kid. More»

Hospitals are shutting down burn centers
Associated Press - Mon Aug 6, 2007
US hospitals are increasingly shutting down their burn centers in a trend experts say could leave the nation unable to handle widespread burn casualties from a fiery terrorist attack or other major disaster. More»

Man hit with stun gun dies, Shelby Township cops say
Detroit Free Press - Sun Aug 5, 2007
A man lost consciousness and later died after police used a Taser gun to subdue him Saturday, the Shelby Township Police Department said in a statement. More»

Law widens govt's right to listen in
USA Today - Sun Aug 5, 2007
WASHINGTON - President Bush signed a bill Sunday that expands the government's power to eavesdrop without warrants on foreign suspects, even as Democratic leaders criticized the law and vowed to change it. More»

Gates: U.S. to keep troop presence in Iraq for "protracted period"
CNN - Sun Aug 5, 2007
WASHINGTON - US forces will probably be in Iraq for a "protracted period" to support the country's year-old government, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday. More»

Bush signs homeland security bill
Associated Press - Thu Aug 2, 2007
WASHINGTON - President Bush signed legislation Friday that intensifies the anti-terrorism effort at home, shifting money to high-risk states and cities and expanding scrutiny of air and sea cargo. More»

Court: FBI violated Constitution in raid
Associated Press - Thu Aug 2, 2007
WASHINGTON - The FBI violated the Constitution when agents raided US Representative William Jefferson's office last year and viewed legislative documents in a corruption investigation, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. More»

Flying Saucers Go Into Production
Sky News - Thu Aug 2, 2007
A "flying saucer" that glides three metres above the ground and carries two people has gone into commerical production. More»

South Korea suspends US beef imports again over banned bones
Associated Press - Wed Aug 1, 2007
SEOUL - South Korea has again suspended US beef imports after inspectors discovered banned bones in a recent shipment, officials said Thursday. More»

Teen Jailed Over Ticket He Had Already Paid
WSB-TV - Wed Aug 1, 2007
ATLANTA - An error by police caused a teenager to be briefly jailed over a traffic ticket he had already paid the fine for. More»

Kroger Milk Dumps Hormone
Cincinatti Enquirer - Tue Jul 31, 2007
Kroger will sell only milk certified to be free of a bovine growth hormone by February 2008, the Cincinnati-based grocer said today. More»

Bovine gelatin spray "used to extend meat shelf life"
Food Quality News - Tue Jul 31, 2007
Sheryl Barringer and a researcher team at Ohio State University conducted the study by spraying a 20 per cent bovine gelatin solution onto beef tenderloins, pork loins, salmon fillets, and chicken breasts. More»

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