New al Qaeda Tape May Be Coming

Another al Qaeda tape may be coming. According to the SITE Institute, a private group which tracks Arabic websites, an advertisement from al Qaeda's multimedia production company, as-Sahab, started running...

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August 31, 2006 | Permalink | User Comments (10)

He Said, He Said: Republican In-Fighting Surrounds the Secret Hold

After Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) was officially outed for holding back a bill allowing the public easy web access to government contracts, new tensions are rising between old rivals about...

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August 31, 2006 | Permalink | User Comments (7)

The Man Who Killed 31 GIs

ABC News has obtained exclusive photographs of two alleged Iraqi snipers and a vehicle modified as a "mobile shooting platform." The two insurgents and their car were...

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August 31, 2006 | Permalink | User Comments (77)

No Avian Flu Found After Thousands of Alaskan Birds Tested

The expected avian flu outbreaks in North American birds have yet to show up. After testing over 13,000 migratory birds in Alaska this summer, no positive results for the avian...

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August 31, 2006 in Avian Flu | Permalink | User Comments (26)

And the Mystery Senator Is...

A spokesman for Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) came forward today and admitted Stevens was the senator who has placed a hold on a bill that would allow U.S. taxpayers to...

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August 30, 2006 | Permalink | User Comments (27)

Who's the Newest Member of the Most Wanted Club?

The nominations are already coming for the fugitive who will be added to the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List. The arrest in Las Vegas of accused child molester and polygamist...

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Hotel Suites, Dinner Parties, Cocktails: The Life of a Postal Service Official

A U.S. Postal Service official who spent thousands of dollars of postal funds on extravagant meals and hotels is still on the government payroll. Azeezaly Jaffer, the vice-president of communications,...

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The High Flying Supremes

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia went on 24 expense-paid trips last year, according to new financial disclosure reports. The trips, which took him to Ireland, Turkey, Italy and Australia, made...

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August 30, 2006 | Permalink | User Comments (21)

The Case of the Missing Engineering Report

According to State Farm, it was a case of a satisfied customer mistakenly portrayed by ABC News. In its statement in response to our 20/20 report on allegations that the...

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August 29, 2006 | Permalink | User Comments (8)

Report: U.S. Secretly Negotiated with Gaza Kidnappers

The U.S. secretly agreed to the "real demands" set by the group behind the August 14 kidnapping of two Fox News journalists in Gaza, according to a report in the pan-Arab newspaper al Hayat. The paper quotes "informed sources close...

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