U.S. Checking al Qaeda Claim of Killing Bhutto

While al Qaeda is considered by the U.S. to be a likely suspect in the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Banazir Bhutto, U.S. intelligence officials say they cannot confirm...

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December 27, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (393)

Meth Lab Cleanup Rules Written Into Law

The threat of deadly toxic residue from methamphetamine (meth) labs in homes and hotel rooms pushed the president to sign a law today mandating thorough cleanup after they are shut...

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December 21, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (17)

CIA Presses for Leak Probe Into Ex-Official

A request from the CIA for a criminal investigation into the ex-spook who recently gave an interview with ABC News to discuss harsh interrogations of terror suspects is "both expected...

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December 21, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (11)

Evangelist Video Shot at Air Force Academy Exposed

A video made by a Christian ministry group shows Air Force Academy cadets being pressured to become "government paid missionaries when they leave" the academy, according to the Military Religious...

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December 21, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (92)

Run Silent, Run Drugs: The Cocaine Sub Fleet

Drug traffickers are using a fleet of as many as 20 mini subs to move huge quantities of cocaine through the Caribbean, federal law enforcement and Coast Guard officials tell...

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December 20, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (69)

Exclusive: 11 Tons of Opium Discovered in Taliban Town

In some of the strongest evidence to date linking the Taliban with the drug trade, 11 tons of processed opium for heroin production, worth tens of millions of dollars, was...

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December 20, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (14)

Sex Bust Nabs State Security Contractor

In Pennsylvania, a local prostitution bust has ensnared one of the state's private security contractors and could put his business with the state in jeopardy. Swatara Township police arrested Russell...

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December 20, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (9)

DOJ Shuns Hearing on Halliburton/KBR Rape Cases

The Department of Justice refused to send a representative to answer questions from Congress today on the investigations into allegations of rape and sexual assault on female American contractors. "I'm...

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December 19, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (12)

Whose Push Poll Is It Anyway? Going Negative on Clinton, Obama; Positive on Edwards

Iowa Democrats are being hit with a new round of "opinion poll" calls this week that stress negative qualities of Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama and praise John...

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December 19, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (30)

Cunningham Briber Won't Get New Trial

A man convicted of bribing former Republican Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham won't get the new trial he requested. U.S. District Court Judge Larry Alan Burns told the lawyer for former...

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December 18, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (6)