A week after the intended bombings, evidence is emerging that two doctors were the main operatives, if not leaders, of a network of other medical professionals.
President Bush reached a new low on Independence Day in an incredible speech to an invitation-only crowd of Air National Guard families in West Virginia. That kind of gathering ensures no protesters inside the hall to disrupt our leader's line of thought.
Bush talked again about victory in Iraq. He meant military, of course, and not a political settlement. He is almost alone in sticking to the military solution. He then went further in declaring that the United States must defeat "al Qaeda in Iraq."
A new study presents what may be a more accurate model for predicting breast cancer in women diagnosed with a condition that often presages that malignancy. The finding is good news for doctors seeking to develop risk-reduction strategies for the condition, called atypical hyperplasia or atypia, which causes an abnormal increase in the number of cells in breast tissue.
Here's more proof that NASCAR is king in Republican politics. During one of his regular race-day wrap-ups for KMLE-FM in Phoenix, Republican Sen. Jon Kyl was flashed a sign by an aide that prompted him to cut his analysis short. It said: "President Bush on phone. Air Force One." Kyl told host Dave Prat he had to go, adding, "I've got a good excuse." Kyl says Pratt was wowed when told the reason was a Bush call from the president's bird. But when Kyl explained to Bush why he was a bit delayed getting on the phone, the president, a big race fan, immediately realized his faux pas and dashed off a handwritten apology to Pratt. Kyl tells us that Pratt loved the note and has been bragging about it ever since.
AP - Sweltering residents across the West headed for lakes and rivers on Thursday, seeking relief from triple-digit temperatures expected to set records through at least Friday.
AP - When two doctors crashed a Jeep Cherokee into Glasgow's Airport and then set it on fire in a desperate attempt to ignite crude bombs it was clear to a policeman on the scene that they were on a suicide mission.
AP - The White House on Thursday made fun of former President Clinton and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, for criticizing President Bush's decision to erase the prison sentence of former aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
About half of the staff at the National Hurricane Center have signed a petition calling for the center's new director to leave. They fear a public argument over hurricane satellites could undermine public confidence in their forecasts.
Excessive heat warnings were issued for Las Vegas where temperatures hit a record 117 degrees Thursday. Triple digit temperatures are predicted from Oregon to Southern California as the heat wave sweeps the West.
Several Marines who were involved in the November 2004 offensive in Falluja, Iraq, are now the focus of an investigation into allegations that civilians were intentionally killed during the operation, several Pentagon officials have confirmed to CNN.
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