How should Americans come to terms with the fact we now have more than 11 million people living here outside the rule of law? I refer, of course, to the shadow population of "undocumented workers" or "illegal aliens" that outnumbers threefold the American population at the founding of the republic!
AP - Federal authorities may prosecute sick people whose doctors prescribe marijuana to ease pain, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, concluding that state laws don't protect users from a federal ban on the drug.
AP - Former dictator Saddam Hussein will stand trial for a range of charges from gassing thousands of Kurds to executing political and religious leaders and draining ancient marshlands, according to a list obtained Monday from the special tribunal.
AP - Soldiers, police and islanders combed Aruba's scrubland and beaches Monday while the Coast Guard scoured waters around the island, a day after police charged two men in the disappearance of an Alabama teenager. Authorities also asked the FBI to send a dive team to search waters with rough currents.
Michael Jackson was treated at an emergency room for back pain, the day before jurors in his molestation case begin their first full day of deliberations. Jackson is suffering excruciating physical pain yet remaining resolute and strong in his conviction of his innocence, the Rev. Jesse Jackson told CNN this morning.
An underground insurgent hideout the size of nine American football fields has been destroyed by U.S. and Iraqi troops. The bunker included furnished living spaces, showers and an air conditioner, according to a spokeswoman for the 2nd Marine Division. Meanwhile, mortar attacks in two Iraqi cities killed six people, including two children, officials said.