AP - In a stinging rebuke to President Bush's anti-terror policies, a deeply divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign detainees held for years at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba have the right to appeal to U.S. civilian courts to challenge their indefinite imprisonment without charges.
AP - The toll from salmonella-tainted tomatoes jumped to 228 illnesses Thursday as the government learned of five dozen previously unknown cases and said it is possible the food poisoning contributed to a cancer patient's death.
AP - Democrat Barack Obama's campaign said Thursday that Michelle Obama never used the word "whitey" in a speech from the church pulpit as he launched a Web site to debunk rumors about himself and his wife.
Suspected terrorists and foreign fighters held by the U.S. military at Guantanamo Bay have the right to challenge their detention in federal court, a closely divided Supreme Court ruled today. The "nation will live to regret what the court has done," Justice Antonin Scalia said.
Boy Scouts were transformed into heroes when a deadly tornado blew apart their camp in Iowa on Wednesday night. In what Iowa Gov. Chet Culver called "a blow right to the gut," the storm killed four Scouts and injured dozens.