The report reinforced longstanding suspicions that smugglers, insurgents and corrupt officials control significant parts of the country?s oil industry.
Rudolph W. Giuliani said that Republicans needed to be tolerant of dissenting views on abortion rights, gun control and gay rights to retain the White House.
Many parents may not realize it, but an increasingly popular drug that teenagers are using to get high may be sitting in the medicine cabinet: cough medicines. Both in liquid and gel-cap forms, they're highly accessible and cheap and come with little social stigma attached. But, like other over-the-counter drugs, they can be dangerous when abused. For information on what to look for and how to react to cough medicine abuse, parents can tap a new resource: FiveMoms.com.
"I'm sorry," the doctor said to the patient in the hospital bed. "It's my fault you have to stay another couple of days. I didn't monitor you carefully enough after starting you on that new drug, and you had a severe allergic reaction." A doctor said he was sorry? The patient faints.
ABC News is reporting on its website that terrorists are planning a sophisticated attack on U.S. military personnel or tourists in Germany, citing both U.S. and German officials, a story that has been quickly parroted on cable news stations.
AP - Worried Congress' support for Iraq is deteriorating rapidly, Baghdad dispatched senior officials to Capitol Hill this week to warn members one-on-one that pulling out U.S. troops would have disastrous consequences.
AP - Republican Mitt Romney is expected to report financial assets between $190 million and $250 million, an amount that would likely make him the wealthiest of the 2008 presidential candidates.
AP - New charges have been filed alleging that a former top CIA official pushed a proposed $100 million government contract for his best friend in return for lavish vacations, private jet flights and a lucrative job offer.
An English girl -- who should be celebrating her 4th birthday Saturday -- has been missing for more than a week after being snatched from a Portuguese vacation resort. Her anguished parents are pleading for her return. The British media meanwhile, descended on the vacation area and slammed police, who they reported would rather sit out a rain shower in their cars than man roadblocks.
As former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney tries to distinguish himself from his Republican rivals in the race for president, he's also distancing himself from President Bush.
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