The latest draft Security Council resolution makes it clear that military action is not intended, and focuses a proposed arms embargo on heavy weapons only.
America's pediatricians have struck a blow for all moms tired of driving the kids to endless rounds of sports practices and lessons–and for all kids who'd rather just hang out at home.
The group's chairman and adviser resigned this week, for reasons that are not clear. As he resigned, the adviser sent a letter urging local Republican officials to "sever all ties to this chapter of the College Republicans," the Daily Collegian reports. Officials who received the letter would not explain the former adviser's reasons. But the College Republicans plan to move on anyway; the group yesterday elected a new chairman, who said his "first order of business" will be to work with local Republicans. Maybe they'll have some advice about party unity.
AP - Results from an initial air sampling after North Korea's announced nuclear test showed no evidence of radioactive particles that would be expected from a successful nuclear detonation, a U.S. government intelligence official said Friday.
AP - A coroner ruled Friday that U.S. forces in Iraq unlawfully killed a British television journalist by shooting him in the head as he lay in the back of a makeshift ambulance during the opening days of the war.
AP - Rep. Bob Ney pleaded guilty Friday in the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling investigation, the first lawmaker to confess to crimes in an election-year scandal that has stained the Republican-controlled Congress and the Bush administration.
Two U.S. government officials with access to classified information tell CNN that the initial air sampling over North Korea shows no indication of radioactive debris from the event Monday that North Korea says was an underground nuclear test. Officials emphasize the data is preliminary and provides no conclusive evidence about the event.