The U.N. Security Council overcame objections from Russia and China by explicitly excluding the threat of military force and clarifying the right of nations to inspect cargo.
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 - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to impose punishing sanctions on North Korea including ship searches for banned weapons, calling Pyongyang's claimed nuclear test "a clear threat to international peace and security."
AP - Yessica Guerrero Escobedo and Jose Luis Escobedo were high school sweethearts, a relative said, who fell in love and married. Recently, they packed up their two children and left their Texas home, headed for Florida in search of a new life.
AP - The FBI is investigating whether Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa., used his influence to secure lobbying and consulting contracts for his daughter, two people familiar with the inquiry said Saturday.
Cabinet in open warfare over new gay rights legislation after Tony Blair and Ruth Kelly, the Communities Secretary, blocked the plans following protests from religious organisations.
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously today to slap North Korea with trade, travel and other sanctions as punishment for its claimed nuclear weapons test. President Bush described the U.N. action as a "swift and tough" message that the world is "united in our determination to see to it that the Korean Peninsula is nuclear-weapons free."
Investigators are sifting through garbage cans collected at exits and rest areas, reviewing 55 surveillance tapes from toll plazas, and studying bullets and bullet fragments to determine who killed four people along the Florida Turnpike.