Paul D. Wolfowitz?s departure, which will occur on June 30, ended weeks of furor over charges of favoritism toward a bank employee who is his female companion.
Men popping more than seven multivitamin pills a week could be increasing their risk of advanced and fatal prostate cancer, according to a large study from the National Cancer Institute.
When it comes to exercise, I have the zealotry of the converted. As a kid, I faked asthma attacks to get out of the Presidential Physical Fitness Test, once missed my heat at a swim meet because I was in the locker room studying for a calculus test, and as a softball player, truly earned the nickname of Hardly Homerun Hobson. Then, in my early 20s, I discovered running, and soon you couldn't shut me up about the virtues of prolonged exercise. I started running marathons. When that got old, I took up triathlons and have now competed in several Ironman races. For years, I've insisted to everyone who questions whether 12 straight hours of exercise can possibly be good for me, that of course it is. How can it not be?
A prominent Iranian-American policy scholar who has been imprisoned in Iran is innocent of any wrongdoing and should be released immediately, her Iranian attorney said Thursday afternoon during an unusual visit to Washington.
AP - In a striking reach across party lines, the White House and key lawmakers agreed Thursday on a sweeping immigration plan to grant legal status to millions of people in the country unlawfully.
AP - World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz said Thursday he will resign at the end of June, giving up his long fight to survive pressure for his ouster over the generous compensation he arranged for his girlfriend.
AP - Support for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales sank further Thursday as Democrats proposed a no-confidence vote, a fifth GOP senator called for his resignation and yet another Republican predicted he won't survive a congressional investigation.
After weeks of controversy over his handling of a pay package for his girlfriend, World Bank chief Paul Wolfowitz has agreed to resign. He said the bank board accepted his contention that he acted "ethically and in good faith." The bank statement repeated that but also said "a number of mistakes were made by a number of individuals."
A new bill would grant quick legal status to millions of illegal immigrants already in the United States and fortify the border against new ones. The measure was announced Thursday by a bipartisan group of senators who reached an agreement with the White House. "It is not amnesty. This will restore the rule of law," said Sen. Arlen Specter.
Religious conservative leader James Dobson will sit out the 2008 presidential election if former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is the Republican presidential nominee, he wrote Thursday in an online column.
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