Senate Republicans Wednesday defeated a measure to enforce rest periods between deployments to Iraq or Afghanistan, which would have curbed Bush's ability to sustain current US forces in Iraq.
Prosecutors said Norman Hsu, the Democratic fund-raiser, confessed to F.B.I. agents last week that he had swindled investors and pressured them for political donations.
As thousands descended upon the tiny town of Jena, La., college campuses have held their own events to protest the prosecution of six black Jena high schoolers.
The arrival of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts at Syracuse University was met with eager students, cynical professors, and a drum corps "playing a snappy marching beat."
Just as Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off, University of Wisconsin officials and a Latino fraternity are at odds over a party that was canceled by university police last weekend.
AP - Drawn by a case tinged with one of the most hated symbols of Old South racism a hangman's noose tied in an oak tree thousands of protesters rallied Thursday against what they see as a double standard of prosecution for blacks and whites.
AP - President Bush on Thursday refused to criticize a U.S. security company in Iraq accused in a shooting that left 11 civilians dead, saying investigators need to determine if the guards violated rules governing their operations.
AP - Senate Democrats defiantly charged ahead Thursday with legislation ordering troops home from Iraq, still lacking the votes to win but armed with the mantra that Republicans, along with President Bush, now own the war.
Years before most knew about green energy, Iceland was tapping into its geysers and volcanoes. With gas at $8 a gallon, renewables now provide almost all heating and electricity. And advocates can see a country free of fossil fuel use by 2050.
A court orders a hearing into whether the only one of the "Jena 6" still behind bars can be released. The hearing was ordered Thursday as thousands of people marched through the tiny Louisiana town demanding justice after what they consider unequal punishments in two racially charged incidents.