The Bush administration is rushing a delivery of precision-guided bombs to Israel, which some military officers see as a sign of a longer campaign ahead.
NASA’s mission statement was altered to square it with President Bush’s goal of pursuing manned spaceflights to the Moon and Mars, a spokesman for the agency said.
Gastric bypass surgery may be the best surgical option for extremely obese patients, according to a recent study by George S. Ferzli and a team of researchers from the State University of New York, Health Science Center of Brooklyn and Lutheran Medical Center. They found that the popular procedure, which connects an apricot-size portion of the upper stomach to a lower portion of the small intestine, bypassing the upper portion and thus limiting food absorption, is "superior" to adjustable gastric bands. The band procedure is a less popular alternative that places a snug, saline-filled silicone ring around the stomach to limit food intake.
The FBI is allowing crime labs to use DNA databases to locate family members of suspects who appear to have left DNA evidence at crime scenes but for whom a complete genetic match cannot be made, a controversial practice that alarms privacy advocates.
Ohio Republican Sen. Mike DeWine is sticking with the political advertising firm that doctored images of the World Trade Center to make it appear as though the footage came from the September 11 attacks. The video was used in a 30-second campaign spot that has aired throughout Ohio since last Friday, accusing his opponent, Democratic Rep. Sherrod Brown, of being weak on national security. An investigation by U.S. News revealed that the images, which show the south tower ablaze and the north tower untouched – contradicting the chronology of the day's events – were bogus.
AP - Israel massed tanks and troops on its border with Lebanon and called up reserves Friday, announcing plans for a ground operation to destroy Hezbollah's tunnels, hideouts and weapons stashes.
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice rejected the "false promise" of an immediate cease-fire in the spreading war between Israel and Hezbollah on Friday and said she would seek long-term peace during a trip to the Mideast beginning Sunday.
AP - The death toll from the Indonesian tsunami earlier this week rose to 659 after emergency workers reached a previously inaccessible area along Java island's southern coast, the government said Saturday.
A "major humanitarian disaster" could occur if the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah does not stop and innocent Lebanese people continue to be killed or displaced, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan told CNN on Friday.