The Senate compromise in the judicial filibuster fight did not noticeably de-escalate the ultimate battle now looming: that over a potential vacancy on the Supreme Court.
The front-runner in Iran's elections, who was once a pillar of the Islamic Revolution, is now being cast as the man who can curb the excesses of hard-line clerics.
For seriously ill patients, almost any therapy can start to sound good. Several years ago, one hot alternative therapy for cancer was shark cartilage, and a few animal studies suggested that it might actually help. Researchers in the Midwest ran a clinical trial of shark cartilage.
Men–adult men, not just eager teenage boys–have a problem. About 25 percent of them reach orgasm almost as soon as they start to have intercourse. "The usual definition of premature ejaculation is within 2 minutes" of penetration, says Jean Fourcroy, a urologist and specialist in reproductive health in Bethesda, MD. But for some men it may be within 15 seconds. Not only is this unsatisfying sexually for both partners, but psychologists point out that the break in intimacy can lead to anger and emotional withdrawal, which can ruin relationships. Now, help from the pharmaceutical industry may be on the way, researchers said today at the American Urological Association meeting in San Antonio, TX.
AP - About 1,000 U.S. Marines, sailors and soldiers encircled this Euphrates River city in the troubled Anbar province before dawn on Wednesday, launching the second major anti-insurgent operation in this vast western region in less than a month.
AP - The filibuster fight over for now, the Senate was ready Wednesday to confirm Priscilla Owen as a federal appellate judge, ending a four-year effort by Democrats to derail one of President Bush's prime judicial nominees.
AP - In defiance of a presidential veto threat, senators who support embryonic stem cell research are pushing for a quick vote on a bill passed by the House that would lift funding restrictions on such studies.
The price of an identity card will be higher than previously thought, the Home Office admits, as it publishes a new bill to introduce the controversial scheme.
The United States launched a wide-ranging offensive today against insurgents in western Iraq, involving about 1,000 U.S. and Iraqi troops, the Marines said. "We were able to achieve what we believe is total surprise, and we continue to do our series of coordinated searches for insurgents and for caches of munitions and weapons," said Marine Col. Stephen Davis.
After weeks of heated debate over President Bush's nomination of John Bolton to become the next U.N. ambassador, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Tuesday the full Senate will take up the matter Wednesday.
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