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The US military has given the first public display of what it says is a revolutionary heat-ray weapon to repel enemies or disperse hostile crowds.
The weapon - called the Active Denial System - projects an invisible high energy beam that produces a sudden burning feeling, but is harmless.
Military […]
Democrats’ promise of a quick increase in the minimum wage ran aground Wednesday in the Senate, where lawmakers are insisting it include new tax breaks for restaurants and other businesses that rely on low-pay workers.
On a 54-43 vote, Democrats lost an effort to advance a House-passed bill that would lift the pay […]
A plant in India which makes perfume bottles endorsed by British television star Jade Goody has stopped production following the Big Brother racism row.
The news came after Goody’s perfume was withdrawn from at least one UK chain last week following the row.
Goody visited the factory in western […]
With Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s formal entry into jumped into the 2008 presidential race, she immediately squares off against Senator Barack Obama and the rest of the Democratic field in what is effectively the first Democratic primary: the competition for campaign donations.
“I’m in,” Clinton said in an e-mail message to supporters early […]
Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will embark on a widely anticipated campaign for the White House Saturday, a former first lady intent on becoming the nation’s first female president.
Clinton was expected to disclose plans to form a presidential exploratory committee on her Web site, according to Democratic officials familiar with the […]
Consumer Reports magazine backed off Thursday from its recent negative report on infant car seats, saying test crashes were conducted at speeds higher than it had claimed.
The magazine reported Jan. 4 that most of the seats it tested “failed disastrously” in crashes at speeds as low as 35 mph. In one […]
President Felipe Calderon signed an accord with businesses on Thursday to curb soaring tortilla prices and protect Mexico’s poor from speculative sellers and a surge in the cost of corn driven by the U.S. ethanol industry. The corn tortilla is the basic staple of the Mexican diet and is especially crucial for […]
The Pentagon has drafted a manual for upcoming detainee trials that would allow suspected terrorists to be convicted on hearsay evidence and coerced testimony and imprisoned or put to death.
According to a copy of the manual obtained by The Associated Press, a terror suspect’s defense lawyer cannot reveal classified evidence in the […]
Attorney general says federal jurists should defer to president’s will.
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says federal judges are unqualified to make rulings affecting national security policy, ramping up his criticism of how they handle terrorism cases.
In remarks prepared for delivery Wednesday, Gonzales says judges generally should defer to […]
Cuban leader Fidel Castro is in serious condition after complications following three failed operations on his large intestine for diverticulitis, the Spanish newspaper El Pais reported Monday.
Castro suffered an infection that worsened to peritonitis, the newspaper’s Tuesday edition said, citing two medical sources at the Madrid hospital […]