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The UN nuclear watchdog will soon be told when it can conduct inspections of a newly revealed facility near Teheran, according to Iranian nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi. Salehi told the English language state-owned Press TV early Monday that Iran would soon inform the International Atomic Energy Agency about when it could inspect its second uranium enriching facility. Revelations that Iran possessed a previously unknown site for enriching uranium have sparked alarm in the US and among its allies, days before the six world powers were set to hold talks with the Islamic republic. The nuclear site, which is apparently...

WASHINGTON — Set aside the images of lawmakers in hallowed halls of the Capitol yelling about who's lying and why, and picture this: Two Republican heavyweights and the Democratic president they tried to eject from office a decade ago, perched together as elder statesmen in a gilded chamber reserved for events that transcend partisanship. "We were sort of a triangle," former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott recalled Wednesday of then-Speaker Newt Gingrich and President Bill Clinton. They all joined Lott's colleagues, staff and family to unveil the Mississippi Republican's official portrait. "Even though we had our differences, we found a...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday some of the opposition he faced was because of his race but denied former President Jimmy Carter's charge that racism was a leading factor in angry criticism of his healthcare agenda. "Are there people out there who don't like me because of race? I'm sure there are. That's not the overriding issue here," Obama told CNN as he weighed in on a controversy that has simmered since the former president injected charges of racism into the U.S. healthcare debate this week. "I think there are people who are anti-government," Obama, the...

BELLEVILLE, IL (KTVI-FOX2now.com) - Parents in the Belleville School district descended upon the school board meeting Wednesday looking for answers. They want to know why two students beat a third kid on a school bus bound for Belleville West High School Monday, and they want to know what the district is doing to prevent it from happening again.

In a video message posted on the White House website, President Obama wishes a “healthy, peaceful, and sweet” New Year to the Jewish community as Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown tomorrow night. The president says that this sacred time provides not just an opportunity for individual reconciliation, but also for the broader world – and renewed his call for peace in between Israel and its Arab neighbors. “Let us work to achieve lasting peace and security for the state of Israel so that the Jewish state is fully accepted by its neighbors. And its children can live their dreams free...

A former Austin woman convicted of threatening to shoot local officials pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to making bomb threats against eight U.S. post offices in southern Minnesota.

SAN ANTONIO – A year after Capt. Sam Brown was set ablaze when a bomb blew up his Humvee in Afghanistan, the 25-year-old West Point graduate endures a steady schedule of painful surgery and stretching to break up knotty burn scars. He also has another routine: checking a Web site that counts U.S. and coalition troop deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan. For Brown, it's one more regular reminder that the wars have not ended — something he says many Americans seem to have forgotten.

The White House has accepted an apology issued by Republican South Carolina representative Joe Wilson after the lawmaker disrupted the Wednesday night speech by President Obama to a Joint Session of Congress.

PARIS, France (CNN) -- Former first lady Laura Bush praised the performance of her husband's successor Monday, breaking with many Republicans in telling CNN that she thinks President Obama is doing a good job under tough circumstances.

Several prominent Republicans penned a letter to President Obama, praising him on Afghanistan and asking for more troops. Signatories include Karl Rove, Sarah Palin, John Podhoretz, Amb. Ryan Crocker, Paul Bremer, Bill Kristol, Randy Scheunemann, Jennifer Rubin, Dan Senor, et al. It's certainly a case of strange bedfellows. Liberals are moving increasingly against the war in Afghanistan, and American public opinion has indicated a frustration and impatience with the eight-year-old war. This letter is further evidence, as we've written in First Read, that on the war in Afghanistan, this Democratic president is in the odd position of REPUBLICANS being his...

National on-time performance scores for the delivery of First-Class Mail set another new record for highest level of service during the third quarter of fiscal year 2008. "These record delivery levels are the direct result of employees all across the country working as a team to provide excellent service to our customers," said Delores Killette, Postal Service vice president and consumer advocate.

The fifth man accused in the beating death of a professional La Jolla surfer pleaded not guilty to several charges, including murder, in Superior Court Monday. Henri Quinn-Williams Hendricks, a quarterback on the University of New Hampshire football team, is accused of murder and assault in the fatal attack on Emery Kauanui Jr. on May 24. Hendricks, 21, arrived in court in a gray pin-stripe suit to surrender to court authorities. He was appointed a public defender and was ordered jailed with bail set at $500,000 by Superior Court Judge John S. Einhorn. Prosecutor Sophia Roach had requested that bail...

Marion County teen defies ban on Confederate flag clothing By CHRISTOPHER CURRY Ocala Star-Banner October 05. 2006 6:01AM OCALA - A student at North Marion High School is opposing a ban on clothing that displays the Confederate battle flag. On Monday, sophomore April Brenay, 15, began to circulate a petition among students urging that the school do away with the dress code policy banning clothing with the Confederate flag. On Wednesday, Brenay wore a Dixie Outfitters-brand shirt with a Confederate flag on the back and the message: "If this flag offends you, you need a history lesson." Brenay said school...