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Protestors dressed a condoms hold a demonstration in front of the U.S. Federal Courthouse as U.S. President George W. Bush's political adviser, Karl Rove, appears before a grand jury in Washington, DC, October 14, 2005. The condom reference is towards the continuing investigation into the leak of a CIA operative's identity. REUTERS/Jim Young

San Francisco's city supervisors voted 8-3 against allowing the USS Iowa to become a tourist attraction in their city. The battleship saw action in WWII, Korea and the Persian Gulf. One supervisor voting against the USS Iowa complained about the military's treatment of homosexuals, another objected to America's involvement in Iraq and said "I am sad to say I am not proud of the history of the United States of America since the 1940s." The vote against the USS Iowa shows that San Francisco is being treated unfairly by the U.S. military. Our military defends the people of San Francisco...

Woman ends 'right to die' food protest By Richard Savill (Filed: 13/08/2005) A 28-year-old terminally ill woman who went on hunger strike as an act of voluntary euthanasia has ended her protest after 19 days because of intense pain. Kelly Taylor had waited nearly 10 years for a heart and lung transplant, but was taken off the list two years ago after doctors told her the risks were too high. She began her protest because she believed starvation was the only method of death that would not leave her husband, Richard, liable to prosecution for assisted suicide. Her plight attracted...

So far, in seeking to determine whether Air America benefited from taxpayer money meant for a community youth center, we've accomplished two things: sending the blogosphere into action mode and compelling the company to respond to the developing firestorm. Early Friday morning, I was made aware of a new, second press statement on the Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Club scandal. A number of emails and blog comments quickly followed, leading me to wonder if there was some kind of organized effort to turn the tables.

Bill O'Reilly named himself "The Most Ridiculous Item of the Day" on last night's Factor. "FOX News host Bill O'Reilly denied calling Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) a 'nut' and promised to play a clip on the air to verify his denial. In fact, he did indeed call Boxer a 'nut' on his January 19 radio program," Media Matters explained. On the Jan. 25th Factor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist challenged O'Reilly's use of the words "idiot" and "nut" to describe people: BROWN: You did it last week. You did it last week on -- with Barbara Boxer. You called her a...

July 30, 2004 -- BOSTON — It was planned with the precision of a military operation — but the drop of 100,000 red, white and blue balloons for John Kerry went so horribly wrong that the convention producer screamed out the F-word over national TV. "Balloons. What's happening, balloons? There's not enough coming down. All balloons. Where the hell — there's nothing falling. What the f- - - are you guys doing up there?" shrieked the producer, Don Mischer. The live feed was carried over CNN, and Internet maven Matt Drudge quickly posted a request for anyone who'd taped the...

Officers Placed On Admin. Duty After Taser Gun Incident 68-Year-Old Woman Says Officer Shocked Her Twice In ChestPOSTED: 5:32 pm CDT June 16, 2004 KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A police officer used his Taser gun on a 68-year-old grandmother in her home Tuesday night, KMBC's Donna Pitman reported.  Louise Jones (pictured, left) said it happened after she pulled up to her house near 50th and Euclid and saw a police car. She honked, and an officer got out of the vehicle. "He said he could give me a citation ticket for honking my horn. I said it was an accident....

Good news for rational, level-headed Virgoans everywhere: just as you might have predicted, scientists have found astrology to be rubbish, writes Science Correspondent Robert Matthews. Good news for rational, level-headed Virgoans everywhere: just as you might have predicted, scientists have found astrology to be rubbish. Its central claim - that our human characteristics are moulded by the influence of the Sun, Moon and planets at the time of our birth - appears to have been debunked once and for all and beyond doubt by the most thorough scientific study ever made into it. For several decades, researchers tracked more than...

Historically, the greatest world leaders have taken uncharacteristic, even unpopular steps to ensure peace with justice and the security of their nation and the world. Uncharacteristic need not exemplify a novel act never before exhibited — simply action that is unusual or infrequent. President Richard Nixon's trip to China was uncharacteristic, as was Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's flight to Jerusalem. Surely, when three heads of state — Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter — delegated their normal presidential duties to others in order to have extended, concentrated and productive time together at Camp David, the act has to be considered...

Despite signs that her opponent, Denise Majette, is putting up a strong challenge, U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney remains a formidable candidate. She could yet hold onto her seat in next week's election. McKinney has built quite a political machine in DeKalb County, especially in its southern precincts, and she will no doubt pull out all the stops in the final days. She can be expected to use "walking around money" to pay ministers and community activists to take her voters to the polls. She will drain not only the deep reservoir of her own political capital but also that of...

THE WATCHDOG OF OCEAN PARKWAY Issue of 2002-03-25Posted 2002-03-18 It was question-and-answer time at the Barnes & Noble on Broadway at Eighty-second Street on a recent Friday night. Frank Bruni, a reporter for the Times, had just finished reading from "Ambling Into History," his account of George W. Bush's Presidential campaign and first year in the White House. A pale woman in the third row spoke up: "Many media outlets, including the Village Voice, Salon, and The New Republic, have accused you, for lack of a better word, of being a major suckup," she said, her voice reflecting a...