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"U.S. Marshal for Arizona David Gonzales confirmed to the Associated Press that U.S. District Judge John Roll died in the attack Saturday."

We just had an earthquake like 30 seconds ago in Oakland. The office shook pretty good.

Senator Jim DeMint June 4, 2010 U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) voiced concerns that the Senate passes over 90% of legislation without any debate, without amendment, and without a roll call vote. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B751mhY-QE&feature=player_embedded

WASHINGTON: Afghanistan has boldly stepped up where even India has been discreet in treading, bluntly accusing the Pakistani intelligence agency ISI of masterminding the latest bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul which killed 17 people.

I don't know if it was ever pointed out here that this measure passed 63-5, with 32 Senators choosing not to vote, including both McCain and Obama. Click through if you don't know how your Senator voted.

BARNAUL, Russia (Reuters) - Cannot afford to install a sauna in your home? A Russian inventor might have the answer -- the mobile sauna. Converted from a military truck, Igor Chupin offers clients a session in the back of his GAZ-66 truck for 1000 roubles ($42.37) per hour. "What Russian guy doesn't love his banya! One day I had the idea to put a bathhouse on wheels and to drive wherever I want!" said Chupin, a self-taught inventor from the Altai region of southern Siberia. Russians adore saunas, or banyas, spending hours in the steam rooms with friends, swapping stories...

NEW YORK - "The Path to 9/11" will break your heart. It will leave you unnerved, even more than before. And angrier than ever. A five-hour miniseries that dramatizes a decade's worth of events leading up to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, this film is plenty gripping. It doesn't forgo artistry for polemics.Even so, it drives home, step by step, a message any viewer can understand: The people in charge of keeping you safe failed the nation monumentally. Systemically. Shamefully. And continue to, five years after what should have been a terribly sufficient wake-up call.Then "The Path to 9/11"...

Bill Clinton denies it now, but he once admitted he passed up an opportunity to extradite Osama bin Laden.And NewsMax has the former President making the claim on audiotape. [You can listen to the tape yourself -- Click HereClinton's comments and his actions relating to American efforts to capture bin Laden have taken on renewed interest because of claims made in a new ABC movie, the "Path to 9/11," that suggests Clinton dropped the ball during his presidency. Clinton has also angrily denied claims the Monica Lewinsky scandal drew his attention away from dealing with national security matters like...

September 10, 2006 -- Bill Clinton's camp yesterday demanded that ABC can its controversial film "The Path to 9/11," due to air tonight - and in a scathing new letter accused the network of exploiting the tragedy for ratings. Clinton's wrath comes amid new revelations that the Toronto set of the fictionalized flick was plagued by actors' concerns that the script was playing fast and loose with the truth, sources told The Post. Clinton's lawyer, Douglas Band, and the CEO of his foundation, Bruce Lindsey, penned the fuming missive to ABC bigwig Bob Iger. It was dated Friday but released...

The Democrats threatened ABC/Disney over "The Path to 9/11" - but what's so extraordinary that legislators in the federal government would use their power so...cravenly? Apparently, the truth hurts. (UPDATE: and now Clinton's lawyers have weighed in) RedState (thanks to the folks at Traditional Values Coalition) is proud to present, the video in dispute. It's broken up into six segments.

"THE PATH TO 9/11"Sunday, September 10 @ 8/7c Monday, September 11 @ 8/7c V Only available on ABC and ABC.com. Shirley Douglas Madeline Albright NIGHT ONESeptember 11, 2001. Teams of terrorist hijackers board four American airliners and take control of the cockpits. Passengers and flight controllers quickly learn something is terribly wrong.... February 1993. On a similarly ordinary day, New York is stunned by a deadly bombing at the World Trade Center. The discovery of a traceable van part at the site leads to the arrest of one of the conspirators, and he is linked to a mosque led by...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israeli tanks and troops clashed with militants in eastern Gaza early Saturday, Palestinian security officials said, as Israel moved to broaden an incursion to force the release of a captured soldier. The Israeli forces, including some 15 tanks, entered eastern Gaza near the Karni commercial crossing, moving along the border just a quarter mile from the densely populated Shajaiyeh neighborhood, according to the Palestinian witnesses. A short while later, the Israeli air force fired missiles at a group of militants gathered at the outskirts of Shajaiyeh, injuring at least two people, Palestinian security and hospital...

American humvees were recently turned over to the Iraqi Army as loaner vehicles for them to accomplish their mission more effectively and with more confidence. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Chris Towne Iraqi Army Ready to Roll With Loaner Humvees The Iraqi Security Forces will use the armored vehicles on patrols. By U.S. Army Spc. Yolanda Moreno Leon 138th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment MOSUL, Iraq, May 9, 2006 — Iraqi Security Forces received armored humvees from coalition forces in April 2006 on Forward Operating Base Courage, Mosul, Iraq. “This will help the Iraqis accomplish their missions without fear. This...

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Dec. 13, 2005) -- Family members of deployed Marines and sailors from Camp Pendleton were able to send a very special holiday greeting to their loved ones serving overseas Monday. WesCorp, a corporate credit union, kicked off Operation Best Wishes last weekend allowing servicemembers’ families to record a 10 minute video session which will be archived onto a website where it can be viewed an unlimited number of times. The operation is just one of several ways the credit union is reaching out to the military and giving thanks. “We consider credit union members...

TEHRAN, Iran — An earthquake measuring at least magnitude-5.9 shook southern Iran on Sunday, killing 10 people and flattening at least four villages, officials said. The temblor was felt as far away as Oman and the United Arab Emirates

SHOW TITLE: The Flight That Fought Back CATEGORY: Special SYNOPSIS: A minute-by-minute account reveals heroic acts that took place aboard Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001. CHANNEL: 41 [DSC] DATE / TIME: November 26: 8:00PM, 10:00PM (Central) LENGTH: 120 Minutes NOTES: English

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Aug. 11, 2005) -- More than 200 Marines with Combat Logistics Company, 119 Combat Logistics Battalion 1, 1st Force Service Support Group, spent the week enduring constant, extreme temperatures while conducting convoy operations training July 24-29 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. The exercises were the last evolution in the unit’s training before deploying once more in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The deployment is expected to occur in the next month. “The overall aim of the training exercise is to make sure all the Marines are qualified over there in Iraq,” said...

CHICAGO (AP) - City officials said Thursday that two more department heads were stepping down and five city workers were fired as a corruption scandal continued to rattle City Hall. Transportation Department Commissioner Miguel d'Escoto was asked to resign, while Personnel Department Commissioner Glenn Carr is leaving voluntarily, officials said. D'Escoto, a former chief of staff to Mayor Richard Daley, had trouble last month explaining why hundreds of truckloads of city asphalt were unaccounted for. Two former city workers have been charged in a scheme to steal 380 tons of asphalt and using city-paid hired trucks to deliver it to...

At first it was just another job. Now Jon Bullock can't get enough Iraq. Bullock, 38, of Fullerton, has been nearly blown up by mortars. He's been knocked on his butt by helicopter backwash. He's commuted to work in Fallujah sitting beside men pointing .50-caliber machine guns out open doors. And he's just a rock 'n' roll drummer. Bullock is one of dozens of Orange County musicians who have become nearly obsessed about playing for U.S. troops in Iraq. It's the camaraderie, they say. The opportunity to witness history. The feeling they get when a service member thanks them for...