US News

U.S. attorney general "alert" after collapsing during speech

MyTELUS - Fri Nov 21

U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey, the no-nonsense ally in President Bush's war on terror, was hospitalized Thursday after he collapsed during a late-night speech and lost conciousness.

Adviser says Fred Thompson plans return to acting

The Modesto Bee - Fri Nov 21

Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson is going back to the small screen after his foray into Republican presidential politics over the last year.

3 US airports open new runways amid economic woes

KHWB-TV Houston - Fri Nov 21

More than $450 million was spent on the runway at Chicago's O'Hare International; approximately $350 million went into the runway at Dulles International, just outside Washington, D.C.; and more than $1 billion ...

South Carolina congressman speaks out on terror detainees

WAGT - Wed Nov 19

U.S. Rep. Henry Brown has introduced a bill in Congress to prevent Guantanamo Bay terror detainees from being brought to the Navy brig near Charleston.

Man gets 20 years in FBI murder plot

Post and Courier - Wed Nov 19

COLUMBIA a ' A 43-year-old Greenville man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for plotting to kill an FBI agent.

Bush set to relax endangered species rules

Quad-City Times - Wed Nov 19

Animals and plants in danger of becoming extinct could lose the protection of government experts who make sure that dams, highways and other projects don't pose a threat, under regulations the Bush ...

Obama picks Capitol Hill insider for White House liaison to Congress

Madison Publishing - Tue Nov 18

Phil Schiliro has spent his entire working life in Congress, doing every imaginable job from drafting arcane legislation to running for a seat himself.

Google CEO Schmidt lays out U.S. energy ideas

CIOL - Tue Nov 18

He added that the United States should begin investing heavily in bringing wind and solar power into the mainstream Wednesday, November 19, 2008 WASHINGTON, USA: The United States should use part of any future ...

Ohio Democrat wins special congressional election

WFRV-TV Green Bay - Tue Nov 18

U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones makes a statement on a presidential endorsement as Rep.

Lewiston man sheds 140 pounds for Marines

Bangor Daily News - Mon Nov 17

Lewiston man sheds 140 pounds for Marines LEWISTON, Maine - A Lewiston man who shed 140 pounds to join the Marines is headed to Parris Island, S.C., to begin boot camp.