16 May 2008, 4:37 pm
House measure would require Bush to begin pulling out troops from Iraq within 30 days once the bill becomes law,President Bush's Iraq war funding request collapsed in the House Thursday as anti-war Democrats and Republicans unhappy about added domestic funding combined to kill - for now - $163 billi... read more
16 May 2008, 4:31 pm
An internal e-mail message written by a Veterans Affairs Department employee suggested that the agency avoid giving a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder for veterans and instead consider a diagnosis ...... read more
16 May 2008, 4:28 pm
Once upon a time, I studied the Chinese martial art of Tai Chi -- until, that is, I realized I would never locate my "chi." At that point, I threw in the towel and took up Western exercise.... read more
16 May 2008, 4:02 pm
More than 30 explosions have rattled windows in a leafy neighborhood here since the State Police bomb squad descended on a yellow Colonial-style home Thursday evening and allegedly found a cache of pipe bombs, ...... read more
16 May 2008, 4:00 pm
In 2003, Senator Byron Dorgan sponsored a resolution condemning the Federal Communications Commission's massive relaxation of its media ownership rules.... read more
16 May 2008, 3:50 pm
A homeless man who spit in the mouth and eye of a police officer and then taunted him, saying he was H.I.V. positive, was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Wednesday for harassing a public servant with a ...... read more