Better sit down for this one. Taxpayer-funded research shows people in higher-income neighborhoods have more plants in their yards than people in lower income areas. Who would have thunk it? ... Read More

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist was downright hot with the Supreme Court for striking down a Texas anti-sodomy law last week. So hot, in fact that the influential Senator from ... Read More

How many times has the Middle East seemed "on the brink" of peace? Here we go again, as CNN reports that Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad have agreed ... Read More

In major rulings on gay rights, ethnic diversity, gender equality and the death penalty, the 2002-2003 Supreme Court went against its decidedly conservative history. In this Washington Post story, Steven ... Read More

They're just not going to take it anymore! The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will soon begin training a volunteer group of commercial airline pilots to serve as full-scale federal law ... Read More

“Reaching the Dream” is the name of HUD’s new initiative to encourage faith-based and community organizations across America to promote homeownership. The help reach the dream, HUD will identify approximately ... Read More

Just as you sit down to dinner, the phone rings. Sick of telemarketers? Well, now you can do something about them by signing up for the National Do Not Call ... Read More

Former U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond, America’s oldest and longest-serving senator, has died at 100. "It was a century ago when Mark Twain was alive and Teddy Roosevelt was president and ... Read More

Continuing a 12-year decline, the U.S. birth rate has dropped to the lowest level since national data have been available, according to the CDC. Teen birth rates have also reached ... Read More

In what gay rights groups are calling a major victory, the U.S. Supreme Court has voted 6-3 to strike down a Texas law banning sex between consenting adults of the ... Read More

The CIA is claiming to have found a key piece of equipment needed to produce nuclear weapons in -- guess where -- Iraq! According to the CNN story, an Iraqi ... Read More

The FTC had warned that thousands of consumers may have fallen victim to identity theft by responding to a credit warning email from Best Buy. Here’s what to do and ... Read More

Welcoming 200 delegates to the Children's Congress of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today released an HHS progress report on research in type 1 ... Read More

Long noted for seeking a wide and varied range of job skills, the CIA is now recruiting locksmiths, according to a new job posting on Agency’s Web site.

In its first important civil rights decision in over 25 years, the Supreme Court has voted 5-4 that racial preferences can be used in university admission decisions. The decision upheld ... Read More

Federal charges have been filed against a Chicago-based food storage company after officials found over 22 million pounds of rodent-adulterated meats and other food products in their warehouses.

The USDA and National Parks Service have announced the designation of four new national recreation trails in forests located in California, Nevada, North Dakota and Virginia -- adding 288 miles ... Read More

Victims of last fall’s sniper shootings in Northeast are lining up to join a lawsuit against the maker and seller of the rifle used in the attacks. According to this ... Read More

This Washington Post article reports that a still-classified intelligence analysis within the Bush Administration casts doubt on the validity of the link between Iraq and al Qaeda touted by President ... Read More

If you simply declare yourself an “American” citizen, instead of a “United States” citizen, you no longer have to pay income tax, right? “Way wrong,” says the Justice Department. Also ... Read More

When it comes to reading skills, how do the 4th, 8th and 12th graders in your state's public schools compare to the national average? The National Center for Education Statistics ... Read More

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel Martinez today launched a new Spanish-language website, espanol.hud.gov, in an effort to help more minorities access information about HUD's housing programs. Also See: Buy ... Read More

Air conditioning equipment, electric grills, and attic fans are some of the summertime appliances that can place added stress and strain on a home's electrical wiring and cause a potentially ... Read More

A new force of highly skilled detector dogs capable of sniffing out chemical weapons of mass destruction from sarin to cyanide is now being deployed along America's borders. Also see: ... Read More

Sen. Orrin Hatch, himself a published musician and songwriter, wants legislation that would lead to the destruction of computers belonging to persons who download copyrighted music from the Internet.

Calling the Iraq war a reaction to a “threat from the dictator of Iraq,” President Bush tells business leaders “Now there are some who would like to rewrite history -- ... Read More

A US Senator has declared legislative war against a fast-spreading, non-native plant he says threatens to dry up watersheds from Colorado to California.

In what the agency is calling a "rightsizing" effort, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced it will eliminate 6,000 recently hired airport security screener jobs.

Think your rent is too high? Try renting in Irvine, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara or Fremont, California, where median gross rents all top $1,200 a month according to a new report ... Read More

By registering (free) with the GSA, you can bid online to buy cars and trucks, jewelry, computers and many other great items at fantastic savings. Personal property is only part ... Read More