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Astronauts Anticipate Launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The countdown for NASA’s return to space began Sunday amid sky-high anticipation, although Hurricane Dennis (search) threatened to interfere with the liftoff of the first shuttle mission in more than two years. At precisely 6 p.m., the multitude of countdown clocks started ticking down to a …

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Flipped Boat May Have Been Too Heavy

LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. – Investigators were focusing on excess weight as a possible cause of the boat accident that killed 20 elderly people on a calm, clear day during a sightseeing tour on an Adirondack lake. Just days before the boat overturned, the Coast Guard began rethinking its per-passenger weight …

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Miller: Libby Said CIA Was 'Hedging' on Iraq WMD

WASHINGTON – A New York Times reporter’s accounts of her private conversations with Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff capture a behind-the-scenes blame game between the White House and the CIA (search) over the war in Iraq. Cheney’s top aide, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby (search), complained that the CIA …

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