Space & Astronomy
Supreme Court takes up Arizona immigration law
Submitted by Earth News on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 09:34
ShareThisSupreme Court justices strongly suggested Wednesday that they are ready to allow Arizona to enforce part of a controversial state law requiring police officers to check the immigration status of people they think are in the country illegally.
Napolitano: Secret Service scandal 'inexcusable'
Submitted by Earth News on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 08:44
ShareThisThere was no risk to President Barack Obama as a result of a prostitution scandal at a Colombia hotel that involved a dozen Secret Service officers, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told a Senate panel Wednesday.
Judge refuses to dismiss GI's WikiLeaks case
Submitted by Earth News on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 08:36
ShareThisA military judge refused on Wednesday to throw out the charges against an Army private accused of providing reams of sensitive documents to Wikileaks in the biggest leak of government secrets in U.S. history.
Ted Williams memorabilia to be auctioned in Boston
Submitted by Earth News on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 08:20
ShareThisHe was a skilled fisherman, a veteran of two wars and an accomplished hunter. Oh, and Ted Williams also played baseball.Fans seeking to buy items once owned by the legendary Red Sox slugger will flock ...
Young heart patient taken from hospital found safe
Submitted by Earth News on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 08:17
ShareThisA 5-year-old boy in need of a heart transplant was found safe with his father and paternal grandmother at a motel near Chicago early Wednesday, hours after his father allegedly took him without permission from a St. Louis hospital where he was being treated.
Rupert Murdoch on phone-hacking: ‘That’s a lazy way of reporting’
Submitted by Earth News on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 08:16Gingrich to officially suspend bid for nomination next week
Submitted by Earth News on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 07:41
ShareThisNewt Gingrich will officially suspend his bid for the presidency Tuesday in Washington, D.C., Yahoo News has confirmed through sources close to the campaign.
Election outlook: 100 electoral votes will decide contest
Submitted by Earth News on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 06:41
ShareThisEconomic growth may be stagnating, high-dollar donors may be harder to woo than they were four years ago, and Mitt Romney may be narrowing the gap in public-opinion polls, but President Barack Obama has one key thing going for him at the outset of this general election season: a significant advantage
Romney kicks off fundraising push a day after big primary wins
Submitted by Earth News on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 06:35
ShareThisA day after effectively claiming his party's nomination, Mitt Romney is turning his focus to raising campaign cash in hopes of erasing President Obama's massive fundraising advantage.
Discovery of mad cow disease was stroke of luck
Submitted by Earth News on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 06:08
ShareThisA non-descript building in the heart of California's dairy country has become the focus of intense scrutiny now that mad cow disease has been discovered in a dead dairy cow.
