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U.S. Opens Private Mail in Terrorism Fight
Jan 11, 2006 Customs officials can open and read any mail sent from abroad, and do so whenever they deem it necessary to protect the country. | storyNSA Launches Internal Probe Into Spy Program
Jan 11, 2006 Members of Congress question whether the agency can investigate itself | story Meanwhile, a dream team of 14 legal scholars and ex-gov't officials write a memo to the DOJ calling the NSA program illegalhuffingtonpostcom/geoffrey-r-stone/why-the-nsa-surveillance-_b_13522html" title="story">story.The Alito Nomination
Jan 10, 2006 Follow the paper trail on Samuel A. Alito Jr., President Bush's Supreme Court nominee. Do his judicial opinions and decisions indicate how he would influence the court's ideological balance?Pay to Play With Jack
Jan 10, 2006 Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff, in a plea deal, is about to blow the whistle on a dozen congressmen -- launching what should be the biggest scandal in decades.Florida Professor, Wife Arrested as Spies for Cuba
Jan 10, 2006 For over two decades, the couple allegedly passed on secrets about U.S. officials, FBI agents and anti-Castro groups. | story‘The Pill’ May Kill Sex Drive for Months After Its Use Is Stopped
Jan 10, 2006 According to a new study, the pill continues to put some women out of the mood even months after they stop taking it. | storyU.S. Reporter Abducted in Iraq
Jan 10, 2006 Twenty-eight-year-old freelance reporter Jill Carroll is the first American female journalist to be kidnapped during the war. | storyBush Makes Internet Annoyance a Federal Crime, CNET Reports
Jan 10, 2006 Under a new law, it is illegal to anonymously send a message via the Internet that annoys its recipient. | storyThis interpretation has its critics: here or here.In Day Two, Alito Says Even Wartime Presidents Are Not Above the Law
Jan 10, 2006 Ted Kennedy counters: "Time and again, even in routine matters involving average Americans, you give enormous, almost total deference to the exercise of governmental powers." | storyInsurgents Break With Al Qaeda Over Civilian Killings, Report Says
Jan 10, 2006 Iraqi guerrillas tell a Saudi-backed London newspaper that they won't unite with Zarqawi after recent bombings. | Juan Cole translates and commentsIraq War Could Cost $2 Trillion, Study Finds
Jan 10, 2006 Long-term costs like healthcare for vets could push the war's cost far above White House projections. | storyDeath Toll Rises to 90 After Mexico Earthquake
Sep 11, 2017 President Enrique Pena Nieto says a third of the homes in the city of Juchitan are uninhabitable.