Tour de France Winner Flunks Drug Test

Staff / Truthdig Jul 27, 2006 Floyd Landis tested positive for high levels of testosterone, which Landis claims is either a mistake or the result of natural bodily processes. He was tested after his near-superhuman comeback win on an Alpine stage of the race, which the New York Times called perhaps the greatest single-day push in Tour history. If this accusation proves true, Wheaties may have to find a new cover boy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Has No Answers for Soldiers on Redeployment Questions

Staff / Truthdig Jul 6, 2006 President Bush, answering questions posed by U servicemen in the military publication Stars and Stripes, said that he basically had no idea how many times servicemen could expect to be redeployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, and admitted that he has yet to go to even one funeral for a soldier killed in either of those theaters . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cheney’s Suite Demands

Staff / Truthdig Mar 24, 2006 When the vice president spends the night at a hotel, he requires all TVs pre-tuned to Fox News (natch), room temperature set at 68 and caffeine-free Diet Sprite, among other things. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )