Impending U.S. Police State

Hey America! Freedom is just around the corner…behind you.

70,000 Beer Cans Found in Ogden Townhouse

A seemingly unbelievable mess discovered last year in an Ogden townhouse has suddenly become an Internet legend.

Is Bush a Lunatic?

Insane immigration policies, a new $70 billion tax cut for the rich, and increasing ineptitude in Iraq all indicate that this administration has lost its marbles.

The NSA's Math Problem

News that AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth gave customer records to the National Security Agency has set off a heated debate over the intricacies of espionage law. But legal or not, this sort of spying program probably isn't worth infringing our civil liberties for — because it's very unlikely that the type of information one can glean from it will help us win the war on terrorism.

Saudis nix pictures of women in newspapers

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — King Abdullah has told Saudi editors to stop publishing pictures of women as they could make young men go astray, newspapers reported Tuesday.

National Guard on the border

In December of 2005, Fox News talking head Bill O’Reilly floated an unlikely — even brash — idea to the Homeland Security secretary to seal off the porous southwest border.

“Why don’t you put the National Guard on the border to back up the border patrol and stop the bleeding, and then start to increase the Border Patrol, the high-tech and all of that?” O’Reilly asked.

Michael Chertoff, in those relatively calmer days before mass pro-immigration rallies, heated immigration reform politics in the Senate and cellar-dwelling opinion polls for President Bush, dismissed the idea out of hand.

Your Brain Remembers What You Forget

Scientists have shown that even though you've had an apparent memory lapse, your brain never forgot what you should have done.

The Real Terrorists

Squirrels are the third leading cause of power outages in the United States, after direct storm damage and tree damage, according to Douglas Wulff, marketing director for Critter Guard, Inc., Columbia, Mo.

Longmont Power & Communications has reduced squirrel-related outages since stepping up its tree-trimming program in 2000, said Bill Ewer, customer services & marketing manager. Photo courtesy Longmont Power & Communications.

In one report on outages, the Electric Power Research Institute referred to squirrels as “Public Enemy Number One” for utilities.

Barbie embraces her inner slut

Decked out in red boots, skimpy denim shorts and a fringed leather vest, and leaning against a split-rail fence with a lariat in hand, "Way Out West" Barbie looks as if she just sashayed out of a vintage auto-parts calendar.

U.S. spies on news media

A senior federal law enforcement official tells ABC News the government is tracking the phone numbers we call in an effort to root out confidential sources.

An Easy Call: Lying

At least now we know that the Bush administration's name for spying on Americans without first seeking court approval -- the "terrorist surveillance program" -- isn't an exercise in Orwellian doublespeak after all. It's just a bald-faced lie.

Christian Virgins Are Overrated

The superiority of virginity is a myth.

In the Heat of the Moment

Do violent crime rates increase with the heat?

Clinton outperformed Bush

(CNN) -- In a new poll comparing President Bush's job performance with that of his predecessor, a strong majority of respondents said President Clinton outperformed Bush on a host of issues.

Bush Flip-flops

2005:
Bush budget scraps 9,790 border patrol agents

2006:
Bush Weighs Deploying Guard to U.S. Border

Spy Agency Watching Americans From Space

WASHINGTON - A little-known spy agency that analyzes imagery taken from the skies has been spending significantly more time watching U.S. soil.

Happiness is a warm gun

U.S. psychologists say they've found that handling a gun creates a hormonal reaction in men that can prime them for aggression.

Beer: The Problem Solver

A Mazomanie store owner didn't want to hand over his cash to a would-be robber, so he held a beer can in a threatening manner and asked the man to leave.

Masturbating may protect against prostate cancer

It will make you go blind. It will make your palms grow hairy. Such myths about masturbation are largely a thing of the past. But the latest research has even better news for young men: frequent self-pleasuring could protect against the most common kind of cancer.

Do "Christian Nations" Let Their Newborns Die?

America may be the world's superpower, but its survival rate for newborn babies ranks near the bottom among developed nations.

National Anthem Sung In Spanish At First Bush Inaugural

On Friday, President Bush blasted the idea of singing the Star Spangled Banner in Spanish. But Bush’s highly-scripted 2001 inaugural ceremony actually featured a rendition of the national anthem sung in Spanish by Jon Secada.

So You Wanna

SoYouWanna.com teaches you how to do all the things nobody taught you in school.

Bush challenges hundreds of laws

President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution.

Day Labor

The No. 1 employers of day laborers, many of whom are illegal immigrants, are homeowners -- not construction contractors, not professional landscapers.