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Iranian Police Use Force To Break Up Protest
Riot police attacked hundreds of demonstrators with tear gas and fired live bullets in the air to disperse a rally in central Tehran Monday, carrying out a threat by the country's most powerful security force to crush any further opposition protests over the disputed presidential election.
Britain, accused by Iran of fomenting post-election unrest, said it [...]
‘Magic Mint’ Hallucinogen Under Fire In U.S.
Saturnino Allende crouches beside a mountain path and gently puts his fingers around the stem of a plant with rough, tongue-shaped leaves.
“This is it,” he says about the powerful hallucinogen Salvia divinorum, known as “magic mint.” In just a few years, it has emerged from Mexico’s Indian villages into one of the hottest drugs in [...]
Lawmakers Push White House To Expand First-Time Home Buyers Credit
Lawmakers and businesses are calling for expansion of a tax credit for first-time home buyers that has helped spark home sales in an otherwise dismal real estate market.
With the tax credit scheduled to expire in fall, some business groups say the amount of the credit, now capped at $8,000, should be raised to $15,000 and [...]
Iranian Police Clash With Protesters
Police officers used tear gas and water cannons to beat back thousands of demonstrators gathering in the capital on Saturday, a day after Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said there would be “bloodshed” if street protests continued over the disputed presidential election.
State television reported that two people had been wounded when a suicide bomber [...]
Democrats Fear ObamaCare ‘On The Rocks’
STORY HIGHLIGHTS: • Despite partisan rancor, Obama still confident he can get a bill on his desk by fall • Several Democratic advisers urging Obama to step up his role, sources say • GOP accuses Obama, Democrats of trying to rush on what they say is flawed bill • Democrats generally favor a government-funded option, [...]
HERO OF THE DAY: Adopted By A Man Who Used To Date My Mom
The summers of my youth were filled with the kinds of activities that were common to every kid in the 80s but are considered almost death-defying these days: tree climbing, bike riding without a helmet, and daylong road trips spent in the backseat of the family car, where we bounced around like Super Balls, nary [...]
U.S. Government Seeks To Stop Gun Running Into Mexico
For years, Mexico’s drug cartels killed with reckless abandon using high-powered guns purchased in Texas.
But only now — with thousands dead and the threat of violence spilling on to American soil — is the U.S. government enlisting a comprehensive strategy to stop weapons traffickers, contends a new government report.
About 87 percent of the guns recovered [...]
Opinion/Henninger: ‘Public Option’ Is Son of Medicaid (And Not To Mention Higher Taxes)
In his speech on health care to the American Medical Association, President Obama explained why the U.S. has “failed” (yet again) to provide comprehensive reform that “covers everyone.” He had a list of the failing people, who “simply couldn’t agree” on reform: doctors, insurance companies, businesses, workers, others. And “if we’re honest,” he said (ergo, [...]
Apple’s Iphone 3G s Shows Improvements. Here’s The Lowdown
Apple Inc.’s iPhone has been a smashing success, redefining the smart-phone market and creating a new hand-held computing platform that has attracted over 50,000 third-party apps, or software programs, in less than a year. With its nearly identical sibling, the iPod Touch, it has sold a combined 40 million units since June 2007, when the [...]
Want To Improve Your Fitness? Try Sleep
Most people training for a race or sport focus on adding more miles, workouts or weight training to improve their fitness. But new research suggests that simply getting more sleep can improve athletic performance.
The small study included five members of the Stanford women’s tennis team. For two to three weeks, the athletes maintained their regular [...]
