For the first time, the Bush administration is beginning to publicly discuss basing American troops in Iraq for years, even decades to come, a subject so fraught with political landmines that officials are tiptoeing around the inevitable questions about what the United States' long-term mission would be there.
The soaring price of gasoline is leading many Americans to adopt new strategies to economize on fuel, especially during the summer holiday driving season that's about to begin.
Driving into the most congested half of Manhattan could become an expensive privilege under a wide-ranging city program unveiled Sunday to cope with the booming population and ease stress on the environment.
Most U.S. workers employed at large businesses consider health coverage to be the most important part of their benefits packages, according to a survey released Thursday by the National Business Group on Health.
Iran's president has promised to disclose news about Iran's nuclear program when he visits its uranium enrichment facility on Monday where the West says Iran is mastering the skills needed to make atomic bombs. Iran has rejected U.N. demands to halt enrichment, a process than can make power plant fuel or material for warheads.
In the slide, the briefer complains about the lofty standard of proof of the intelligence community, which had led to a consensus that Iraq and al Qaeda did not have a significant relationship -- as opposed to the "mature, symbiotic relationship" touted by Feith's shop in one slide. "
With hurricane season less than two months away and memories of Katrina less than two years old, city leaders are still trying to sort out how they will evacuate residents this year if another storm approaches.
Hewlett-Packard wants to slash its use of energy by 20 percent by the end of the decade, both internally and in the products it manufactures. HP is the latest computer maker to jump on the green bandwagon, pledging to develop more energy-efficient servers and printers and promising to cut energy use at its own facilities. It wants to cut server
A new survey shows that, in the last decade, employer health insurance for low-income workers fell at a rate triple that of wealthier workers.
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Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's largest publicly traded oil company, said Wednesday it plans to begin more than 20 new global projects in the next three years, investments expected to add 1 million oil-equivalent barrels a day to its volumes.
The city of Miami is planning an official celebration at the Orange Bowl whenever Cuban president Fidel Castro dies.
President Bush is preparing to attack Iran's nuclear facilities before the end of April and the US Air Force's new bases in Bulgaria and Romania would be used as back-up in the onslaught, according to an official report from Sofia. Whether the Bulgarian news report is a tactical feint or a strategic event is hard to gauge...
U.S. contingency planning for military action against Iran's nuclear program goes beyond limited strikes and would effectively unleash a war against the country, a former U.S. intelligence analyst said on Friday
A bipartisan group of US congressmen have put forward legislation to prevent the president attacking Iran without the authorization of Congress. The move comes amid concern at George W Bush's attitude towards Iran.
The recent replacement of Gen. Abizaid by Admiral Fallon, along with other recent moves announced by Defense Secretary Gates, should give deep pause to anyone concerned about the prospect of escalation in the Iraq War. Contrary to the advice given by the Iraq Study Group, Bush appears to be planning for a wider war--with much higher risk of ...
Leading Republicans on Sunday showed further signs of fracturing over President George W. Bush's reported plans to send more troops to Iraq, while Democrats now in control of Congress said they would not give him a "blank cheque" for reinforcements...







