Al-Qaida in Iraq Leader Captured

BAGHDAD - The highest-ranking Iraqi leader of al-Qaida in Iraq has been arrested and told interrogators that Osama bin Laden's inner circle wields considerable influence over the Iraqi group, the U.S. command said Wednesday. (READ MORE)

Judge: Dist. 203 'blackmailed' parents

Two judges have said Naperville School District 203 held an autistic student "hostage" to "blackmail" his parents into agreeing to its plans for his education.

Killian Hynes, a nonverbal, autistic 6-year-old Naperville boy, communicates using a device known as a Tango, which costs $7,000. It's the only such device Killian has been able to relate to, said his father, Kevin Hynes, 43. (READ MORE)

Bush 'Strongly Opposes' Troop Pay, Benefit Initiatives

Talk about lousy timing.

With President Bush's popularity scraping bottom in opinion polls, with U.S. casualties rising in Iraq in a force surge that has stretched soldier tours to 15 months, the Bush administration July 10 said it 'strongly opposes' key military pay and benefit gains tossed into their fiscal 2008 defense bill.

Initiatives the administration 'strongly opposes' include: (READ MORE)

Bush-Controlled FDA Moonlights as Big Pharma Pusher

Americans need to stop and consider how many consumers will be killed and injured by dangerous drugs by the time George Bush heads back to Texas at the end of his Presidency, as a direct result of his allowing the interests of the pharmaceutical industry to take control of the FDA. (READ MORE)