Pat-down or body scan? Travelers, it's now your call. A new security tool that scrutinizes an individual's entire body for hidden weapons and explosives will begin screening passengers Monday at O'Hare International Airport, according to federal officials.
It could be said that last Thursday was immigration reform day at the White House. In the morning, President Obama surprised a group of pro-reform leaders from around the country by appearing at a meeting they were supposed to have with some of his aides.
Two guns used in high-profile shootings at the Pentagon and a Las Vegas courthouse both came from the police and court system of Memphis, reports the Associated Press. One weapon in the Pentagon attack was seized by Memphis police from a convicted felon in a traffic stop and later traded to a gun dealer. The shotgun used in the Jan. 4 courthouse shooting in Las Vegas was sold by a judge's order and given to the Shelby County Sheriff's Office. In both cases, the weapons first went to licensed gun dealers but later came into the hands of men who were legally barred from possessing them - one a convicted felon, the other mentally ill....
As Virginia Thomas tells it in her soft-spoken, Midwestern cadence, the story of her involvement in the "tea party" movement is the tale of an average citizen in action. "I am an ordinary citizen from Omaha, Neb., who just may have the chance to preserve liberty along with you and other people like you," she said at a recent panel discussion with tea party leaders in Washington. Thomas went on to count herself among those energized into action by President Obama's "hard-left agenda."...
The U.S. government said Monday it so far cannot explain a reported incident of sudden, high-speed acceleration in a Toyota Prius on a San Diego, Calif., freeway last week.
The National Association of Home Builders says its housing market index slipped in March, as harsh winter weather and competition from foreclosed properties hurt builders' sales prospects.
Several former American International Group Inc employees might sue the insurer after it gave them less retention bonus money than they should have received, their lawyers said.
The United States and Britain are more likely than Germany and France to witness an embarrassing downgrade of their top debt rating, agency Moody's Investors Service said Monday.
The Fed would gain new powers over non-bank financial firms and keep much of its authority over banks under a new bill to be unveiled by Sen. Chris Dodd on Monday.
Google said on Monday it was in talks with the Chinese government about censorship of its Chinese-language search portal, despite mounting signs the company could soon shut the site.
