Despite new technology, Border Patrol overwhelmed (USATODAY.com)

USATODAY.com - More than three years after the terrorist attacks in 2001, the 11,000 men and women who serve as the border's front-line defense are overwhelmed. Despite an influx of new technology, such as underground sensors and cameras that pan the desert, agents catch only...

Poll: Schwarzenegger's Approval Rating Slipping (Reuters)

Reuters - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's job approval rating remains high, but his support has slipped from the lofty levels during his first year in office, according to a poll released on Wednesday.

Biggest anti-Syria protest held in Beirut (Chicago Sun-Times)

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Tens of thousands marched Monday in Beirut in the biggest anti-Syrian protest in Lebanese history, a week after the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.

Mubarak New Term Stirs Protest (Turks.US)

More than 500 people have rallied in Cairo to protest against a new term in office for Egyptian President Husni Mubarak and against moves to enable his son Jamal to succeed him afterwards.

Quebec students stand in concrete to protest cuts to education grants (Canadi...

Canadian Press - MONTREAL (CP) - A handful of students stood symbolically in small boxes of concrete outside a building housing several provincial government offices on Tuesday to protest cuts to education grants.

Pope Calls Gay Marriage Part of 'Ideology of Evil' (Reuters)

Reuters - Homosexual marriages are part of "a new ideology of evil" that is insidiously threatening society, Pope John Paul says in a new book published Tuesday.

Thousands join anti-Syria rally one week after Hariri killing (AFP)

AFP - Chanting "Syria out," tens of thousands of Lebanese massed on the Beirut seafront as pressure mounted on the government and its backers in Damascus a week after the killing of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri.

Drug user support group hands out free crack pipes, seeks funding (Canadian P...

VANCOUVER (CP) - A support group for drug users began distributing hundreds of free crack pipes over the weekend in an initiative they say will help slow the spread of disease among drug users.More related news >> Copyright: Copyright 2005, hostingdedicated.info

For Recruiters, Antiwar Protests Raise Perils on the Home Front

EAST ORANGE, N.J. - The five United States Army recruiters who work from a storefront office here arrived on the morning of Feb. 5 to discover that a plate-glass window above the main entrance had been shattered, along with a window in the Navy office next door.

New Tapes Say Bush May Have Smoked Marijuana (Reuters)

Reuters - President Bush indicated in interviews secretly taped by a friend before he became president that he had used marijuana but would not admit it for fear of setting a bad example for children.

Protester Throws Shoe at Richard Perle (AP)

AP - Howard Dean, the newly minted leader of the Democratic Party, and former Pentagon adviser Richard Perle made clear their opposing views on the war in Iraq during a debate marred by a protester who tossed a shoe at Perle.

Students smash glass door, try to enter hotel where Jean Charest is meeting (...

Canadian Press - MONTEBELLO, Que. (CP) - Security guards or police clashed with students at a Quebec Liberal meeting Wednesday, leaving at least one person with a bloodied face.

Court: Reporters Must Testify in CIA Leak Case (Reuters)

Reuters - A U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday that two journalists must testify before a federal grand jury about their confidential sources in an investigation into a leak that exposed the identity of a covert CIA operative.

Token Booth Closings Start in April

The first nine of the 164 token booths scheduled for closing will be shut down in April. The Daily News says the first retired booths will include ones in Union Square and Penn Station, and then the remaining booths will close weekly until October. Then, 600 of the clerks...