'I can see dinosaurs from my back porch'

"'I can see dinosaurs from my back porch' * Track this topic * Print story * Post comment Palin-tology and the threat to science teaching By George Smith, Dick Destiny • Get more from this author Posted in Government, 26th September 2008 12:29 GMT GOP Veep...

Teachers to frisk students

Under a new plan by the UK government, teachers in Britain are going to be given the authority to search students. Teachers are currently only allowed to search students for knives or other dangerous weapons. "Teachers are to be given the authority to search pupils for drink,...

Iran dismisses US navy video as fake

"Iran dismisses US navy video as fake Neither the Iranian nor U.S. government has a great track record for honesty in these matters. However, consider the timing of U.S. charges of Iranian provocation: * It comes soon after the release of the CIA's National Intelligence...

Pakistani Supreme Court dismisses challenges to Musharraf's rule

Wow, no independent panels or judiciary's and a number of challenges dismissed because the lawyers didn't show up, possibly because they're sitting in a jail cell somewhere?"Pakistan's new government-selected Supreme Court judges dismissed legal challenges to President Gen....

Barbour wisely dismisses Brown's Katrina conspiracy

"Michael Brown, the former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is shooting off his mouth again. Last week in New York City, he claimed that Mississippi and Louisiana were treated differently after Hurricane Katrina because of their politics. Unfortunately,...

L.A. judge dismisses Britney Spears' libel suit (Reuters)

" By Steve Gorman 2 hours, 16 minutes ago LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A judge has dismissed a libel suit brought by Britney Spears " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Britney Spears accusing Us Weekly magazine of fabricating a story about a sexually explicit video...

655,000 Iraqi deaths: Study - Toronto Star

" Bush dismisses toll as `not credible' Estimate based on household survey Oct.12, 2006. 01:00AM BETH GORHAM CANADIAN PRESS WASHINGTONU.S. President George W. Bush is dismissing a new report that pegs Iraqi civilian casualties at 655,000 more than 20 times higher than his...

Karr child porn charges dismissed (AP)

" SANTA ROSA, Calif. - A judge dismissed child pornography charges Thursday against former JonBenet Ramsey murder suspect John Mark Karr after prosecutors said they didn't have enough evidence to take the case to trial. Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Rene Chouteau...

Cuba dismisses US call for democracy (Reuters)

" By Anthony Boadle 1 hour, 40 minutes ago HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba quickly dismissed another U.S. call for Cuban democracy as Fidel Castro " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Fidel Castro 's government began to break the silence that followed his surgery and...

Army dismisses gay Arabic linguist (AP)

" JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - A decorated sergeant and Arabic language specialist was dismissed from the U.S. Army under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, though he says he never told his superiors he was gay and his accuser was never identified. Bleu Copas, 30, told The...