"BBC NewsHenry WaxmanWaxman: "It may well turn out to be the largest war profiteering in history."A BBC investigation estimates that around $23bn (£11.75bn) may have been lost, stolen or just not properly accounted...
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To heck with Texas justice let's applaud Texas ingenuity -"Withgas pushing $4 per gallon, many people are looking for ways to savesome green at the pump. One North Texas man found a way to help theenvironment and...
Well that certainly puts one rumour to rest, whereby a transplanted Texan living in Vancouver has his mother to thank for exposing his fantasy life of a Kennedy."Alleged JFK love-child's mother: He ain't no JFK
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Overhelming distances of over 6,500 miles across the Atlantic Ocean between the Nigerian village of Achalla and Beaumont Texas are no barrier to ancient tribal customs that still endure in todays fast...
highlighted by John Astad | 30 wks ago | updated 30 wks ago 1013 views | 5 comments
The script is already written, and now Stone is acquiring financial backing for the film. No mention of dates yet.Stone says he plans a fair, unbiased representation of George Bush's rise to power, but somehow...
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"A US town was sold for more than $3m on auction website eBay today.
Albert, a 13 acre historic town in the heart of Texas Hill Country, is around 112km from the state capital, Austin, and includes a house, dance hall, tavern and a schoolhouse reportedly attended by former...
The single-sheet paper airplanes you made when you were a kid (or perhaps last week in your cubicle) were, well, kid stuff compared to this beefed-up paper craft, which uses an electric motor from an old pager or toy powered by a big electrolytic capacitor. Known as a "Gold...
"Rudy Giuliani made clear in Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate that he is not ready to let the facts get in the way of his approach to foreign policy.
The most heated moment in the debate, which aired live on the conservative Fox News network, came when the...
"Can any Texan reading this explain how these lunatic yahoos get elected? I've read Molly Ivins, but she hasn't explained how normal, ordinary folk can walk into a voting booth and pull a lever for some macho pseudo-cowboy with slicked back hair and a belief that the earth...
"A Texas man is being held in Houston on charges he trained with al Qaeda in Africa to overthrow the interim Somalian government, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
Daniel Joseph Maldonado, 28, is a former Houston resident alleged to have gone to Africa in November 2005, then on...