In depth look recaps the blatant theft of the bush election.
Americans have been effectively insulated from the human cost of our wars. That's not an accident; it's policy.
The CDC estimates 76 million of the roughly 300 million people who live in the United States get sick each year. More than 300,000
of those are hospitalized, and about 5,000 people die from food-borne illnesses each year. "I think the food industry has a very long
history of not doing anything on food safety unless it has to," said Marion Nestle, a New York University professor who wrote a book
on the subject.
The US state department has said it may have to force some diplomats to work in Iraq to fill vacancies at the embassy in Baghdad.
About 250 foreign service staff are to be told they are "prime candidates" for nearly 50 jobs, state department human resources
director Harry Thomas said. If too few people volunteer, some will be ordered to go and risk dismissal if they refuse, Mr Thomas said.