Rice warns Moscow about its bomber runs off Alaska
BRUSSELS, Belgium — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Monday ruled out accelerating Georgia’s admission to NATO in response to the Russian invasion. But she warned Moscow that it is playing “a very dangerous game” by resuming Cold War-era strategic bomber patrols close to the Alaskan coast.

Bush says breakaway provinces are part of Georgia
ORLANDO, Fla. - President Bush, pushing back against claims by Russia, said Wednesday the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia are part of pro-Western Georgia and that Washington will work with allies to insure Georgia’s independence and territorial integrity.

Biden calls for $1 billion in emergency aid to Georgia
Fresh off a trip to the Republic of Georgia, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joe Biden said he will ask for $1 billion in emergency aid for the war torn country.

Bush to defend terror war in speech to veterans
CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush said Wednesday the war on terror must be fought with all assets of the United States and not treated primarily as a matter of law enforcement. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has faulted the administration for not using the criminal justice system more.

Bush Administration Open To Giving Musharraf Asylum In The United States (Think Progress)
[N]ow that Musharraf has officially stepped down, the Bush administration appears to be increasingly receptive to opening America’s doors to the former military leader. State Department spokesman Robert Wood told reporters that Musharraf “has a right to live wherever he wants.”

Bush: New Orleans still struggling after Katrina
CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush says he sees “hopeful signs of progress” in New Orleans three years after Hurricane Katrina’s devastation, while acknowledging the city is still struggling to recover.

FBI had, then tossed anthrax type used in attacks
WASHINGTON - FBI scientists early on had — but destroyed — the unique strain of anthrax used in the deadly 2001 attacks that years later would lead them to Dr. Bruce Ivins, the government’s top suspect in the nation’s biggest bioterror case.

Laser Gunship Fires; ‘Deniable’ Strikes Ahead?
Boeing announced [on August 13] the first ever test firing of a real-life ray gun… [T]his capability will allow Special Forces to strike with maximum precision, from long distances — without being blamed [for] the attacks. “Plausible deniability” is how the presentation put it. The claim that a laser strike could be carried out without attribution appears in two separate briefing documents by Air Force personnel, describing the benefits of the new directed energy weapon.

Cards can replace traditional passports, but not for air travel
Travelers crossing U.S. land and sea borders can now replace their passport book with a new passport card.

More women are having fewer children, if at all
WASHINGTON - More women in their early 40s are childless, and those who are having children are having fewer than ever before, the Census Bureau said Monday.

Hispanic fertility drives U.S. population growth
WASHINGTON — If it weren’t for Hispanic births, the U.S. could be confronting long-term population declines similar to those in Germany, Japan and other industrialized countries.

Senators seek to delay new rules in terror probes
WASHINGTON - New rules on FBI investigations of national security cases should be delayed, top Senate Judiciary Committee members said Monday, raising concerns that ethnic or racial groups could be targeted despite no evidence of wrongdoing.

Sen. Stevens loses bid to move trial to Alaska
WASHINGTON - Sen. Ted Stevens lost a bid Wednesday to move his corruption trial from Washington to his home state of Alaska.

US Rep. Tubbs Jones of Ohio suffers aneurysm
CLEVELAND - U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Cleveland has suffered an aneurysm and is in a hospital.

Court says EPA air pollution rule is illegal
WASHINGTON - A Bush administration rule barring states and local governments from requiring more air pollution monitoring is illegal, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

Court: Passengers can challenge no-fly list
Critics of the government’s secret no-fly list scored a potentially important victory Monday when a federal appeals court ruled that would-be passengers can ask a judge and jury to decide whether their inclusion on the list violates their rights. In a 2-1 ruling, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco reinstated a suit by a former Stanford University student who was detained and handcuffed in 2005 as she was about to board a plane to her native Malaysia… The decision would allow individuals to demand information from the government, present evidence on why they should not have been on the list, and take the case to a jury, Elzankaly said.
That is a right, by the way, GUARANTEED to us BY THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION!