- Dogs at Minami Soma, Fukushima Rescued by Japanese Volunteers on Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:00 AM PDT
According to several international news reports on Thursday, a group of Japanese volunteers braved the nuclear exclusion zone to rescue stray dogs.
- Mexico's Ex-Leader Vicente Fox: Legalize Drugs to End War - TIME on Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:53 PM PST
As Mexico drowns in drug-related bloodshed — suffering almost 12,000 murders in 2010 — it is perhaps unsurprising that government critics have turned up their screaming that the war on drugs isn't working.
- Boycotts over immigration law cost Arizona millions - USATODAY.com on Thu Nov 18, 2010 4:49 PM PST
Economic boycotts against Arizona after the state passed an immigration enforcement law in April have resulted in more than $250 million in losses to the state's conference and convention industry, according to a report released Thursday.
- House ethics trial opens for NY's Charles Rangel - Yahoo! News on Mon Nov 15, 2010 4:48 AM PST
Rep. Charles Rangel of New York headed the House's tax-writing committee but acknowledged shortchanging the Internal Revenue Service on his own tax bill.
- Q&A: Should smokers get CT scans now? - USATODAY.com on Thu Nov 4, 2010 8:09 PM PDT
With the news that CT scans — or computerized tomography — can prevent lung cancer deaths, smokers and ex-smokers may wonder whether they should ask for a screening. USA TODAY asked experts for their advice.
- Opinion: 'Yes' on California's Proposition 19 - Yahoo! News on Tue Nov 2, 2010 8:30 PM PDT
Proposition 19 is the ballot measure in California that will legalize personal use, cultivation and transportation of marijuana. It will allow the government to tax the commercial sale of marijuana in attempts to close the $19 billion budget gap.
- Nevada Senate seat: Harry Reid, Sharron Angle tied up in 'nots' - USATODAY.com on Tue Nov 2, 2010 6:48 PM PDT
The two most potent symbols of the volatile election season — Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Tea Party standard-bearer Sharron Angle — rattled the political hierarchies in Washington, D.C., and left voters here wrung out after a nasty political fight in the …