"Pyongyang defies UN warning Seismic wave detected by S. Koreans BURT HERMAN - ASSOCIATED PRESS - October 9th, 2006. SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea faced global condemnation and calls for harsh sanctions Monday after it announced that it had set off an atomic weapon underground, a test that thrusts the secretive communist state into the elite club of nuclear-armed nations. ..."

"To authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 14, 2006 Mr. WARNER, from the Committee on Armed Services, reported the following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar ..."

"In my neighborhood of trimmed lawns and two or more car garages, with one or two more vehicles parked outside the garage, I counted fifteen American flags in less than five minutes of my slow trot, most of them new since the US invaded Iraq. One house had a sign with a US flag waving over a map of Iraq. Americans learn geography through war, experience the traumas of battle-well, virtually-and root for the good guys. We know we're good because God blesses America and f..s our enemies-with the help of the missiles, ..."

"ISRAEL has long been known for its wholesome Carmel oranges and leather sandals. Today, however, their main trade is in the virtual monopoly on the global trade of Ecstasy. It is a muggy summer's Saturday night in Tel Aviv, and throngs of young people have gathered outside Allenby 58, one of the city's hottest nightspots. Many are on weekend leave from the army; the young men sport Levis and Polo shirts, but their military crewcuts give them away. They smoke with the fervor of condemned prisoners. Some cruise up..."

"FIVE Israelis who had worked for a moving company based in New Jersey are being held in U.S. prisons for what the Federal Bureau of Investigation has described as "puzzling behavior" following the terror attack on the World Trade Center in New York last Tuesday. The five are expected to be deported sometime soon. The families of the five, who asked that their names not be released, said that their sons had been questioned by the FBI for hours on end, had been kept in solitary confinement for three days, and had ..."

"In 1948 Norbert Weiner published a book, Cybernetics, defined as a neurological communication and control theory already in use in small circles at that time. Yoneji Masuda, "Father of the Information Society," stated his concern in 1980 that our liberty is threatened Orwellian-style by cybernetic technology totally unknown to most people. This technology links the brains of people via implanted microchips to satellites controlled by ground-based supercomputers...."

" If you can't remember the headline of this article or are already struggling to recall some of the words at the beginning of the story, try hard to recall how much pot you smoked in your youth. A new study finds those who've used a lot of marijuana have worse memories and don't think as quickly. ..."