Republicans in the Senate have blocked a plan by Democrats to pump $56 billion in government spending into the economy through public works projects, help for the jobless and money for states struggling with their Medicaid bills.

It's hard to shock people in this modern wired world, but even the chief deputy of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's office in Florida found the security camera video of a jailer dumping a paralyzed man out of his wheelchair appalling.

Ms. O'Brien encourages people to do what she did: throw out as much nonorganic processed food as you can afford to. Avoid anything genetically modified, artificially created or raised with hormones. Don't eat food with ingredients you can't pronounce.

OPT: Human rights organizations petition supreme court demanding an injunction against Israeli government to prevent disruption to supply of electricity and fuel to Gaza

The case of Fatima is not unique. U.S. guards are perpetrating systemic abuse and torture against Iraqi women who are held in indefinite detention without charge; this is happening not just at Abu Ghraib but all across Iraq.

Environment - Oregon looks at a garbage-reduction strategy to stop trash before it happens by curbing the urge to consume

5. This particular exercise, NOBLE RESOLVE 07-2, includes one scenario involving an unaccounted for, "loose," ten kiloton nuclear weapon, exactly as Vice President Cheney hinted in recent interviews. Department of Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff

The title says it all: hemp has high value - as a fiber crop. While not endorsing the use of cannabis as a drug this film reflects interesting differences in cannabis public policy prior to the 1960s.

Alex White Plume hoped his family could make a living growing hemp when he first planted seeds on an Indian reservation here, but years of fighting with federal drug officials have left him in financial trouble.

Officials are challenging Mexico City's new law legalizing first-trimester abortion. But as the Supreme Court decides whether to take their case, city officials and activists are doing what they can to ease its implementation.