Leaked US-Iraq agreement indicates no intent to set U.S. troops withdrawal; grants immunity to US soldiers and contractors who commit crimes..howsabout them apples?

Lawsuits against the makers of faulty government-approved medical devices are already forbidden. Now companies that manufacture both prescription and over-the counter-drugs are asking the Supreme Court for the same protection. Outrageous!

A US government survey released this week reports that illicit drug use by people between the ages of 55 and 59 rocketed up 116% in the past five years. Whoa, dude!

The US Treasury Department has taken over the quasi-public Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac mortgage lenders. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has fired the heads of both companies & put in hand-picked replacements. He said a "rescue plan" will be implemented.

Stricter building codes for all non-residential buildings over 40 stories were implemented as a result of the fall of the Twin Towers. Now a government agency has joined with commercial landlords to try to get these safety measures repealed.

DENVER, N.C. -- More than 400 animals of all kinds were taken by Animal Control Officers from a home in Lincoln County.

If John McCain wanted to poach the women's vote from Barack Obama, he shouldn't have tapped a running mate who dubbed herself a "pit bull with lipstick."

A longtime board member of the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals resigned with a parting shot at PSPCA CEO Howard Nelson.

Many in the animal rescue field have expressed serious concerns about the management and direction of the PSPCA. Now things seem to be coming to a head and the result, if these allegations bear true, leaves them open to both criminal and civil charges.

Barbara Warren, one of the world's elite endurance athletes in her age group and one-half of a well-known pair of triathlete twins, has died after breaking her neck in a bike crash at the Santa Barbara Triathlon. She was 65.