US President George W. Bush has narrowed the list of candidates to replace outgoing Attorney General Alberto Gonzales , with officials indicating that former Solicitor General Theodore Olson is one of the top...

Green Mountain Chrysler Plymouth Dodge Jeep, et al., v. George Crombie, et al., US District Court for the District of Vermont, September 12, 2007 [ruling that states have the power to regulate automobile greenhouse gas emissions and that existing federal...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his resignation on Wednesday, citing problems renewing a Japanese anti-terrorism law. His office also cited health reasons. At a news conference, Abe said...

The Korean Fair Trade Commission has completed a two-year investigation into allegations that computer chip maker Intel pressured consumers into buying its products over those made by rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) , according...

The trial of Rod Coronado , an environmental and animal rights activist charged with one count of distributing information on explosives, destructive devices, and weapons of mass destruction, began in California Tuesday. Federal...

The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) has asked President Hamid Karzai to veto a bill awaiting bicameral and presidential approval that would strip the Commission of the power to select its...

Detained Iranian-American consultant Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh is expected to be released from a Tehran prison "within the next few days," according to comments from Tajbakhsh and those of an Iranian spokesman talking to...

Time magazine announced Tuesday that it plans to appeal an August 30 decision by the Supreme Court of Indonesia awarding former Indonesian President Haji Mohammad Suharto $106 million in damages...

New Orleans District Attorney Eddie Jordan declined Monday to file criminal charges against a local nursing home for the death of 19 elderly residents during post-Hurricane Katrina flooding. During the hurricane, nuns from the...

A Florida Fifth Judicial Circuit judge ruled Monday that the December 2006 execution of Angel Diaz was not "botched," as previously alleged by a medical examiner. According to autopsy reports,...