Although the rapid decompression of the Qantas Boeing 747 on July 25th was nothing short of bizarre, the pilots executed an emergency landing successfully in time to return to acceptable air pressure leaving passengers, though frightened, unharmed. Although the large...

Faced with the debilitating increase in fuel costs, many rural U.S. schools are reconsidering the recycled solution of a four-day school week. Despite concerns from some parents about childcare on the extra day-off, shaving one day off the school week...

President Bush, apparently, has an explanation to offer for the housing market slump that has elicited both domestic and international economic turmoil. Simply put, "Wall Street got drunk." Bush shared his opinion at a private event in Houston thrown to...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and Russian President Dmitri A. Medvedev stated in a press conference today that their countries would begin to work more closely on issues ranging from oil and gas markets to foreign policy. While Chavez called for...

In Iran, eight women and one man, between the ages of 27 and 50, convicted of adultery have been sentenced to death due to what traditional Islamic law considers capital offense. For this crime the Iranian penal code specifically indicates...