The U.S. government has warned domestic and international airlines that some terrorists are considering surgically implanting explosives into humans to carry out attacks, The Associated Press has learned.

By EILEEN SULLIVAN

Associated Press Originally published Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at 6:41 AM

The U.S.…

By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG

Published: July 4, 2011

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Kenneth E. Melson, acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and…

Britons could face charges for breaking US copyrights even if they have no link to America and servers are based elsewhere

Peter Walker   

guardian.co.uk, Sunday 3 July 2011 19.15 BST…

Blast at EDF's Tricastin power station in Drôme comes days after nuclear authorities found 32 safety concerns at plant

• Kim Willsher in Paris
• guardian.co.uk, Monday 4 July 2011 11.07 BST…

First Posted: 06/29/11 01:42 PM ET Updated: 06/29/11 04:03 PM ET

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's top adviser on homeland security unveiled a new national strategy for counterterrorism Tuesday, formalizing actions taken over the past two and a half years. The strategy also lays out a vision for U.S. operations going forward given the death of Osama bin Laden and…

(Reuters) - Ohio Republican Governor John Kasich on Thursday signed into law a bill that allows gun owners in the state to carry concealed weapons into bars and other places where alcohol is…

By DAN ELLIOTT

Associated Press

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) -- The Defense Department is grooming a new type of commander to coordinate the military response to domestic disasters, hoping to save lives by avoiding some of…

Posted by Kate Bergman on July 3rd, 2011

Updated: Visitors to Meridian Park were surprised to see a mysterious addition welded on one of the child-themed statues ringing the playground: a machine gun. The statue is right at the northeastern entrance to the playground — one of several statues, like a train engine and a child on stilts, created by artist Pat Maher.…

Yakima County has become the first county in the state to implement a controversial new federal program designed to crack down on illegal immigrants accused of breaking criminal laws — and it won't be the last.

By Amy Harris

Seattle Times staff reporter

By MICHAEL LUO

Published: July 2, 2011

PULASKI, Va. — In May 2009, Sam French hit bottom, once again. A relative found him face down in his carport “talking gibberish,” according to court records. He later told medical personnel that he had been conversing…

NY motorcyclist dies on ride protesting helmet law

Troopers say man would have likely survived if he had been wearing a helmet

updated 7/3/2011 11:59:48 AM ET

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By Bill Sizemore

A second former Blackwater contractor was sentenced to prison for involuntary…

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 5:04 AM on 2nd July 2011

A former CIA operative has revealed his methods for extracting information from detainees and the secret prison they were taken to.

Glenn Carle, who has written a tell-all memoir about his…

July brings many state law changes

NEW CYCLE: State parks fee, state worker pay cuts, agency consolidations take effect today

By Stephen C. Webster

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011 -- 11:06 am

In the brave new world of cloud computing, where data is stored off-site in massive server farms instead of on a user's local hard drive, privacy and security are paramount in the consumer's mind.

Unfortunately for…

Published: 29 June, 2011, 21:15

UNITED STATES, Hidalgo, Texas: A sheriff's car (AFP Photo / Scott Olson)

 

Attention gun-toting Texas natives: if you were looking to go a’looting, your time is now!

City Council members in Alto, Texas, a town of around 1,200, have voted…

I helped hide how my officers opened fire on 'unarmed' civilans after Katrina, ex-New Orleans police lieutenant tells

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 10:23 PM on 28th June 2011

An ex-New Orleans police lieutenant today told how his former colleagues conspired to plant a gun and lied to cover-up the shooting…