'Fast and Furious' scandal grows with revelation that Mexican cartel suspects may be paid U.S. informants

A helicopter flying over some urban areas of King and Pierce counties will gather radiological readings July 11-28, 2011. The U.S. Department of Energy's Remote Sensing Laboratory Aerial Measurement System will collect baseline levels of radioactive materials. The helicopter's equipment can detect the presence of radioactive materials that emit gamma radiation such as cesium and radioactive iodine. The baseline would be used in the event of a radiation emergency to compare radioactive…

By Paul Bentley

Last updated at 7:05 PM on 7th July 2011…

Wisconsin is about…

A Seattle police officer has been charged with fourth-degree assault arising from an off-duty incident in which he was captured on video stomping on the head of a man who was handcuffed and lying on the ground.

By Steve Miletich

Seattle Times staff reporter

Financial execs will pay for failure

By MARK DeCAMBRE

Last Updated: 4:11 AM, July 7, 2011

Posted: 12:21 AM, July 7, 2011…

Economic, demographic and social changes in Mexico are suppressing illegal immigration as much as the poor economy or legal crackdowns in the United States.

By DAMIEN CAVE

Published: July 6, 2011

AGUA NEGRA, Mexico — The extraordinary Mexican…

Published: 6 July, 2011, 04:56

The Celestial Empire is quietly buying European countries’ bonds



By Vladimir Skosyrev

Published: 06 July, 2011, 03:32

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By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM

Published: July 6, 2011

WASHINGTON — The number of dollar bills rolling off the great government presses here and in Fort Worth fell to a modern low last year. Production of $5 bills also dropped to the lowest level in 30 years.…

Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame, a Somali, is the first detainee known to have been secretly held by the Obama administration outside the criminal justice system.

Shabab militiamen in 2009 outside Mogadishu, Somalia. (Associated…

Engineer Walter Tamosaitis was sidelined by his bosses after raising concerns about the risks of dealing with radioactive waste near Hanford, Wash. A government agency supports him after a yearlong inquiry.

Energy Secretary Steven Chu testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee Energy and Water Development Subcommittee on Capitol Hill. Chu testified about the Energy Department's proposed FY2012 budget. (…

A British inquiry will investigate CIA prisoner transfer practices as part of a probe into claims that terror suspects were tortured after the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday

By DAVID STRINGER

Associated Press Originally published Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at 4:18 AM

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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…