Even in a time of sky-high gas prices, nearly 9 out of 10 workers commuted to work by car in 2005, the Census Bureau revealed in its "American Community Survey".
The Bush administration is poised to suspend a major post-9/11 security initiative to cope with increasingly angry complaints from Americans whose summer vacations are threatened by new passport rules.
More good news about Sunnis turning up the heat on Al Qaeda. Money quote from the Mayor of the West Baghdad neighborhood where the battle is taking place: "But if the Americans interfere, it will blow up, because they are the enemy of us both, and we will unite against them and stop fighting each other."
More than two-thirds of Americans believe there are circumstances in which a patient should be allowed to die, but they are closely divided on whether it should be legal for a doctor to help terminally ill patients end their own lives by prescribing fatal drugs, a new AP-Ipsos poll finds.
Among the American troops who served with the snipers, the viewpoint is unanimous. "These are the type of people that I would want to put up on a pedestal and say: 'This is the very best that we have to offer,' " Justin Overbaugh says. "I am not big on apologies, but if they are owed an apology, I hope that they get one. I am quite c
For decades, it has been clear that average European heights have been increasing while those on the other side of the Atlantic have not. But why? A new study says it might have to do with health care and the social net.
Are you tormented by extremely distressing thoughts or persistent worries? Compelled to wash your hands repeatedly? Driven to repeat or check certain numbers, words, or actions?
BAGHDAD -- Four Iraqis were arrested early Monday after soldiers found a load of explosives planted under an oil pipeline in northern Iraq that carries crude oil to Turkey, the Iraqi Army said.
When Catholic protesters recently shut down a New York exhibit displaying a naked, life-sized Jesus sculpted from chocolate, the outcry wasn't totally unexpected. Labeled offensive by critics, the artwork touched an angry nerve by pushing religion and nudity -- two substances that historically don't mix -- into the limelight. While the media was qu
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All across America, no doubt, non-Korean Asian-Americans are now heaving a sigh of relief. "Asian," after all, was the four-alarm-fire word we saw throughout the day after the shootings that took the lives of 33 people at Virginia Tech. The shooter was "Asian," the news reports said. But who was this "Asian" exactly?
THE ONION NEWS NETWORK: Panelists discuss the need to protect America's borders with a moat.
The powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his militiamen on Sunday to redouble their battle to oust American forces and argued that Iraq 's army and police should join him in defeating "your archenemy." The U.S. military announced the weekend deaths of 10 American soldiers, including six killed on Sunday.
FORT IRWIN, California (Reuters) - President George W. Bush admitted on Wednesday that Americans are weary of the Iraq war and defended his decision to send more troops to Iraq before a number of soldiers about to deploy there. Dozens of camouflage-wearing troops sat quietly at their lunch tables, some joined by family members, as Bush spoke dur
A survey released yesterday posits the idea that the United States -- already one of the most religious nations in the developed world -- may be even less secular than previously suspected.
As many as 3 million American-born children could see at least one parent deported.
After tribal elder Vera Quiroga was turned away from the very clinic she helped to found, she had little choice but to drive to a far-off reservation for her dental work.
Chaotic and fast-paced, city life can wear you down and wear you out. From coast to coast, people are swapping their concrete jungles for greener pastures.
Americans hate their jobs more than ever before in the past 20 years, with fewer than half saying they are satisfied. The trend is strongest among workers under the age of 25, less than 39 percent of whom are satisfied with their jobs. Workers age 45 to 54 have the second lowest level of satisfaction (less than 45 percent), according a survey condu
Ever since authorities in London imposed a charge to drive into the city center in 2003, the U.S. Embassy has stood as a beacon of automotive defiance, refusing to pay what its diplomats call a tax from which they should be exempt.
Wonder where all your time went? Into deleting your unwanted spam e-mails.According to a new study by McAfee Security, 49 percent of Americans spend at least 40 minutes a week just deleting spam -- and 14 percent spend at least 3.5 hours at their terminal terminating the unwanted e-mails.
Americans seem sour on the state of the union in advance of President Bush 's address on the subject. A poll finds most believe the country is on the wrong track - a complete flip from five years ago.
More Than Half of All Americans Now Live in a City or State With Anti-Smoking Laws
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Chris Egan was rummaging through his closet this holiday season when something fell out from between the pages of a book -- a 10-year-old gift card from his sister to an Atlanta mall. With no immediate plans to head to the Galleria, Egan had slipped the card in a place he thought he'd remember, but still ended up forgetting.
Almost four in ten, 39%, advocate that Muslims here should carry special I.D. That same number admit that they do hold some “prejudice” against Muslims. Forty-four percent say their religious views are too “extreme.”
More than three-quarters of obese Americans say they have healthy eating habits, according to a survey of more than 11,000 people. About 40 percent of obese people also said they do "vigorous" exercise at least three times a week, the telephone survey found.








