Why Does the U.S. Want to Seize Mosques?

Intended as an act against Iran and Iranian funds, the move is already being criticized as an attack on Islam

• A Muslim Community Moves On After Ft. Hood

Prosecuting Mohammed: Harder Than You Think

There are hard legal cases, and there are high-profile ones, but the prosecution of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed may turn out to be one of the hardest high-profile cases ever

• 9/11 Trial Another Distraction for Traveling Obama
• The Accused 9/11 Plotters: What Happened to Them?

Obama Urges Congress to Put Off Fort Hood Probe

Obama told lawmakers to "resist the temptation to turn this tragic event into the political theater."

Illinois Prison Eyed for Guantanamo Inmates

A White House official says the Obama administration is considering buying a northwestern Illinois prison to house a limited number of detainees from Guantanamo Bay.

North Carolina Girl Missing; Mother Charged

The mother of a 5-year-old girl who disappeared in North Carolina was charged Saturday with human trafficking and other offenses, though authorities said they still did not know the girl's whereabouts

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How the Drug Industry Pulls Congress's Strings

It turns out that Chatty Cathy and the United States House of Representatives have a lot in common.

The State of the American Woman

A quiet revolution has changed the status of American women; so what's new now?