Pat Dollard

MIAMI (AP) – A suspected al-Qaida operative who lived for more than 15 years in the U.S. has become chief of the terror network’s global operations, the FBI says, marking the first time a leader so intimately familiar with American society has been placed in charge of planning attacks. Adnan Shukrijumah, 35, has taken over [...]

The Telegraph: The Bio-Bug has been converted by a team of British engineers to be powered by biogas, which is produced from human waste at sewage works across the country. They believe the car is a viable alternative to electric vehicles. Excrement flushed down the lavatories of just 70 homes is enough to power the [...]

The Arizona Republic: NOGALES, Ariz. – Amid speculation about how many illegal immigrants may be leaving Arizona under the pressure of new enforcement laws, a reverse phenomenon has gone largely unnoticed at the Mexican border: The number of legal visitors entering from Sonora, many of them to spend money, has plummeted. Total cross-border visits into [...]

Politico: CHICAGO – Replacing President Barack Obama in the Senate was always going to be a tall order for Illinois Democrats. But never has the scale of that challenge been so clear as it was this week, when Obama embraced the man nominated to fill his seat and pleaded with voters to make Alexi Giannoulias [...]

The Hill: State governments are implementing the controversial healthcare law, even in places where elected officials are challenging its constitutionality. Across the country, state employees are working to define new rules that health insurance companies will have to follow. They’re also applying for a wide variety of federal grants offered under the law. Government officials [...]

Adam Housely in Fox News: Some argue that it has been a staple of America’s Pastime since the 1800′s, but don’t tell that to famed baseball announcer and 11-year major leaguer Joe Garagiola. The colorful commentator recently said to me, “Baseball players are good at two things… spitting and scratching. I don’t mind the scratching [...]

Financial Times: The Obama administration on Thursday warned that US citizens supporting terrorism risked a violent death when it announced a series of charges against alleged homegrown extremists. Eric Holder, attorney-general, announced four separate indictments against 14 people, several of whom are naturalised US citizens, for joining al-Shabaab, a Somalia-based group linked to al-Qaeda, or [...]

CNBC: U.S. employment fell for a second straight month in July as more temporary census jobs ended while private hiring rose less than expected, pointing to an anemic economic recovery. Non-farm payrolls fell 131,000, the Labor Department said on Friday as temporary jobs to conduct the decennial census dropped by 143,000. Private employment, considered a [...]

Fox News: The Pentagon wants WikiLeaks to return the more than 15,000 documents it has but has not yet published, spokesman Geoff Morrell said Thursday. Morrell said returning the unpublished documents would be the right thing for WikiLeaks to do as what’s already been made available has created heightened risks around the world, particularly for [...]