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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A Russian analyst and journalist scrutinizing her home country from thousands of miles away, Kseniya Kirillova works out of an impersonal Oakland apartment that she deliberately keeps bare of mementos, except for a stuffed teddy bear memorializing another Russian opposition journalist who died doing the same kind of work.

A plane just crashed near SFO in San Bruno, CA. Prayers to all affected.

“Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it” is one of the most oft-quoted aphorisms of Edmund Burke, an 18th-century Irish-born member of the British Parliament and fearless friend of liberty. Judging from the results of a recent survey conducted by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI), most of the 14,000 college students who participated sadly will be repeating history. Considering that most of the 14,000 students who completed the exam (7,000 seniors and 7,000 freshmen) scored an F on the portion of the test covering basic American history and institutions...

A survey of onshore oil and gas resources show public lands contain 31 billion barrels of oil and 231 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, but not all of it is available for development - something the Bush administration would like to change, according to a new report. The so-called Phase III inventory, ordered up as part of the 2005 Energy Policy Act, and released today by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, looks at the potential for energy development, as well as development's obstacles.

In a ceremony that received virtually no attention in the American media, the United States and Canada signed a military agreement Feb. 14 allowing the armed forces from one nation to support the armed forces of the other nation during a domestic civil emergency, even one that does not involve a cross-border crisis.

American Flyer! Hayden Wins USGP At Laguna Seca BOMBSHELL: ROSSI DNF by staff Sunday, July 23, 2006 Pos. Rider Team Bike 1 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda RC211V 2 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda RC211V 3 Marco Melandri Fortuna Honda Honda RC211V 4 Kenny Roberts Jnr. Team Roberts KR211V 5 Chris Vermeulen R izla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R 6 John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R 7 Carlos Checa Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 8 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Ducati Desmo GP-6 9 Colin Edwards Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha YZR-M1 10 Sete Gibernau Ducati Marlboro Ducati Desmo GP-6...