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The southern end of the San Andreas fault near Los Angeles, which has been still for more than two centuries, is under immense stress and could produce a massive earthquake at any moment, a scientist said on Wednesday. Yuri Fialko, of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at La Jolla, California, said that given average annual movement rates in other areas of the fault, there could be enough pent-up energy in the southern end to trigger a cataclysmic jolt of up to 10 metres (32 ft). "The observed strain rates confirm that the southern section of the San Andreas fault may...

by Mark Finkelstein June 19, 2006 The Bush administration takes terror threats too darn seriously. That's what Ron Suskind says in his recently-released book, 'The One Percent Doctrine'. Suskind, who was on the Today show this morning to discuss the book with Matt Lauer, is a former Wall Street Journal reporter. Those who might think that would indicate a conservative bent should be aware that, perhaps more than at any other paper in America, there is a remarkable contrast in the political leanings of the news and the editorial operations of the WSJ. Yes, the editorial page is keenly free-market...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A judge has been shot at a courthouse in Reno, a police spokesman says.