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MINNEAPOLIS -- Six Muslim imams on Monday were removed from a US Airways flight at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and questioned by police for several hours before being released, a leader of the group said. The six were among passengers who boarded Flight 300, bound for Phoenix, around 6:30 p.m., airport spokesman Pat Hogan said. A passenger initially raised concerns about the group through a note passed to a flight attendant, according to Andrea Rader, a spokeswoman for US Airways. She said police were called after the captain and airport security workers asked the men to leave the plane and...

CAMP MERCURY, Iraq (March 9, 2006) -- Arnold Schwarzenegger is going to want one. Marines with Regimental Combat Team 5, based in Camp Fallujah, test-fired the latest in the Corps’ arsenal of weapons’ improvement, the M-32 Multiple shot Grenade Launcher. It’s a six-barreled, 40 mm beast of weapon that has just about enough attitude for Marines. “I thought it was pretty bad the first time I saw it,” said Cpl. Jason H. Flanery, a 23-year-old mortarman from St. Louis, Mo., assigned to RCT-5’s Personnel Security Detachment. The M-32 MGL looks like something straight out of an action movie or a...

2006 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominations Leave Out Many Rock Acts Again By: Douglas Maher - All Headline News Staff Reporter September 18,2005 9:41 A.M. EST Cleveland,Ohio (AHN) - The nominees for the Class of 2006 for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is filled with a lot of hold overs from previous years and virtually ignores a truckload of artists that many critics are shaking their heads over. J.Geils Band, John Mellencamp, the Patti Smith Group, Chic, Joe Tex,Miles Davis, Cat Stevens, Blondie, the Paul Butterfield Band, the Dave Clark Five and the Sir Douglas Quintet...

Predictibly, C-SPAN has chosen to show the replay of the maggot infested peacenik rally tonight so the Frontloaded 2004 Presidential Circus is pushed over to the deuce.The Iowa schedule for today looks as follows: 3 of the 'Six pack' [Sens. Kerry and Gephardt plus ex-Governor Dean] are booked for the sold out campaign kickoff Linn Couny 'Sustaining Dinner' tonight live on CSPAN 2 at 7PM EST. Governor Dean will address Democrat women activists today in Des Moines before the event tonight and have coffee with potential Democrats at Gwen's restaurant in Lisbon, Iowa on Sunday (freep opportunities abound!)Rep. Dick Gephardt...

The President of the United States, George W. Bush, has asked that all Americans and Canadians unite together in a common cause to root out terrorists hiding in our community. Since the Taliban cannot stand nudity and consider it a sin to see a naked woman that is not one's wife, on Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. EDT, all North American women are asked to walk out of their house completely naked to help weed out any neighborhood terrorists. Circling your block for one hour is recommended for this anti-terrorist effort. All men should position themselves in lawn chairs in...