By James A. Lyons
By arming the rebels, we're aiding al Qaeda

Hackers from the group Anonymous have claimed responsibility for an attack on Westboro Baptist Church's Facebook page as retribution for the group's call to picket and protest funerals for the Boston bombing victims.

Life really does move slower in the South. One hundred forty-eight years after Congress sent the 13th Amendment outlawing slavery to the states for ratification, Mississippi officially has joined the ranks.
An Alaska man charged with manslaughter once captained a ship on the pilot that spawned the cable TV show "Deadliest Catch."
An Alaska man charged with manslaughter once captained a ship on the pilot that spawned the cable TV show "Deadliest Catch."
An apparent vehicle explosion near a Los Angles-area harbor sent police scrambling to evacuate the neighborhood and order bomb squads into a hotel parking garage early Sunday, raising fears of a terrorist attack but later called the likely work of vandals.
Choice Hotels International Inc. is boosting its boutique hotel business by rebranding its Clarion Collection as the "Ascend Collection" with a more upscale logo and more independence for the hotel owners, the company announced at its annual gathering of franchisees this month.