Bin Laden son-in-law pleads not guilty to terror (via AFP)/MBC/AFP/FileAn handout image released by the Saudi-owned television network MBC (Middle East Broadcasting Center) on April 4, 2002, shows Al-Qaeda spokesman Sulaiman Abu Ghaith. Ghaith -- who is also Osama bin Laden's son-in-law -- has pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges, where he was brought…
Growing calls for US high court to back gay unions (via AFP)An unlikely coalition grouping the Obama administration, major corporations, Republican lawmakers and Clint Eastwood has found common cause in urging the US Supreme Court to legalize gay marriage. The nine Supreme Court justices, who rule on some of the most divisive issues in American society, will…
Student researchers discover building blocks of DNA in cosmic cloud (via Raw Story )The beginnings of the beginnings of life, the fundamental building blocks of DNA and RNA, have been detected in cosmic clouds near the center of the Milky Way galaxy, student researchers at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) announced Thursday. Using the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia…
