In the News: Apr-02

House votes on FDA authority for tobacco - 2 Apr 2009 at 1:00pm - The 298-112 roll call Thursday by which the House approved a bill that would for the first time give the government powers to regulate tobacco products.

Judge: Bagram prisoners can challenge detention - 2 Apr 2009 at 11:50am - WASHINGTON -- A federal judge says prisoners in the war on terror being held at a military air base in Afghanistan have a right to challenge their detention in a U.S. court.

Thought for the day:
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read "President Can't Swim". -Lyndon B. Johnson (1908 - 1973)