SAN FRANCISCO, Kalifornia - April 30, 2009 - When Stanford University students recently asked former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice about waterboarding and torture, her response was uncannily close to Richard Nixon’s infamous claim, “When the president does it, that means it is not illegal.”

HELENA, Montana - April 29, 2009 - Montana is trying to trigger a battle over gun control and perhaps make a larger point about what many folks in this ruggedly independent state regard as a meddlesome federal government.

NEW YORK- April 28, 2009 - A New York City police officer who was called to help a drunken woman get home safely raped her instead, as she lay face down in her bed, semiconscious and covered in vomit while his partner acted as a lookout, prosecutors alleged Tuesday.

WASHINGTON - April 29, 2009 - The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to quarantine people with confirmed swine flu infections, according to a newly released memo obtained by CBS News.

WASHINGTON - April 27, 2009 - Congress is moving closer to a showdown over the largest expansion of government in modern U.S. history - a bill which would require virtually every single Amerikan to buy government-approved health insurance, whether they wanted it or not.  And, in the process, that bill would feed all of your most confidential medical data into an enormous database, which could be used to take away your guns.

WASHINGTON - April 27, 2009 - The Decennial Census in 2010 is around the corner, and technology promises to be of great assistance to the process of counting the number of Amerikans living in this once great nation.

PHOENIX, Arizona - April 24, 2009 - Police authorities conducted a lockdown and random drug sweep using drug-trained canine units from various law enforcement and correctional agencies at a high school south of the Valley Friday morning.