House resolution honoring Michael Jackson awaits vote, faces opposition from GOP lawmakerWASHINGTON — Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee may have trouble keeping the promise she made at Michael Jackson’s public memorial for a House resolution that “forever” honors the late pop star. AP source: Homeland secretary to kill domestic satellite program begun by Bush administrationWASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano plans to kill a program begun by the Bush administration that would use U.S. spy satellites for domestic security and law enforcement, a government official said Monday. Four arrested in New York terrorism plot: ProsecutorsNEW YORK - Four men have been taken into custody in New York in an alleged plot to bomb a Jewish target in the city’s Bronx borough and to shoot down military aircraft at a New York air base, federal authorities said late Wednesday. US Atty Gen Eric Holder says US is ‘close’ to some decisions on Guantanamo detaineesLONDON — The United States is “relatively close” to making decisions on what to do with an initial group of Guantanamo Bay detainees, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Sunday. |