Deep inside the computer worm that some specialists suspect is aimed at slowing Iran’s race for a nuclear weapon lies what could be a fleeting reference to the Book of Esther, the Old Testament tale in which the Jews pre-empt a Persian plot to destroy them.
That use of the word “Myrtus” — which can be read as an allusion to Esther — to name a...
Ronald O’Rourke told a DuPage County jury he was so desperate to buy crack cocaine he went to a former girlfriend’s house to borrow money, only to find her stabbed to death inside her home.
Jurors deliberated Wednesday for less than four hours before rejecting O’Rourke’s claim and instead convicting him of murdering Pamela Howat on June 6, 2009....
When it really matters to them, Congressmembers can come together -- with a panache and wry wit you didn't know they had. As banned books week gets underway, and President Obama admonishes oppressive regimes for their censorship of the Internet, a group of powerful Senators -- Republicans and Democrats alike -- have signed onto a bill that would...
