By Bill Mears, CNN Supreme Court Producer November 2, 2009 Washington, The Supreme Court has refused a lower court's unusual request to decide whether a shocking 45-year-old civil rights crime can be prosecuted decades later. The justices Monday dismissed an appeal involving James Ford Seale, conv... [More]

DALLAS, Texas (CNN) -- Texas terrorism suspect Hosam Smadi recorded a seven-minute video message for al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden before his arrest on charges of plotting to blow up a Dallas building, an FBI agent testified Monday. No details of the message were provided in court. But FBI Sp... [More]

DALLAS, Texas (CNN) -- A terrorism suspect accused of plotting the bombing of a skyscraper made his first appearance in federal court Friday. Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, a 19-year-old Jordanian, said little during a 20-minute hearing at the Dallas federal courthouse. His lawyer, however, said Smadi u... [More]

HOLLYWOOD--(Business Wire)-- The first-ever Middle Eastern Comedy Festival, to be held this September 22-25in Los Angeles, is bringing together a talented team of Middle Eastern-Arab,Persian, Israeli, Afghani, and Armenian-stand-up comedians, actors, writers anddirectors in a one-of-a-kind showca... [More]

By Eliott C. McLaughlin CNN NEW YORK (CNN) -- Yale University announced Friday a $10,000 reward to anyone with information leading to a missing graduate student and bride-to-be. Police are searching for Annie Le, 24, who was last seen outside a Yale School of Medicine building. Authorities in Conn... [More]

By Terry OparkaC & G Staff Writer Troy resident and physician Sarab Neelam, a practicing Sikh, always wanted to make movies He became a medical doctor, but he still wanted to be involved in films. When he attended medical school in Toronto, he volunteered to be a production assistant on an Ind... [More]

Associated Press 9:21 p.m. CDT, August 14, 2009 DEARBORN, Mich. - The Arab American National Museum in Dearborn could land a sculpture of veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas. Spokeswoman Kim Silarski said Friday the museum, which already displays one of Thomas' vintage typewriters, wa... [More]

Mr. Hermiz Shahen, the regional Secretary of the Assyrian Universal Alliance in Australia and New Zealand received an invitation to participate as a key speaker at the Christian Forum hosted by Reverend The Honourable Fred Nile MLC and Rev Brian Seers OAM, and sponsored by the Australian Christian N... [More]