Salmon Portland Chase (January 13, 1808 – May 7, 1873) was an American politician and jurist in the Civil War era who served as U.S. Senator from Ohio and Governor of Ohio; as U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Abraham Lincoln; and as Chief Justice of the United States.Chase articulated the "Slave Power conspiracy" thesis well before Lincoln did, and he coined the slogan of the Free Soil Party, "Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men." He devoted his enormous energies to the destruction of what he considered the Slave Power — the conspiracy of Southern slave owners to seize control of the federal government and block the progress of liberty.

A group of churches shut down a scheduled swingers wife-swapping event expected to draw over 600 participants from several states. One leader said "We are ready ... to ensure the morals of this community and its laws are enforced"

Banging batons against their shields, Malaysian riot police chased away hundreds of demonstrators who held a vigil to protest a decades-old law allowing indefinite detention without trial. About 300 people gathered in front of a metal barricade at the entrance of the square and lit candles. Some chanted "No to ISA", one man held mock jail door.

Did you ever think that Gordon Moore's famous law was just a clever way to impress PC buyers every two years? Watch here as young Gordy Moore cuts right to the chase and invents the 45nm Penryn chip at his kitchen table by mixing a pinch of chips, a dash of metal gates, a dollop of hafnium, and the sweet, malty deliciousness of Core 45.

One of the more shameful traditions of Boxing Day here in England is ‘The Hunt’.A group of people, mount their horses, dresed in scarlet jackets (or sometimes black), and chase a fox across the countryside using a pack of dogs.Under a change in the law in 2005, the dogs are not supposed to be used to kill the fox.

Existence didn’t have to be that way, as Einstein reminded us when he said, “The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.” Against all the odds, we can send e-mail to Sri Lanka, thread spacecraft through the rings of Saturn, take a pill to chase the inky tendrils of depression, bake a turkey or a...