1 February 2007: Afternoon

Many are concerned Boston police can't tell the difference between an IED and a Lite Brite; "fake pipe bombs found not part of marketing stunt."

U.S. officials fear a new front in the Iraq war may be brewing in oil-rich Kirkuk, where al Qaeda fighters have been identified and violence is on the rise.

In Iraq, Sadr's militia has been ordered to steer clear of confrontations with American troops.

"It makes no more sense to see today's radical Islamism as an inevitable outgrowth of Islam than to see fascism as the culmination of centuries of European Christianity." Francis Fukuyama on identity politics.

Mainland Chinese women would rather go to Hong Kong to deliver their babies; Hong Kong women would rather they didn't.

A photo of Mexico's 14 lb., 8 oz. baby Antonio, who "drinks prodigious amounts of milk."

The cost of becoming a U.S. citizen is likely to almost double, according to immigration authorities.

Sarah Hepola: "The Hills is like a horror movie, where people are forever hearing a rumble in the basement and going to investigate. Except instead of getting their intestines sliced open, they wind up dating Jason."

Florida woman alleges she found a razor blade in her McMuffin.

It is incredible that such [an] ogre full of hatred and egoism as this untalented bad musician did now release a remix of the Beatles music titling it "Love." Not a fan of Paul McCartney.