17 March 2008: Morning

McCain visits Baghdad, fanfare absent.

Photos from five years in Iraq; Iraq by the numbers.

"You look for big eyes, long lashes and a long neck." Saudis master the art of camel judging.

Until midnight tonight, Sirius Radio's 24-hour Eliot Spitzer scandal channel will be broadcasting live.

If something seems familiar, you must have heard it before, and if you've heard it before, it must be true. Why we believe rumors on the web.

Qatar gets its first Catholic church, part of a planned five-church complex.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a traditional Irish breakfast, feel full for the next three days.

Virginia refunds fines to bad drivers; California student stops a runaway school bus, gets detention.

As sales of print encyclopedias dwindle, publishers make the big push online, ready to fight the other -pedia.

We learn how to read the Koran at the mosque, but we learn everything else from her. Germany's Islamic education system provides more than just religious translation.

Building their new space robot, astronauts resort to advanced "whack with big iron bar" technique.

Photos: D.C.'s makeshift street shrines; Mexican superhero workers; the world's dirtiest cities.

I jump in with both feet and sometimes live to regret my decision. Confessions of a car salesman.