19 September 2008: Morning

Palin killed the bridge to nowhere, but kept building the $26 million road that led to it--and now goes nowhere.

Study suggests peace in Iraq didn't result from the surge, but from five years of ethnic violence.

Obama is ahead in the polls and still hasn't played one of his strongest cards: foreign policy.

"In a world that is so complicated, so interconnected, and so combustible, you really got to have some people in charge that have some sense of the bigger scope." Sen. Hagel (R-Neb) slams Palin.

Op: The Audacity of Hope will have to be strong to stand against the combinaiton of fear and a traditional ticket--Vietnam Hero, Hockey Mom.

Rwanda is set to elect the first female-majority parliament.

Following a week of Wall St. topsy-turvy and U.S. government intervention, France boasts its economic patriotism.

Op: The Olympics showed us a China that is rich and strong, but still nervous and insecure--Olympic success was a Western-derived triumph.

After years of stealing clients' money, securities broker wires most of it overseas, falling victim to an online inheritance scam.

"Ancient Greek drama was a form of storytelling and therapy for war veterans by war veterans." Soldiers attend Sophocles readings, learn war's effect on the psyche.

"It's not just a boring book, it's a boring epic poem." Ten books not to read before you die.

Map and archive of British seaside photos.