25 March 2008: Morning

Petraeus asks Bush to keep troop levels steady--new withdrawals look unlikely until after the election.

Sinbad contradicts Clinton's recollection of '96 Bosnia trip.

New York's new tell-all governor admits using coke, marijuana in his 20s.

You talk to yourself when under pressure, and you've been doing it your whole life.

Studies of drivers show hands-free devices are equally as dangerous as talking on a cell phone.

This is not my line of work at all. And when I read such a book and I spot the fakery, the invention, the embroidery, I can read no further. Paul Theroux on travel writing.

Reader mail: More about Parisians.

"Evolutionary perspectives" offered an explanation. Hot girl/average guy pairings result in happier marriages.

Thomas and his wife Nancy are expecting their first child; Nancy can't carry, so Thomas, a transgender man, is pregnant.

Britain's homeless settle in at airports--especially Heathrow, where it's easiest to blend in.

This isn't about bettering yourself; it's about worsening yourself. To find your alpha, swear off niceties.

Craig Bierko and John Malkovich take a tub. (watch the video)

Neil Aspinall, "one of only two people of any importance in the Beatles saga who never told their story," dies, age 66. (obit)