6 May 2008: Morning

In Myanmar, a cyclone may have left as many as 14,000 dead and one million homeless--and the White House finds a political op.

There are no roads in the region that are functional so access is primarily by boat, but many boats have been destroyed." Aid is available--how will it enter?

U.S. says 3,500 soldiers sent to Iraq for the surge will be leaving soon.

Potentially related: If Gates wants 7,000 troops in Afghanistan, he'll need to take them out of Iraq first.

Puerto Rico's full Olympic membership and its half-in-half-out status as a commonwealth of the U.S. is a subject of conversation for two exceptional reasons.

A federal gas tax holiday may be a gimmick--but at the state level, it would make a big difference.

The trailer park vantage: watching Clinton and Obama drink beers, hang out in factories, talk about shooting guns.

You wore a trucker cap into a truck stop and felt scared. Signs you may be a hipster.

Ten-year-olds are copying Shel Silverstein and winning contests for it; it happened last year, too.

The 50 greatest fake commercials, mainly from SNL.

It's come to this: a social networking site for the dead.

China, Costa Rica, the Netherlands: Who will ban smoking next?

How to get a town to ban plastic bags: Start with the butcher.