* U.S. recording biometric information of people in Afghanistan and Iraq, particularly men of fighting age. * Japan's Prime Minister calls for end to country's reliance on nuclear power. * Survey of five countries rethinking nuclear; 80% of Mexico in opposition. * Duke Ellington's favorite foods. * Ghana
* A new book reveals Hitler's plan to rebuild the Reich should his empire fall--complete with talking dogs. * A Spielberg letter about Indiana Jones casting. * A victim's daughter and a boss's son stand up to the mafia in Naples, where "the system"
* White House turns against Syria's Assad, stopping short of demanding he step down. * Human Rights Watch urges Obama, with "overwhelming evidence," to investigate torture sanctioned by Bush & Co. * Blood phones: Minerals in your pocket perpetuate war in the DRC. * Ehrenreich: As wars become fought entirely
* On the trail of bin Laden, CIA set up fake vaccinations to gather DNA evidence. * Harvard grads at the top of everything, except in Canada. * Things state flags are sometimes saying. * First known for designing Central Park, Olmsted became famous for his Civil War reportage on Southern life. * Polar bears&
* Paris says Gadhafi's emissaries are suggesting the dictator is ready to leave. * Gordon Brown hacked by journalists for more than 10 years, with privacy invasions from conmen and "blaggers." * Brown: If European growth continues to run so far behind, by midcentury it may be as small
* Belarus arrests deaf-mute for shouting anti-gov't slogans and a one-armed man for clapping along. * Bands touring this summer want fans to calm down. * Naomi Wolf accidentally kills the messenger—dopamine—in dissection of porn's effect on brains. * Foreign Policy predicts who will be
* Writer of Syrian revolution's theme song believed to be killed. * Niemann unveils world map, with slight New York bias, of useless stereotypes. * Google wins image points in Japan for post-quake tools. * Steve Wynn wins points for spending $13 million on vases and restoring them to China (in
Anthropologist requests access to Shakespeare's grave to, among other things, ascertain if he was a pothead. Americans didn't win total independence: There's no getting rid of the weeds and grasses introduced by the first European settlers. Washington was not in a UFO cult. Let&
Though the party is divided on why to slam Obama for troop withdrawals, some Republicans are rediscovering their isolationist roots. Op: In light of recent Perry takedowns, accomplishments in office may not make a lick of difference. Does it mark them out as underdogs trying to overcome the liberal elite?
New Mexico wildfires three miles from Los Alamos, where low-level nuke waste is stored above-ground. Egypt's government getting by, running the economy "hand to mouth," with no real mandate. Satellite imagery of Arab unrest. Videos: Medvedev's SUV rolls away; Putin can'
