Space station crew prepared for impact with a piece of space garbage--one of thousands in orbit from previous missions. After 16 years of requiring large buildings to commission public art, Seoul is littered with eyesores. Texas town lays off its local police force over budgetary woes, braces for crime
Taliban suicide bombers and gunmen attack landmark Afghan hotel, among Kabul's best-protected buildings. Tweets from Afghan journalists inside Hotel Intercontinental. Tabloid headlines for Wimbledon news and Murray mania. In symbolic move tied to Afghan drawdown, Pentagon employees shift from combat fatigues to battle dress uniforms. History of
Dodgers owner McCourt files for Chapter 11, snubbing Selig, who rejected a deal to pay for McCourt's divorce. Op: The Dodgers are rich in the fingers of Nancy Bea Hefley. How a forensic psychologist turned courtroom testimony into big business, severing families for financial gain. A look at
For the second time in history, single disease eradicated from Earth: rinderpest, or "cattle plague." Progress map of diabetes in adults finds rate doubling over 30 years. Op: GOP leaders goad Obama because they lack an endgame that isn't compromise or explode. "Strongman" seeking
Six states have now banned abortion at the 20th week, without exception but for the mother's death or disablement. Designed to curtail pet mills, proposed San Francisco ban on pet stores is back with a new name and strategy. "My father was the lead singer in the
Libyan rebels press for Tripoli while NATO's military operation enters 100th day. Briefing: Greece passes test, but disaster may loom as painful reforms attack fundamental problems. Citizens torch Naples with 55 fires, demanding garbage be removed. U.S. spends $20.2 billion annually on air conditioning in Afghanistan
Zimbabwe general calls Tsvangiari a national threat, says he will die to keep Mugabe in office. Op: Obama sounds so much like Lincoln, he may as well grow a beard and buy the hat. A gentleman should take domestic politics slightly less seriously than backgammon. Arrest status of Mexican cartel
Nepal becomes the second Asian country declared free of minefields--though victims find the path to compensation blocked by red tape. Op: By maintaining instability--through continued opposition and international support--the Bahraini royal family ensures it remains in power. Indonesia stops sending maids to Saudi Arabia after the beheading
Chinese artist Ai Weiei returns home "on bail," freed for "good attitude in confessing his crimes." Sexual violence remains widespread in U.S. prisons, though perpetrators are largely staff. North Carolina may compensate victims after its eugenics board sterilized nearly 7,600 from 1933-74. I
Former U.S. political advisor returns to post-American Baghdad as a tourist, watches tennis, rides jet-ski. As Wimbledon bemoans female players' ever-loudening grunts, peruse video of the worst offenders. Car door slams, ATM whirrs, and other fake sounds; even more auditory shams. In a reversal of
