Postal Service streamlines store closing process, plans to shutter 2,000 locations in two years. Historian accused of altering date on Lincoln pardon to hours before his assassination. Reboot, reject, recast: How to stop James Bond from getting old. Instead of casting, reality TV recruiters troll bars for alpha subjects.
Summary of the Palestinian document leak (story behind the leak). It is a good sign they even got to the stage of haggling over which settlements would end up where. Long read: Current state of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process: dead. Uganda cabinet third largest in the world after North
Al-Jazeera leaks document trove relating to Israeli-Palestinian conflict--more background here. Former C.I.A. official behind Iran-Contra operation still running a spy shop, just not for the government anymore. Hmong community hopes a federal waiver will permit Gen. Vang Pao's burial at Arlington. H.
America's cotton business booming; prices hit Civil War levels. Rhetoric on the Ivory Coast escalating; Ouattara calls for cocoa ban to disrupt Gbagbo's revenue. Prior to falling, Ben Ali's regime tried to steal Tunisia's Facebook passwords. British police approved to sleep with
Dept. of Justice requisitions army base to process the 127 mobsters they arrested yesterday. Joseph Carna, also known as "Junior Lollipops." The best nicknames from yesterday's bust. David Cheever's 1967 horticulture thesis revolutionized Colombia into a powerhouse flower supplier. Government reveals project "Bye
White House to increase use of military commissions to prosecute Guantánamo detainees. Keith's dearest occupation was not The Economist. Economist obituary of Economist obituary editor. Brief profiles of 10 megacities of the near future. We forget that "the countryside" is itself a manufactured good. Ode to
In Habbaniya Cece, Iraq--once a model of religious diversity--the last Christian family considers leaving town. After one day on the job, Alabama's new governor is already apologizing to non-Christians. As health care tightens and competition increases, conflicts arise between religious hospitals' directives and staff&
Victims see a 1997 Vatican letter warning bishops against reporting abuse as new evidence; the church says it's proof of reform. Church officials offer a vial of John Paul II's blood, though not his heart--"the age had passed for that practice." Vermont art
Obama reminds Hu of universal human rights, Reid calls Hu a dictator. Cheney needs a heart. Facing wiretaps about orgies and prostitutes, Berlusconi says, "Italy needs everything but elections." One Italian, an artist; two Italians, a concert; three Italians, defeat. Ben Schott chart of differences between nationalities. Science
Aerial photos of Brisbane before and after last week's massive flooding--more here. For two centuries, Tecumseh's curse on the White House has yielded statistically significant, and ominous, results. Arizona legislature will most likely have to amend law to keep Rep. Giffords in office. In Lower
