Senate committee rejects two Democratic proposals for a government insurance plan. A new report shows that while U.S.-Mexico border detainments have dropped significantly, deaths have increased. He wore a crisp gray suit, and seemed eager to greet voters. But there were none to greet. The Pentagon mulls approving
E.U. report says Georgia started last year's war after much provocation. Op: Being cunning in handling his biz, Obama acts presidentially; his detractors, being hysterical, do not. How to "Merkelize": a Flickr pool of Angela Merkel-ish hand gestures. Copyright woes and lack of demand
Health care faces a new hurdle, as Congress tries to figure out how to prevent taxpayer dollars from paying for abortions. Polanski's attorneys helped provoke his arrest by complaining [that] prosecutors had made no real effort to capture the filmmaker. Video: How National Geographic photographers created a seamless
We've linked it before, but now with some good notes: Everything you need to know about the Great Lakes (in the D.R.C.). Similarities between Africa's needs in 1938 and 2005. Spain gets its first glance at the first family's daughters, and discovers
After receiving the swine flu vaccine, many people will die of many things--don't assume it had anything to do with the shot. Considering he owns a house in Switzerland and often travels there, Roman Polanksi's arrest in Zurich came as a surprise to all. "
Gbenga Akinnagbe, actor who played killer Partlow on The Wire, goes for a climb in Nepal. Arresting photos of last week's flooding in the Southeast. Op: Human nature is back in policy debates, with neuroscience reports supporting both sides. A cool-headed look at 1939. If air travel
Obama, Sarkozy, and Brown to blow the whistle on Iran's third nuke deception. Masters of the Universe reimagined as New York/Paris hipsters. Twelve steps to becoming "a super serious chin-stroking elder statesman" among the foreign policy elite. How interpretation works at the U.N.
And the researchers do not know why it worked. A new AIDS vaccine tested on volunteers shows little success--but even that's a first. Yesterday's U.N. drama was nothing compared to Che Guevara's 1964 address, which came with two assassination attempts. California'
Palin's thoughts on economics are awful, but they show where she's heading politically. Assisted suicide gets guidelines in England; viewing the end-of-life hoopla from Oregon. If structural violence wasn't bad enough, citizens in the D.R.C. are now being attacked by
As Toyota gets ready to shut down California's last auto plant, it asks the state to repay it for training costs. Construction of Gaddafi's massive tent in Bedford, N.Y., halted over code concerns. New poetry anthologies from Germany, Russia, and Vietnam shed light on poets&
