Regulators comfortable that Chrysler won't pay back its $7 billion handout while filing for bankruptcy. Tory leader David Cameron has his bike stolen again. Instapaper for the commute: Letter from Beirut finds society teetering between normalcy and collapse. What fascinates the markets about Islamic finance is its dramatic
With the number of new cases falling, Mexico lowers flu alert level--though many Mexicans still feel the global stigma. Thousands of Mexican day workers crossing the border were subjected to daily kerosene baths. A chart of epidemics and their scapegoats. Polanski won't return to the U.S.
Even the most tarnished Wall Street stars are receiving offers to return. Hitchens details why Obama cited Churchill when explaining torture's impermissibility even in the worst of times. Interesting account of a mild-mannered former MI6 spy who's accused of "going native" with his
I thought my lungs were going to burst. A swine flu survivor tells how his life was saved by a news bulletin. In Bakersfield, Calif., none of the 188 patients--a daily record--who arrived at the emergency room...had symptoms that met the criteria to even be tested. From
Prosecutors toss the case against pro-Israel lobbyists, but not before back-room maneuvers are exposed. Instapaper for the commute: Lizza's profile of Orszag, Obama's activist budget soldier. Another 100-days milestone: it's been that long since Clinton read a book or watched a
Behind-the-scenes saga of public health officials tracking swine flu from day one. Hoping to appear strong, Egypt orders all its pigs slaughtered, and then is mocked for a dumb reaction. The more Obama raises U.S. government spending, the better Canada looks to private investors. Saturday morning read:
W.H.O. says reports of swine flu are on a slow rise, with the total confirmed cases now at 331. Interactive graphic shows the international spread of swine flu from its epicenter in Mexico. Hog farmers ask everyone to stop calling it swine flu, and want you to know
Western analysts flattered but uneasy about jihadists expressing thanks for their understanding. Original reporting of Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi citing Western scholars. Fascinating consideration of wife-hierarchy now that South Africa will have a polygamist president. Video: Student footage of Rice defending "enhanced interrogation" techniques as legal and
W.H.O. raises swine flu to pandemic status; scientists say the annual flu season is more deadly. Obama spends his 100th day address on swine flu, tells Americans to cover mouths, wash hands. U.K. ends combat operations in Iraq, withdraws troops. In the old days, politics was something
"Yes We Can Iran": Ahmadinejad borrows Obama's slogan for June election. Snowe: Specter's defection is a sign Republicans must heed Reagan's call that the party should tolerate inner disagreements. Synchrony rituals are powerful; moving and singing in unison builds group cohesiveness, provides
