Obama to withdraw funding for NYC nuclear detection efforts that never functioned properly--or knew what to do if a bomb was actually found. U.S. officials say Afghan civilians died in airstrikes, disavow Taliban grenade stories. Studies show governments who abuse human rights experience more domestic and transnational terrorism.
Summary of the state of America's problems in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Dark Saturday morning read: My life with depression. Account of British parliament's brutal destruction of Gordon Brown. Upside to nominating a lesbian to the Supreme Court: Conservatives might reveal anti-gay bias beneath same-sex
Officials find evidence that Afghan civilian deaths attributed to U.S. airstrikes may be subterfuge caused by Taliban grenades. Swine flu still poses a danger, especially if, like the Spanish flu of 1918, this is the mild peak before the lethal comeback. If a more dangerous swine flu lurks ahead,
Women's groups in Kenya stage seven-day sex strike to end government deadlock. Jailed journalist Roxana Saberi ends hunger strike. U.S. lawyers reveal they've got two hours of highlights showing Sheikh Issa's tastes in torture. Instapaper for the commute: Everything you need to
The first American dies from swine flu--the 33-year-old Texas woman had an unnamed pre-existing medical condition. For the Pashtun nation and Taliban militants, the Pakistan-Afghanistan border doesn't exist--blame the British for drawing an arbitrary line. Scientists ponder a "Churchill gene"
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
