Photos suggest the female bombers behind Friday's Baghdad blast--which killed nearly 100 people--had Downs syndrome. On the Puppy Bowl, the Super Bowl alternative; one hopeful viewer's quest to find a bartender who would let him watch the Puppy Bowl instead of the other big
Kenyan government and opposition officials agree on peace deal. Ireland drops plastic shopping bags, now everyone uses cloth sacks--to do otherwise is "on par with not cleaning up after your dog." Significant drops in malaria deaths after mosquito nets and a new drug get distributed. China'
Yesterday's Democratic debate made clear the crux of the campaigns: "Clinton's experience against Obama's judgement." Some in the G.O.P. protest John McCain's candidacy--what's with this stem-cell support and not opposing same-sex marriage? Obama&
Video: What does the man on the street in China think about the U.S. election? The winners, if there are winners, are going to be financial investors who have seen this recession coming and who have in effect bet financially on an economic downturn. Why my mother dumped Hillary
Suicides among soldiers have reached their highest level since 1980, when the Army began keeping such records. I would describe in detail my mother, diagnosed with breast cancer... my aunt who died of the same kind of bladder cancer that I had... before adding, "Oh yeah. And I'
The argument for a new geologic epoch, the argument against. Hoberman's arguments: Romanian abortion film doesn't have the luxury of pretending pregnancy's a joke; perhaps that explains why Hollywood looks the other way. Jennifer Daniels's print-out calendars for 2008; Ellie Kemper&
Op: In a contest with no delegates, Clinton's victory party in Florida was "a political stunt worthy of the late Evel Knievel." McCain wins Florida, a bevy of delegates, as immigration as an issue has seemed to disappear. Following his trouncing in Florida, Giuliani expected to
John McCain says he's got a plan to capture bin Laden, and he's not telling. Video: Mysterious traveler entrances town with utopian vision of the future. Considering the impact on the military's midlevel officers now that they're marrying professionals. Melissa Gates goes
The State of the Union is sunshine and lollipops--except for earmarks, which must go, and on which Bush was once silent. Politicians respond, candidates stump along to Bush's "more of the same." Democrats let their hair down on Bush's big night, Kennedys jockey
Economist names Vancouver as the world's more livable city--mainly because of the low incidence of terror attacks. Yemen's attitude towards jihadists--just don't bomb us--and its slide towards failure unsettles the U.S. A weekend's cruise from celebration to rain-
