Pentagon considers NATO role for Petraeus later this year, critics question rotating commanders. China's burgeoning middle class is buying cars, and their kids want to race them "unofficially." One man's private collection of MLK, civil rights memorabilia proves too extensive for one photographer to
Economist review of "An Empirical Analysis of Street-Level Prostitution." Donatella Versace says Russian women no longer like bling. Where the presidential candidates stand on science issues. In today's Video Digest, Meave Gallagher on the role of misogyny in the presidential race; Lauren Frey with political-
Former chess champion Bobby Fischer dies, age 64; from 2005: "Bobby and me." Play-by-play clickthrough of game six of Fischer's 1972 world championship victory. Ross Perot "still has some scores to settle"--by the way, he's voting for Romney. CIA
U.K. closes (cultural) shop in Russia after "completely unacceptable" actions after drunk driving charge. Map of U.S. states renamed for countries with similar GDPs. Judging by the lyrics, candidates don't pay much attention to their campaign songs. A larger question is whether a candidate&
Negative attackers prep for campaigns in South Carolina, draw up anti-everything posters. On campaign plane, Clinton tests out sound bites in flight attendant mode. Carry a stout stick and the next time you see the crapsheet dealer, thrash him within an inch of his life. How to deal with
What did we learn about Romney's success in Michigan? Pandering works. On one side, the green movement, and on the other, the anti-poverty types. In the middle? The Nano. Can the web make Broadway popular with the (hopefully young) masses? Will Ferrell quietly touring Broadway stages. It
This summer, waterfall art installations will open on the shores in New York City. (Artist renderings here) A starfish threatens Indonesia's reefs; beetles may kill most of Colorado's lodgepole pines. Colorado, Minnesota towns battle over which gets to be the official "Ice Box of the
Was the "Filipino Monkey," professional radio troll, behind the recent U.S.-Iran naval encounter? Racist America's new term for a black person: Canadian. Hip-hop stars implicated in the steroids debacle; hacker controls city train network with remote control. New research says it may be
U.S. plans to send 3,200 additional Marines to Afghanistan, in hopes of shaming NATO allies into matching troops. Army seeks "professional celebrity rock music band"; bureaucracy gets to build a tour rider. From William Henry Harrison's log cabin medal to the George W. Bush
No matter our sentimental ideas about our cell phones, we rarely consider where they go when they die. In today's TMN Gallery, portraits of people who speak to the dead. Small-town mayors speak of their ideas of Bloomberg. Loquacity equals good leadership--and other myths about eloquence
