Federal panel votes to retroactively reduce tough '80s crack sentences; thousands of inmates will be eligible for early release. In short, all the evidence from every narcotics arrest in Brooklyn that day was gone. Drug evidence goes missing from police departments. Sqeaky prisoner gets his palm greased. Republicans in
Car bombs outside U.N. and government offices in Algiers kill 45, mostly students. Sleep, attention, and memory: what you didn't know about "stickyness." Wal-Mart panties for teenage girls suggest they accept cash for sleeping around. Crunks 2007: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections.
"It's uncommon, to say the least, to find these." Maine town battles to retrieve a Declaration of Independence found in a deceased resident's attic. Former CIA employee denounces waterboarding, vouches for its effectiveness. Long Island company rents boss-dunking machine for parties. While traveling
Putin picks his successor, Dmitry Medvedev, mild-mannered devoted houseboy. Concerning Belarus, perhaps Soviet-style cowboy films are to blame, since all Russian leaders love a good western. Concerning the future of Russian oil, could a sixth of Europe's electricity supply really come from solar panels in the
Secret CIA campaign has persuaded "handful" of key Iranians to defect from Tehran's nuke teams. Russia may "merge" with Belarus, inspiring further "hmms" about Putin's power plans. Saudi Arabia "reintegrates" former Guantanamo prisoners who were transferred to Riyadh
In an effort to respond to rider complaints, improve service, MTA to give L, 7 train managers autonomy. Lawmakers, carmakers strategize how to fit America into smaller, fuel-sipping cars. Op: Romney's defense of Mormonism was "brilliant and frustrating, inspiring yet also transparently political." Hawks and
Fearing prison, CIA officials destroyed at least two videotapes documenting "severe interrogation techniques." Petraeus says number of foreign jihadists entering Iraq has fallen by nearly half, thanks to country's neighbors and ordinary Iraqis. Gennifer Flowers leaning towards endorsing Hillary. In today's Video Digest, Meave
Letter bomb in downtown Paris kills secretary who opened the package. What happened to Gordon Brown? The disappearance of a prime minister while his government lurches between disasters. Analysis of statistics in Giuliani's latest Iran ad. How to get 100 million children in India reading in three years.
U.S. military leaders acknowledge recent gains in Iraq, resist Pentagon's request for increased troop withdrawals. As chances of a U.S. attack on Iran dwindle, other Arab nations worry Tehran may feel emboldened to interfere. How the intel on Iran's non-nukes came about: notes
Scholars don't know how a 500-year-old map of America, now on display in D.C., got to be so darn accurate. Undated map of blondes in Europe; ugly Argentinian condemns idea that all of Buenos Aries is beautiful, proposes tax for hotness. Tina Fey's
