Midtown steampipe explosion kills one in Manhattan, injures 30 (video, photos, comments). Buried hazards in the city: aging pipes, asbestos contamination. Study finds 85 percent of men who look at porn depicting children also molest them. Mexican migrants carry H.I.V. home to rural hamlets ill-prepared to handle
Libya commutes death sentences for six foreign medical workers accused of deliberately infecting children with HIV. Optimists hope discovery of huge underground lake in Sudan may help ease Darfur conflict. Atlanta Falcons quarterback accused of playing host to Bad Newz Kennels, a vicious dogfighting enterprise. More on the fundamentally disturbing
Pulling an all-night Iraq debate, Senate can't agree on troop pullout--around 8:30, they considered having Trent Lott arrested. "I am convinced based on everything I have read it won't be a hell of a lot worse than it is now." U.
Al-Sadr loyalists end their one-month boycott and return to the Iraqi parliament. Sunni/Shiite politics also play out in the streets, as diverse militias seek to curry U.S. favor. Security agencies release National Intelligence Estimate today, warn of terror attacks at home. Study finds eating grapefruits leads
U.K. prepares for penance post-pitching of Russian plants, portending KGB's play in the polonium poisoning. Inspired by China's recent chop-shop, a history of punishments for officials on the teat. Public defenders defend better on salary rather than hourly wage. Old but remarkable story
Powerful earthquake strikes northwest Japan, killing seven, injuring hundreds, and releasing "a small amount" of nuclear waste. Israel to release 250 Fatah prisoners later this week as Middle Eastern good feelings grow. IHOP to buy Applebee's, Olive Garden looks sheepishly at shoes. Chicago journalist fired after
As violence escalates, truce between Pakistan and tribal leaders along Afghanistan border appears to dissolve. Coordinated car bombs in northern Iraq kill at least 80, wound 136 more. In the 10-square-mile district of West Rashid, the Mahdi Army also controls the housing market, the gas stations and the
A ruined Zimbabwean economy has cost men their affairs--and caused the only significant drop in HIV in southern Africa. Details of the current moral and political crackdown in Iran, the most widespread since the 1979 revolution. Hamas struggling to contain radical Islamist groups in Gaza. Question of the day:
Despite Bush's vow to veto, the House notarizes plan to yank combat troops from Iraq by next year. Bush inflates notion of al Qaeda in Iraq, and yes, Saddam did cause Sept. 11. Recent events in the Russian press: Olympic cash lockdown; tourists in Chechnya; missile defense against
Bush is pleased with the progress report in Iraq, asks nation to try on his beer goggles. Roboticists are building the world's fastest walking robot shaped like Kelly Le Brock--OK, just the world's fastest walking robot. Runners in air-polluted cities feel the burn in
