"The bottom line is the American people are capable of determining their own ideals of heroes and they don't need to be told elaborate tales." Jessica Lynch testifies on Pat Tillman's death. Ethiopian separatist group attacks workers at Chinese-owned oil field, killing 74
Suicide bomber rams truck into U.S. outpost in Iraq, killing nine soldiers and wounding 20. Baghdad Sunnis demonstrate against the al-Adhamiyah wall, fearing life as pseudo-Palestinians. Whether halted or continuing, how many walls are planned for Baghdad? (For some reason, dents and hair dryers come to mind.
Boris Yeltsin dead at age 76 from a reported heart attack. Virginia Tech killer was an avid eBay user, even purchasing bullet clips there. We've heard about the dead, but what about the 30 Virginia Tech wounded? San Francisco's mayor reaffirms city's status as
The FDA has known about peanut butter, spinach contamination for years, but the agency says recent outbreaks weren't preventable. U.S. military moves ahead with the Berlinification of Baghdad; Iraqi PM says construction must stop--no response heard over the sound of digging. Today three suicide attacks around
Holocaust survivor, Virginia Tech victim Liviu Librescu buried today in Israel. Topeka's Westboro Baptist Church plans to picket future Virginia Tech funerals, claiming they're the real martyrs. John Edwards must face questions on how much political primping is too much. A zoomable representation of where your
Lawmakers roast Gonzales, disappointed by the 50-plus times he said, "I don't recall." White House aides: Gonzales went down in flames. U.S. brigade builds first sectarian wall in Baghdad to separate Sunnis from Shiites. Reid: This war is lost. Primer as to who supports
In his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee today, Gonzales qualifies the attorney firings as "flawed," though not "improper." U.S. District Court to decide whether Yahoo can be held responsible for torture by the Chinese government. Ten suspects arrested in the bloody murder of three
NBC receives packaged manifesto, images from Virginia Tech killer; the parcel was sent between shootings, and showed up a day late because the address was wrong. Until just cause is exhibited, universities have few options to deal with troubled students. No one died for lack of text messages or an
Bomb explosions today kill at least 157 in Baghdad. Britain drops the phrase "war on terror," finding it "ill-defined, oversimplistic, and excessively martial and Manichaean." Gov. Kaine orders, at Virginia Tech's request, an independent investigation of campus response to the shootings. "They
Two violent, rape-filled plays by Cho Seung-Hui, the Virginia Tech shooter. Other signs: investigated for stalking, reprimanded for up-skirt shots, noticed for bizarre classroom behavior. How the tragedy played out in real time on the web, particularly on Fark.com. Aside from Edwards, both Republicans and Democrats
