Tony Snow, White House spokesperson, faces cancer for a second time. Police find missing British woman's body in a sand-filled Japanese bathtub. Almost 40 percent of the Japanese, including married couples, have not had sex in the past month. Burma unveils a new capital city (restaurants and
After five years at Gitmo, and appearing irritated and at least 30 pounds heavier, Australian David Hicks pleads guilty to terror charges. Gonzales's senior counselor takes the fifth--is there a crime in which she fears implicating herself? Senate Republicans say they'll pass the Iraq spending/
Weekend brings small signs of unrest in Belarus, Europe's last dictatorship. Northern Ireland moves one step closer to peace. Head of Smithsonian Institution resigns over utility bills you wouldn't believe. Alarmists worry a bump in pill prices could result in a new baby boom. An air
Drafting a new health coverage bill, Congress may have to choose between children and the elderly. For failing schools, more time each day and more days in the classroom is the suggested remedy, and nobody's happy about it. We enter the semifinals in the Tournament of Books, as
Leading up to Gonzales's Apr. 17 testimony, Republican senators question the attorney general's credibility. Op: "In half a century, I have not seen a president so isolated from his own party in Congress--not Jimmy Carter, not even Richard Nixon as he faced impeachment."
Iraqi government and insurgents discuss uniting against al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda airs its human-resources announcements while violence continues in Mogadishu. Zimbabweans emigrate, desert, flee country sinking under Mugabe's disatrous rule. This man is a disaster, his country is just a total heap of misery. And Australian PM
Iran nabs 15 British soldiers out for a sail; Navy insists they were patrolling Iraqi waters. Your weekend white paper: "The Economics of Energy Independence for Iran." New Jersey radio show encourages listeners to report their illegal immigrant neighbors. Elderly women insured two homeless men, then ran them
With the liberals out of the way, House looks ready to approve a deadline for removing troops from Iraq. Senate follows House in approving subpoenas for Rove, Miers, Kelley; White House sticks to its offer of private, unsworn meetings. Lucky explosion at an internet cafe reveals terrorists' plan to
Twenty months after London Tube bombings, three suspects arrested. "Funding a terrorist organization can never be treated as a cost of doing business," not even in Chiquita's case. Prices for previous portions of people's progress. The notions of popular sovereignty and equal universal citizenship
American diplomats fail for having too-yellow hair, not-yellow-enough faces, says Japanese Foreign Minister. Top Justice lawyer who prosecuted big tobacco says the White House interfered to weaken the case. Georgia's public defense system's coffers drained by a high-profile murder. Slideshow: Gitmo in
