"Sheer boredom" noted as one possible motivation people had for voting on a new league of Seven Wonders. Ecologists slam Sweetwater, Texas's, rattlesnake roundup; TMN's Geoff Badner traveled to the event in 2003. I have wrestled with these questions and my conscience leads me
The dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys last year began when Harriet Miers wanted all 93 pink-slipped, allegedly for reasons more political than professional. Gonzales's chief of staff--and Miers email partner--steps down, and the attorney firing scandal truly gets underway. Iraq's Shiite prime
BBC reporter believed to have been kidnapped in Gaza. Army's Surgeon General is latest casualty in Walter Reed shakedown. Now that radar has fallen into favor, National Park Service weighs opening up Bay Area lighthouses to the public. D.C. commemorates the 30-year anniversary of the Hanafi
Talks about Kosovo's future disrupted by deadlock. Breaking the world's astronomers' lock on naming, Pluto will always be Pluto in New Mexico. An elite group of Native American trackers is joining the hunt for terrorists crossing Afghanistan's borders. Summary of today's
U.N. condemns Sudan for Darfur's horror and the world for its "pathetic" response. Bush announces plan to send thousands of new troops to Iraq and Afghanistan in addition to his previous surge. Sketchy details on new strategy considered for Iraq, relying on U.S. experience
Which was longer in coming, the backlash against Ann Coulter, or against anti-gay hate in general? The danger of rape by other soldiers is so widely recognized in Iraq that their officers routinely told them not to go to the latrines or showers without another woman for protection. Female
Gingrich says he was having an affair while prosecuting Clinton over Monica, occasionally falling short of God's standards (like when he divorced his first wife in the hospital). Claire Miccio in today's Non-Expert has baby names to calm your brain in the birthing ward, like
Investigation finds that in requesting secret records, FBI agents frequently play loose. Vast inequities over disability await veterans because Veterans Affairs can't anticipate surges (in injuries). Browbeaten, Gonzales relents on U.S. attorneys. At least 20 injured in riots when Bush goes to Brazil. New York cabbies may
RV market trembles in the face of FEMA's excess trailer supply. Somewhere there's a second winning ticket for the richest lottery prize in U.S. history, and it has yet to surface. Gov. Schwarzenegger's appointees to Board of Chiropractic Examiners stage minor coup with
New York's deadliest fire in 17 years kills eight children in the Bronx. Saying "vagina" too publicly in New York can get you barred from school. As expected, IAEA halts technical assistance programs to Iran, and as also expected, Iran doesn't care. As rumored,
