There is no military solution to Iraq (without political action), says Petraeus. Different commander says the surge should be maintained through next February. Why did the plane crash in Yogyakarta yesterday? It was going too fast. New BBC global poll finds low marks again for the U.S., but even
"If we want to objectify, criticize and [expletive] on [expletive] like her, we should be able to." Comments on law school job board leave some students without a job. Philsopher Baudrillard, unfortunately best known for inspiring The Matrix movies, dead at 77. It's so easy to
Intense diplomacy between 11 nations as Nazi papers detailing death marches come to light. Worldwide replications of 770 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn's headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. Bono's Red campaign has only earned $18 million, despite $100 million spent on marketing. New edition of Maira Kalman&
Lewis Libby found guilty of lying to a grand jury and FBI agents over the Wilson affair. Graphic explains facts and fiction in the scandal's key events. The jury has convicted Libby, but Collins has convicted the administration. Recent spate of firings of U.S. attorneys gets more
Scientists want to determine why part of the earth's crust is missing along the mid-Atlantic ridge. "Did the fish bring us good luck? Definitely," said Mr. Ly, who owns three restaurants and sports a diamond-studded Rolex. Maine restauranteur gets his koi back. Book publishers
At Congressional hearings, wounded soldiers tell of squalor, poor care at Washington's Walter Reed Army Medical Center. It's not just Walter Reed. Conditions are a mess at VA hospitals elsewhere in the country. At the opposite end of what U.S. health care can offer, doctors
Vehicles carrying kidnapped British officials found partially burnt-out and riddled with bullets in Ethiopian village. German citizen held in secret CIA prison asks for a public day in court. American expert who publicly linked Litvinenko poisoning and the Kremlin is shot in apparent robbery attempt. Estonia becomes first country
Sex offenders' treatment facility in Florida marred by sexual activity between inmates, employees. in New York, 64 fugitive offenders are being hunted by police, after providing fake addresses to authorities. U.S. Patent Office to open web submissions. Related: Everybody invented the mp3, and everybody wants to get paid.
Iraqi, British forces raid Iraqi security complex, discover 30 prisoners bearing signs of torture; PM Maliki demands those behind the raid be punished. Suicide bomber kills 26 near Baghdad book market. "Plan B was to make Plan A work." To the administration, not only is failure in Iraq
Bus carrying college baseball team drives off overpass, killing six and injuring 29. The secret to slowing AIDS may be reducing the number of people with multiple, concurrent sexual partners, a.k.a. "Zero Grazing." Swiss army kind of, sort of, accidentally invades Liechtenstein. Senator Clinton's
