Almost 90 percent of Guard units aren't ready due to shortfalls in equipment. As more people travel to space, will the sight of earth from a rocket affect politics on the ground? Inuits visit Washington to lobby against U.S. emissions that are ruining their way of life.
Tornado-related incidents kill 17: nine in Georgia, seven in Alabama, one in Missouri. Bush vows to bust up bureaucratic logjams preventing federal aid from reaching the Gulf. Former kangaroo skinner becomes first target of White House's special military commissions. Skinner's description of brutal treatment at
Large Midwest storm system spawns tornadoes, leaving at least one dead in Missouri. Notorious ETA prisoner returned home to Basque region after 114-day hunger strike. U.S. finding it surprisingly hard to recruit Iraqis for Bavarian war games. When Colorado kicks out the immigrants, it's left to
Pessimism and bad moods dump slump on world markets. Japanese whaling mothership crippled; anti-whaling nations vow to club the entire industry. Top Walter Reed officials have heard complaints about outpatient neglect for more than three years. Sleep deprivation has a particularly debilitating effect on decision-making processes that depend
McCain tells Letterman he'll run for president. Despite his frozen freezer cash, Pelosi appoints Jefferson to the Homeland Security Committee. Iran and Sudan, which rhyme, make friends in face of foreign isolation. Did the U.S. encourage North Korea's nuclear build-up by overestimating its accomplishments
Stock market creeps back up as the Fed reassures us all is well. Castro calls Chavez, chats about China, communism, Cuba; read the full transcript here. Police wonder whether it's "theft to order" as two Picasso paintings go missing from granddaughter's house. PETA'
Speaking of China's internet-blocking: Reporters Without Borders' list of 13 internet enemies. Op: Democrats bluster about Bush's Iran policy, but theirs is nothing to get excited about. Boer-pride radio anthem excites a generation of young Afrikaners who've lived under African government.
White House shifts, plans to send Rice and diplomats to chat with Iranian and Syrian counterparts. African American voters shift to preferring Obama over Clinton. Inside view of the CIA's "black sites" from interviews with a released prisoner. Gore called a hypocrite for his mansion'
Chasing a fall in Chinese stocks, the Dow dropped 400 points today; Negroponte's first task as Deputy Secretary of State is to tame China. Israeli authorities consider opening "Jesus's tomb" to public. His lawyer denied that he wrote the book to get out of
International Criminal Court names two as Darfur's first war crimes suspects. Iran launches a rocket into space, though one expert reassures its military insignificance. Elephant protectors agree overbreeding has vastly increased herds, but say a disproportionate ivory demand once again puts the animals' numbers in danger. There
