Florida to abandon touch-screen voting machines--potentially a death knell for paperless voting. Photos taken two seconds after a self-timer button is pressed. Op: What is it, exactly, that white people mean when they call a black person "articulate?" Americans still have a difficult time talking
Global warming is firmly, unequivocally our fault. Not so! says China, who'd prefer to say it's "very likely" our fault. How do you know global warming's gone mainstream? Even investment bankers are worried, and Gore's gotten the Nobel nod. Oil
Apparently, anything can be mistaken for a bomb these days. Times publishes photos of sergeant's death in Baghdad--but neglects to inform his family first. Scientists convene to produce international report on the factors behind global warming; U.S. Conference of Mayors and the Green Building Council have
Many are concerned Boston police can't tell the difference between an IED and a Lite Brite; "fake pipe bombs found not part of marketing stunt." U.S. officials fear a new front in the Iraq war may be brewing in oil-rich Kirkuk, where al Qaeda
Senate measure to oppose troop increases is revised for bipartisan appeal. In January, Iraqi deaths hit a new high--1,971 civilians died from "terrorism." Biden throws his hat into the '08 ring, then eats it during questions about "bright and clean" Obama. "As
Germany orders arrest of 13 CIA agents suspected of abduction in Macedonia. In Madagascar, Osama Bin Laden's brother-in-law killed. Berlusconi's wife wins public apology after he hit on other women. Quebec town bans abuse of women in anticipation of a growing immigrant population; Muslim
More than 60 Iraqis dead yesterday, mostly from sectarian warfare aimed at Shiite Muslim pilgrims. Notes on millions of dollars squandered in Iraq. With one toilet per 2,000 people, the waste situation in Nairobi's Kibera slum is dire. Speaking of number twos: Victor Hugo's great-
Choice for number two at state, Negroponte backs Bush's stance on Iran. Unnamed sources say the Air Force is planning more flights along the Iranian border. Senate votes to boost the minimum wage; House members put off their pay raise. Gray wolves to be removed from endangered-species
Five years ago, Bush coined the "axis of evil"; today, the three nations are all over the headlines. The freedom to travel is the freedom to inseminate. A developing trend in South America: One third of the continent's defense ministers are women. These days, being an
Federal regulators say nuclear power plants don't need protection from terrorists with planes--and they could be right. One of them was equipped with a ventilation system, phone line, and video surveillance equipment. A look at the large, unfilled subterranean tunnels beneath the U.S.-Mexico border. (Photos
