Senate approves the war-spending bill, and Bush renews his pledge to veto. Maryland becomes first state to kick-off the de facto disbanding of the electoral college. How to make a 75-year-old person's brain work like a 35-year-old's. How Wal-Mart
Bush bullies back on Iraq, and Pelosi turns on him for picking a fight (Reid, meanwhile, keeps it real). New York D.A. Arthur Branch contemplates a run for president. Iran makes the captured British troops "confess" on TV. Zimbabwe undone: Loyalists turning disloyal, activists abducted and beaten,
Iran to release the one woman from the 15 captured British sailors. Philippine daycare hostage situation peacefully resolved before lunch. Women from Pakistani madrasa abduct alleged brothel owner and family. There's a Geico gaming tent and a Neutrogena spa, and the Trojan booth offers pina-colada-scented oxygen
Talks stall in Britain-Iran naval dispute; Blair says he's willing to escalate. British satellite images show sailors were inside Iraqi waters when captured. In northern Iraq, two bomb-laden trucks--one lured a crowd by selling wheat--killed at least 63 people. Angered by the bombings, Shiite
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
