Sorry, socialites: the IRS isn't so forgiving when it comes to party dress deductions. Prescription sleep medication labels soon to carry warnings about "complex sleep-related behaviors," like sleep-phoning, sleep-sex, and sleep-driving. In Minnesota, some Muslim cashiers pass on scanning pork. New Indian
Israel forms panel to declare new name for formerly-known-as Operation Change of Direction. America's secret weapon against Iran: the "psychological warfare" of Hollywood's 300. The action with Article 301 (why YouTube was banned last week), exemplifying growth of intense Turkish nationalism. Op:
Hundreds of rioters attack the U.S. embassy in Mexico City as Bush winds up his southern tour. Attorney General Gonzales refuses to resign, but admits "mistakes were made" on federal prosecutors. Op: The prosecutors story sums up this administration's philosophy: what's the point
Five kidnapped British diplomats safely released north of Ethiopia, in Eritrea. Pro golfer is suspect in street race that left one man dead. Hip-hop, in the guise of Grandmaster Flash, inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. (And you thought induction was a happy thing.) 2008 Presidential
"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
