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
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'
