If security improves in Baghdad, the new "additional troops" could be withdrawn by late summer, says Casey. Why Egypt, despite pledge to support Bush, may wish to continue revving up Sunni insurgents. International responses varied, worried about Chinese missile test. Tomb-raiding Jakartan farmers put archaeologists in a
Rescued frozen embryo, sent to sea by Katrina, becomes a boy named Noah. Only 13 percent of "Road Home" applicants--Louisiana hurricane victims--are taking the money and running out of state. Small indie magazine caught (online) in the music business's oldest payola practices. See also,
Justice Department considering adding all sorts of detainee DNA to its crime-fighting database. Democrats pass far-reaching ethics reform bill, oil-industry slap bill, all in 42 hours or so. Op: Support intervention in Darfur but not Iraq? Think again. It used to be enough to know the difference
We can stop watching for space aliens--it's going to take them 10 billion years to find us, after all. Last night one of your buddies called me twice even asking me to be on his TV show... You have to chill this guy out. Don't
"The best things in life aren't things." Art Buchwald gets the last laugh, passes away at age 81. (Excellent video interview with him here.) "Is it all right to take a 15-year-old girl to the Folies-Bergere?" (answer: "Depends on the
White House says it will cease warrantless domestic surveillance--and replace it with a secret court of spies. Cancer deaths in U.S. drop for second year in a row, suggesting it's no fluke. New study shows "dense" breasts are at a higher risk for cancer.
Bush disappointed by Saddam's hanging--"it looked like it was kind of a revenge killing." If Oprah had to sleep with a man, she would sleep with Obama. Reviewing the presidential hopefuls with Dan Savage. Not just a modesty suit, it's also sun protection:
Racial hatred fuels war between black and Latino gangs in Los Angeles Spam messages promoting pornography are 280 times as effective as those advertising drugs. Op: There's no easy way to quit smoking, not until smoking becomes just too difficult. Five ideas for stressful living. Higher executive pay
From state legislator to the great American hope in three years, Obama starts fundraising. Iraqi death toll in 2006 exceeded 34,000, says the U.N., with 94 persons killed each day. At least 70 Iraqi college students killed yesterday by university bombing. America's gulf allies give cautious
What we all knew from the beginning and were just too afraid to admit--Airborne is a gimmick. Video: La Marche de l'empereur, or Napoleon gets down. Today's TMN Gallery: "Unlike the dank motels where Americans allegedly seek anonymous sex, Japan's love hotels
