Five confirmed dead in Minneapolis bridge collapse, divers continue their search. The bridge had been rated "structurally deficient"--as are more than 70,000 bridges in the U.S., to the tune of $188 billion in repairs. How NYC's traffic and pedestrian bridges measure up--the
The modern American workplace in five acts: Cube farm as survival ground; Olympians at work; Copying one’s mistakes; Prescient “Office Space”; Revenge against one’s lessers.
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Minneapolis bridge collapse rescue efforts begin after officials assess the area as safe enough for workers. Probe finds DoJ head aware as early as 2003 of Chiquita's payments to Colombian paramilitary groups. Canada displeased, U.S. silent as Russia claims the North Pole. If Giuliani becomes the Republican
Rescuers search for dead after Minneapolis bridge collapses during rush hour. Senate may end era of secret chokeholds, Mae West holds, rotating holds, and other legislative wrestling moves. Robert Mugabe has finally achieved complete economic control, ending Zimbabwe's economy. Africa's oil-poor countries may want to
More than 65 killed in Baghdad bomb attacks today, as largest Sunni bloc walks away from coalition cabinet. Rumsfeld returns to Capitol Hill for first time since leaving office in order to testify in Pat Tillman cover-up inquiry. Positing what's next for Citizen Murdoch: A financial news
In the ’90s she toured the world with her rock band Zuzu’s Petals. Now she’s trading attitude with the other mothers at Chuck E. Cheese.
House passes vast ethics reform; lawmakers must disclose campaign funding, government spending, disrobe behind the privacy curtain. Military reports American death toll of 74 in July, the lowest number in any month this year. "People watch television because there is nothing else to do." More Afghans have TVs
Pop music is at its best when it’s not actually pop music, but a teeming, cacophonous, and experimental diversion from pop book-ended by an otherwise unassuming, jaunty indie-pop song. Or so out-of-and-back-into-nowhere Danish band Kirsten Ketsjer makes me believe. The song is
Afghan police recover body of second South Korean hostage to be shot and killed by Taliban. Today marks the end of Britain's longest military operation--a 38-year police presence in Northern Ireland. U.N.-backed Cambodian genocide tribunal questions its first suspect, former head of Phnom Penh&
