Bolton's temporary appointment as ambassador to the U.N. quietly ends. Lame-duck Congress likely to punt important important issues to next session. Video: The greatest high-school football comeback of all time. Holiday wrapping paper produced by graphic designers, sold to benefit charity. If your bus shelter
Being prone to conspiracy theories, as Russians certainly are, doesn't mean that someone is not conspiring against them. Forget ray-guns, our national security and best spies rely on...blogging. Thirty good websites you may not be reading. Jessica Francis Kane in today's Digest saves your
Children’s book battle: When your daughter only wants “My Little Pony: The Novella,” is it wrong to steer her hand towards more charming selections?
Hugo Chavez wins third term as Venezuela's president with 61 percent of the vote. Shiite protester shot dead during Beirut's third day of demonstrations. Annan: Forget "civil war," the killing in Iraq is much worse. Questions that should be asked of Robert Gates. See
These photos tell the story of Adam Bartos’s move to L.A. in the 1970s, when he arrived expecting Hollywood glitz and glamour and instead discovered the serene and all-American images in this series.
Scientists think ancient Egyptians built pyramids with concrete, not by hauling rocks--or maybe even with alien concrete. In a meeting with the clubgoers he accosted, Michael Richards will apologize, perhaps with money. Finland's prime minister breaks up with his internet girlfriend by text message. Aging Baby Boomers
Tens of thousands of Hezbollah supporters gather in Beirut to protest the Lebanese government. Today's long read: How Al-Sadr may control America's fate in Iraq. If it ends its efforts of reaching out to Sunni dissidents, the U.S. will signal the end of its
Iraq Study Group now offers timetable for Iraq withdrawal--if "by early 2008" is a timetable. Investigating the mysterious death of a Russian spy, British police find a trail of 12 radioactive locations around London, with more likely to come. And where might one find the polonium 210
Baby, you got it: Best infant breakdancer, Snoopy goes to the disco, a child that seems to be talented at something, a fancy French mime, Mel Brooks’s “The Critic”
Al Gore admits the Onion had it right with the headline, "Gores Enjoying Best Sex of Their Lives." Number of street children in Congo's capital has swelled to 20,000, with many shunned as "witches." New Yorkers (and their children), prepare for the holiday
