Supreme Court rules that the line of execution drops somewhere between treason and child rape. Also yesterday, the Court ended two decades of litigation, deciding Exxon owes $500 million--of what was once $5 billion--for the Valdez spill. Pending the verification of nuclear documents, the U.S. is set
"We cannot allow politics to affect the cheetahs." U.N. joins Iran in efforts to save the endangered Asiatic cheetah. An interactive map of where journalists were killed in 2008. City noise isn't just making us anxious, it's literally killing us. Blogger questioned by
To the unhandy, a broken appliance offers an opportunity to prove one’s mettle—and finally break the plastic wrap on that toolbox. A stay-at-home dad calls in reinforcements.
The legend is true: The infamous, ill-fated, Guns N’ Roses album Chinese Democracy has been leaked after 14 years of recording and scads of record-company dollars down the four-track. I had hoped it would be the greatest peak in maddening celebrity indulgence, like a thousand Golden Throats
Kids seem to love these mash-ups. It appeals to their dual desires of flaunting copyright laws and hearing lots of songs all at once. It’s a short-attention-span, intellectual-property-law jamboree. And this latest Girl Talk album is a sampling bonanza sure to boggle the minds
From what I can tell, Iceland is on a breakneck pace to make it seem like a place called “Iceland” is a sun-drenched adventure land. They don’t use gasoline, produced Björk and Sigur Rós, and race around naked to their hearts content. It’s all part of a
I really wanted to love bluegrass; I really did. It helped me think I didn’t actually avoid country music, just commercial country music. Or electric country music (or some other arbitrary distinction). That was before the Washington, D.C., N.P.R. affiliate would play 12 straight hours of
In Africa, they’re just getting around to publishing essential psychedelic compilations that should have been out eons ago. Few know a name outside of Fela Kuti or King Sunny Ade. If there were any justice in the world 50 Cent would take the offer from Taco Bell to change
Citing continued killings, U.S. heads off Friday's runoff election in Zimbabwe, says it won't recognize the outcome. Mugabe officials informs citizens ballots will have serial numbers--so they'll know who to kill for voting incorrectly. Justice Dept. officials slammed for investigating intern applicants,
Violence in Iraq at its lowest level since 2004, mainly due to increase in trained Iraqi troops. Haiti battles violent reputation to improve tourism. Reporters complain networks no longer want war on the airwaves. Bush "quite pleased" with U.N.'s condemnation of Zimbabwe; London Times says
