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  1. In this Thursday, June 5, 2008 file photo, Defense Secretary Robert Gates pauses during a news conference at the Pentagon. Three ballistic missile crew members in North Dakota fell asleep while holding classified launch code devices this month, triggering an investigation by military and National Security Agency experts, the Air Force said Thursday, July 24, 2008 (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
    Air Force missile launch crew fell asleep AP - 2 hours, 51 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - Three ballistic missile crew members in North Dakota fell asleep while holding classified launch code devices this month, triggering an investigation by military and National Security Agency experts, the Air Force said Thursday.

  2. Thanks for the Memories Dear Margo - 2 hours, 17 minutes ago

    07/25/2008 - DEAR MARGO: About four and a half years ago I had a one-night stand with a friend of a friend who was leaving in a few weeks for the Army.

  3. Big Trouble with an 8-Year-Old Dear Margo - Thu Jul 24, 2:00 AM ET

    07/24/2008 - DEAR MARGO: My wife and I have a loving marriage.

  4. People wait for Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama to deliver his speech at the victory column (Siegessaeule) in Berlin July 24, 2008. (Michael Dalder/Reuters)
    Obama urges Europeans, Americans to defeat terror AP - 2 hours, 52 minutes ago

    BERLIN - Cheered by an enormous international crowd, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Thursday summoned Europeans and Americans together to "defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports it" as surely as they conquered communism a generation ago.

  5. US Democratic presidential hopeful, Barack Obama, makes a speech in front of the Victory Column in Berlin. Obama was due in Paris on Friday a day after telling a vast crowd of 200,000 people in Berlin that Americans and Europeans must tear down walls between estranged allies, races and faiths, in a soaring challenge to a new political generation.(AFP/DDP/Michael Kappeler)
    Poll: Latinos favor Obama by big margin AP - Thu Jul 24, 10:00 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - Democrat Barack Obama has opened a big lead among Hispanic voters, winning support from the vast majority of those who had voted for rival Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primaries, according to a poll released Thursday.

  6. Stacy Worley looks at his notes while working a math problem on the board at a Summerbridge program class held at Wright State University in Fairborn, Ohio, Wednesday, July 2, 2008. In the background is Michelle Green, another of the students taking part in the math class, which is just one of many courses offered in the four week summer program. (AP Photo/Skip Peterson)
    Schoolgirls' math skills now measure up to boys' AP - Thu Jul 24, 2:02 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Sixteen years after Barbie dolls declared, "Math class is tough!" girls are proving that when it comes to math they are just as tough as boys.

  7. Thousands take part in a demonstration July 20 in Bogota against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and to ask for the release of hostages held by the group. FARC has released eight hostages who were kidnapped last week and handed them over to the International Committee of the Red Cross, the ICRC said Thursday.(AFP/File/Inaldo Perez)
    Colombia's FARC rebels release 10 hostages AFP - 1 hour, 29 minutes ago

    BOGOTA (AFP) - Colombia's Marxist FARC rebel group has freed 10 hostages kidnapped last week, handing eight of them over to the International Committee of the Red Cross, the ICRC said Thursday.

  8. In this July 17, 2007 file photo, William Hubbard, former Associate Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. 'If the FDA had been given the resources and authority years ago that it asked for to solve these kinds of problems, I think we would have solved this already,' Hubbard said later about the recent Salmonella cases, (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)
    Food industry bitten by its lobbying success AP - 38 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - One of the worst outbreaks of foodborne illness in the U.S. is teaching the food industry the truth of the adage, "Be careful what you wish for because you might get it."

  9. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, center, and Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith right, pictured with students from Wesley College during a visit to Kings Park State War Memorial in Perth, Australia, Friday, July 25, 2008. Pakistan needs to do more to prevent Taliban militants from launching attacks into Afghanistan from its territory, Condoleezza Rice said Friday. (AP Photo/Ross Swanborough)
    Rice: Pakistan should do more to end violence AP - 50 minutes ago

    PERTH, Australia - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Pakistan needs to do more to prevent Taliban militants from launching attacks into Afghanistan from its territory.

  10. Report: Taliban using sophisticated media network AP - Thu Jul 24, 10:50 AM ET

    KABUL, Afghanistan - The Taliban have created a sophisticated media network to undermine support for the Afghan government, sending threats by text message and spreading the militia's views through songs available as ring tones, according to a report released Thursday.

  11. A Secret Service agent watches as US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) addresses a National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) conference in Washington, June 28, 2008. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (USA)
    AP Exclusive: Secret Service wants more money AP - 2 hours, 46 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - The Secret Service has asked for an extra $9.5 million to cover unexpected costs of protecting the presidential candidates during what has turned into an historic year for the agency's campaign security job.

  12. In this Friday, Nov. 18, 2005 file photo, actor Robert Pattinson appears in Tokyo during a press conference for the film 'Twilight'. If you haven't heard of 'Twilight,' ask a teenager. The best-selling young-adult book isn't bound for the big screen until December, but fan frenzy for the film practically took over Comic-Con on Thursday, July 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
    'Twilight' fans camp out for a peek (and a scream) AP - 2 hours, 42 minutes ago

    SAN DIEGO - If you haven't heard of "Twilight," ask a teenager. The best-selling young-adult book isn't bound for the big screen until December, but fan frenzy for the film practically took over Comic-Con on Thursday.

  13. Detroit Shock assistant coach Rick Mahorn, center, pushes Los Angeles Sparks' Lisa Leslie to the ground during a melee in the closing seconds of their WNBA basketball game on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 in Auburn Hills, Mich. Mahorn was ejected from the game and the Sparks won 84-81. Mahorn was attempting to keep Leslie from approaching the Shock bench during a bench-clearing fight in which four were ejected. (AP Photo/Jerry S. Mendoza)
    WNBA suspends 10 players and Mahorn for skirmish AP - 1 hour, 58 minutes ago

    The WNBA punished so many players for their roles in this week's skirmish that the league is staggering the suspensions by alphabetical order.

  14. "Distraught" Justin Withdraws From Drew's Film(E! Online)
    "Distraught" Justin Withdraws From Drew's Film E! Online - Thu Jul 24, 6:05 PM ET

    Los Angeles (E! Online) - Drew Barrymore apparently whipped him good.

  15. Robin S. Toma, executive director of the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission, presents the commission's 2007 Hate Crimes report during a news conference in Los Angeles Thursday, July 24, 2008. Hate crimes in the county soared last year to their highest mark in five years even as overall crime dropped across the region, according to the report. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
    Report: Hate crimes hit 5-year high in LA County AP - Thu Jul 24, 7:55 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Hate crimes in Los Angeles County soared last year to their highest mark in five years even as overall crime dropped across the region, according to a report released Thursday.

  16. RECESSION, YEAR 8 Ted Rall - Thu Jul 24, 7:58 PM ET

    Bickering Over Terminology Delays Real Action

  17. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) greets supporters after a speech at the Victory Column in Tiergarten Park in Berlin July 24, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)
    Obama says his foreign tour will reassure Americans Reuters - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

    BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama hopes his visit to Europe and the Middle East will show U.S. voters that he is a safe pair of hands, the Democrat said in an interview on Friday.

  18. An undated file photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's office, Northern District of Illinois, shows alleged mob enforcer Frank 'The German' Schweihs. Schweihs, 78, died Wednesday, July 23, 2008, while awaiting trial on federal charges that he took part in a racketeering conspiracy and took part in two long-unsolved mob murders. (AP Photo/U.S. Attorney's office, Northern District of Illinois, File)
    Reputed mobster Frank 'The German' Schweihs dies AP - Thu Jul 24, 10:26 PM ET

    CHICAGO - Frank "The German" Schweihs, reputedly one of Chicago's most feared mob enforcers, has died while awaiting trial on charges he took part in a conspiracy that included numerous organized crime murders.

  19. Toy-makers Hasbro and Mattel have demanded that social networking website Facebook remove the online game Scrabulous due to alleged copyright infringement(AFP/File/Leon Neal)
    Creators of Scrabble knockoff on Facebook sued AP - Thu Jul 24, 11:11 PM ET

    NEW YORK - T-R-O-U-B-L-E could loom for a Scrabble knockoff that has become one of the most popular activities on Facebook.

  20. In this Sept. 3, 2006 file photo, a spectator watches the aurora borealis rise above the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park, Alaska. On Thursday, July 24, 2008, NASA released findings that indicate magnetic explosions about one-third of the way to the moon cause the northern lights, or aurora borealis, to burst in spectacular shapes and colors, and dance across the sky. (AP Photo/M. Scott Moon, File)
    Scientists expose mystery behind northern lights AP - 2 hours, 43 minutes ago

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Scientists have exposed some of the mystery behind the northern lights. On Thursday, NASA released findings that indicate magnetic explosions about one-third of the way to the moon cause the northern lights, or aurora borealis, to burst in spectacular shapes and colors, and dance across the sky.

  21. A man shows off his 2008 Beijing Olympics tickets to synchronized swimming, Friday, July 25, 2008, in Beijing, China. Thousands of people waited overnight and some waited since Wednesday for a chance to buy tickets for next months Summer Games. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
    Olympic ticket sale in Beijing starts stampede AP - 9 minutes ago

    BEIJING - Eager fans swarmed and in some cases scuffled as they lined up at sales windows Friday to get the final batch of tickets for next month's Olympics.

  22. OBAMA FAKING IT Maggie Gallagher - Tue Jul 22, 7:58 PM ET

    Obama has a problem: What do you do when you're a lightly accomplished one-term senator, a former state legislator from Illinois, a Harvard law graduate who has no substantive record of accomplishments, and you are running against a war hero whom polls show that Americans overwhelmingly view as far more fit to be commander in chief?

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