Top headlines: Saad Hariri on Lebanons Future: Saad Hariri takes up the mantle of his assassinated father, and argues for the world to isolate Syria. ›15:46 12 Oct, Fri Best July 4th fireworks: Take a seat on Independence Day and crane your neck for Americas most spectacular fireworks displays. ›14:38 2 Jul, Thu Can the Youth Vote Save Obama?: With the Hillary juggernaut growing in strength every day, Barack Obama is hoping Iowas youth can help keep him in the game. ›14:47 8 Oct, Mon Study: Tropical rain band shifting north: Earth's most prominent rain band, near the equator, has been moving north at an average rate of almost a mile a year for three centuries, likely because of a warming world, scientists say. ›16:39 2 Jul, Thu Gallery: Your latest splurges: Despite tough economic times, readers share photos of recent big-ticket purchases. ›13:21 30 Jun, Tue Video: Jermaine Jackson: You feel him in the music: July 2: In an interview with NBC's Matt Lauer, Michael Jackson's brother Jermaine talks about his final moments with the singer, the legacy of his music and how the family is coping with the loss.(Nightly News) ›23:04 2 Jul, Thu This piggy will not go to market as sausage: This pig wasn't dubbed the 'ham on the lam' by its local newspaper for nothing. An 800-pound hog that survived on its own for a week after a truck flipped while on its way to a slaughterhouse surfaced in a swimming pool at a home near the crash site. ›16:04 1 Jul, Wed EPA approves Calif. rule on car emissions: Reversing a Bush-era decision and honoring a pledge last month, the EPA on Tuesday granted California the ability to impose stringent rules on greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. ›16:22 30 Jun, Tue Whatever happened to Bubbles the chimp?: In the wake of Michael Jacksons shocking death, many have wondered whatever happened to the King of Pops pet chimpanzee. It turns out that Bubbles, now aged 26, is alive and well in the Center for Great Apes, a Florida primate sanctuary. ›15:08 1 Jul, Wed Bill Gates Answers Your Questions: The Microsoft co-founder and leading philanthropist answers selected reader questions in this exclusive NEWSWEEK forum. ›22:02 9 Oct, Tue No Farewell: Hemingway lives on Ark. town: Eighty years after the publication of A Farewell to Arms, the Arkansas home where Hemingway stayed and worked has seen an increase in the number of visitors coming to the out-of-the-way museum. ›16:46 2 Jul, Thu Green light for solar on federal lands: The federal government's top land steward said Monday that the United States will fast-track efforts to build solar power generating facilities on public space in six Western states. ›17:03 30 Jun, Tue Video: Independence declared again: July 2: One of 26 surviving copies of the original printed copies of the U.S. Declaration of Independence was discovered gathering dust in an archive in West London. NBC's Brian Williams reports.(Nightly News) ›23:08 2 Jul, Thu Does flirting on Facebook count as cheating?: From having a work spouse to sending teasing texts, opportunities to be unfaithful abound in this shrinking digital age. Glamour magazine asked women to confess their iffy behavior so readers could vote on what crosses the line. See if you agree with them ... ›21:52 30 Jun, Tue Cool Cars We Miss: Gone but not forgotten—a shortlist of cars we loved and still miss. ›07:00 18 Oct, Thu Drugs: Meet Mexicos Suspected Queenpin: Sexy, stylish and female. Meet Mexicos unlikely druglord suspect. ›22:00 10 Oct, Wed Bush-era logging rule overturned: A federal judge has struck down the Bush administration's change to a rule designed to protect the northern spotted owl from logging in national forests. ›15:12 1 Jul, Wed EPA proposes tougher clean air rule: The Obama administration on Monday proposed to strengthen a key air pollution health standard to better protect children and people with respiratory illnesses. ›14:26 30 Jun, Tue Capri pants bare scourge of summer: cankles: Still obsessing about how your dimpled thighs, jelly belly or flappy arms look in a swimsuit? Thats so last summer. This year, theres a new body part to fret over: the cankle. ›18:13 1 Jul, Wed 2007 Tokyo Motor Show: Cars Makers Should Greenlight: The concept cars that we think should become production models. ›07:00 31 Oct, Wed Did the fry die when trans fats got the boot?: Good news! If you want fries with that, the drive-thru won't be a disappointment even without the trans fats. Consumer Reports magazine tested french fries and found they taste about the same as they always did. ›17:30 29 Jun, Mon Sitting duck? Palin wins dubious honor: The National Society of Newspaper Columnists chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as the winner of its annual Sitting Duck Award, a tongue-in-cheek honor that pokes fun at the most ridiculed newsmakers. ›09:40 3 Jul, Fri Detroit: Behind the UAWs Striking Ways: The unions strategic mini-strikes against Chrysler and GM struck a chord with members and fear among management. Is Ford next? ›00:16 11 Oct, Thu Take the kids off the tourist track in NYC: Certainly visitors to New York have their pick of world-class and iconic sites the Museum of Natural History, the Empire State Building and Central Park but there is a lot more to New York than the tourist track. ›21:46 2 Jul, Thu |
