At this mile marker along the long and sinuous road to the White House and Capitol Hill, the Republican party's election jalopy is starting to show signs of strain. Most of its tires are out of air. Its windshield is so caked with splattered bugs that no one can see out of it and no one will use the Devil's mechanical… » 9/12/12 8:30pm 9/12/12 8:30pm

Egypt's military rulers continue carry out a brutal crackdown on protesters in Cairo. Fighting has been ongoing for the last several days, and more than 300 people have been injured and at least nine people have been killed. In a shocking scene yesterday, troops viciously attacked a crowd of protesters—in one case… » 12/18/11 1:05pm 12/18/11 1:05pm

On February 7, an angry, drunk, and possibly insane British woman stabbed her boyfriend in the eye with her stiletto heel. It punctured his socket and entered his brain, causing a blood vessel to burst. Weirdly, this has happened before. » 8/05/10 3:40pm 8/05/10 3:40pm

Islamic militants continue to work to keep girls in Afghanistan from getting an education. In the past two weeks, there have been three separate attacks using poison, sending over 100 girls to the hospital. » 5/13/09 9:30am 5/13/09 9:30am