Dog Found Standing Guard Over a Tornado Victim Reunited With Her Owner

via the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office

There's a happy ending to the story of a dog, found alive in the rubble after a massive tornado devastated Moore, Oklahoma

By Adam Martin

May 25, 2011

A Guide to DSK's New York Entourage

The team that's protecting Strauss-Kahn and his image

Comments | 1,323 Views

By Adam Martin

May 25, 2011

Loughner Ruled Unfit to Stand Trial, Sent to Hospital

The Giffords shooting suspect: "Thank you for the freak show. She died in front of me"

Comments | 2,992 Views

By Adam Martin

May 25, 2011

Prosecutors Expect Jared Loughner to Be Found Unfit for Trial

The Giffords shooter would be remanded back to federal custody if that's the ruling

Comments | 2,406 Views

By Eli Rosenberg

May 25, 2011

Chart of the Day

Chart: A History of U.S. Tornado Deaths

Over 116 people died in the tornado outbreak on May 22

Comments | 1,035 Views

By Adam Clark Estes

May 25, 2011

Peter Thiel Bets $2.4 Million Against the Value of a College Degree

A Georgetown study, though, suggests his new mentees may be short-changed

Comments | 8,286 Views

By Caitlin Dickson

May 25, 2011

Cartoon

Who's Afraid of a Big Bad Tornado?

Cartoonist Tom Toles on the resilience of climate change skeptics

Comments | 458 Views

By Alex Eichler

May 25, 2011

Let the Summer of High Gas Prices Begin

Chicago, D.C., and L.A. drivers will be paying a lot to drive this holiday weekend

Comments | 1,907 Views

By Adam Martin

May 25, 2011

Your Thoughts on the Fate of Huguette Clark's Fortune

Readers had plenty of ideas for what to do with the reclusive heiresses's money

Comments | 1,792 Views

By Caitlin Dickson

May 25, 2011

Today's Best

Five Best Wednesday Columns

On Paul Ryan for president, the G-8's fudged numbers, and the benefits of circumcision

Comments | 893 Views

By Adam Clark Estes

May 24, 2011

Multi-vortex Tornado Slams Oklahoma, The Internet Watches

Fox 23 Tulsa's Jeff Piotrowski is America's bravest weather man

Comments | 17,243 Views

By Ray Gustini

May 24, 2011

By Caitlin Dickson

May 24, 2011

The Devastation in Joplin: Before and After

A photographer provides vivid illustration of the aftermath using Google's Street View

Comments | 7,217 Views

By Adam Martin

May 24, 2011

The Fate of Huguette Clark's Fortune

The reclusive heiress died today at the age of 104

Comments | 3,323 Views

By Erik Hayden

May 24, 2011

1,500 People Still Missing After Missouri Tornado

The official tally of those killed by the tornado has reached 117

Comments | 5,186 Views

By Erik Hayden

May 24, 2011

Things Nice Guys Have to Do to Be Found Attractive

New research says women like brooding or pompous types instead

Comments | 22,584 Views

By Adam Martin

May 24, 2011

America (With Some Exceptions) Is Safer

Crime is down nationwide, but several cities bucked the trend

Comments | 1,050 Views

By Caitlin Dickson

May 24, 2011

Stat of the Day

Harold Camping Spent Around $100 Million on Rapture Ads

That's the estimate from an employee at Family Radio

Comments | 3,276 Views

By Adam Martin

May 24, 2011

Bradley Manning's Story Told Through His Facebook Updates

Frontline has created a fascinating timeline of the years before he was arrested

Comments | 1,379 Views

By John Hudson

May 24, 2011

Washingtonian's Fawning Strauss-Kahn Profile Gets a Rewrite

The perils of long-lead press: a 3,000-word profile doesn't mention rape allegations

Comments | 5,561 Views

By Adam Clark Estes

May 24, 2011

Haley Barbour Tries an Apologetic Tack on the Civil Rights Movement

Mississippi governor to Freedom Riders: "We apologize to you for your mistreatment"

Comments | 592 Views

By Alex Eichler

May 24, 2011

More Tornadoes 'Likely' Today in Deadliest Season Since 1953

Meanwhile, hurricane season starts next week

Comments | 2,449 Views

By Erik Hayden

May 24, 2011

Harold Camping's New Rapture Forecast: October 21st

Proven wrong, the elderly Family Radio pastor decides to give it another go

Comments | 47,321 Views

By Ray Gustini

May 23, 2011

Comment of the Day

Comment of the Day: The French Reluctantly Take Manhattan

It's May, it's New York, you're getting paid--things could be worse

Comments | 865 Views

By Caitlin Dickson

May 23, 2011

Stat of the Day

50% of Americans Couldn't Come Up with $2,000

A survey of "financial fragility" asked if people could pay for an unexpected expense

Comments | 27,365 Views

By Erik Hayden

May 23, 2011

Video Footage of the Missouri Tornado

Striking amateur videos illustrate the harrowing experience and aftermath

Comments | 14,806 Views

By Adam Clark Estes

May 23, 2011

Rapture Prophet Harold Camping's 'Really Tough Weekend'

The Doomsday author emerges from his house "flabbergasted" and "bewildered"

Comments | 38,293 Views

By Adam Martin

May 23, 2011

DSK's Temporary Digs Become an Instant Tourist Trap

Curious onlookers, open-top buses, and a bedraggled press crowd the street

Comments | 1,011 Views

By Adam Martin

May 23, 2011

In Death, Joseph Brooks' Lowest Moments Highlighted

The Oscar-winning songwriter died of an apparent suicide on Sunday

Comments | 1,411 Views

By Caitlin Dickson

May 23, 2011

Today's Best

Five Best Monday Columns

On the dangers of hotel housekeeping, requiring voters to produce an ID, and more

Comments | 1,540 Views

By Adam Martin

May 23, 2011

LAPD Make an Arrest in Stadium Beating of a Giants Fan

A SWAT team is brought in to arrest one of the two suspects

Comments | 1,668 Views

By Erik Hayden

May 23, 2011

Tornado Flattens Sections of Joplin, Missouri

So far the tornado has killed at least 89 and damaged over 2,000 buildings

Comments | 3,698 Views

By Ujala Sehgal

May 22, 2011

Georgetown 'Univeristy' Flubs Spelling at Commencement

Graduating class must be feeling pretty proud

Comments | 18,772 Views

By Ujala Sehgal

May 22, 2011

The Sad Stories of Believers Disappointed by Non-Apocalypse

With no word from Camping, rapture hopefuls are upset, bewildered, and broke

Comments | 94,564 Views

By Ujala Sehgal

May 21, 2011

Professor Faces Removal Over 'Black Women Less Attractive' Claim

Offended students unanimously vote for social scientist's termination

Comments | 66,472 Views

By Ujala Sehgal

May 21, 2011

World Fails to End

No zombies, no earthquakes, no brimstone -- nothing

Comments | 10,050 Views

By Ujala Sehgal

May 21, 2011

The Five Best Saturday Columns

On the Middle East trade-off, "Bad Grandpas," and cupcake fatigue.

Comments | 933 Views

By Adam Martin

May 20, 2011

DSK Press Gather Outside Classic Movie Heist Building

The "undisclosed" location already has a growing throng of cameras outside of it

Comments | 1,414 Views

By Eli Rosenberg

May 20, 2011

Chart of the Day

Chart: The Recession by Race

Minority groups lost a bigger chunk of their income than whites did

Comments | 2,546 Views

By Erik Hayden

May 20, 2011

Kentucky Approves State Tourism Incentives for a Bible Theme Park

The proposed Ark Encounter now qualifies for $43 million in tax rebates

Comments | 1,345 Views

By Eli Rosenberg

May 20, 2011

Quote of the Day

Quote: Bloomberg Finds an Upside to Armageddon

There are some consolation prizes for anyone left behind in the rapture

Comments | 618 Views

By Erik Hayden

May 20, 2011

Shameless Press Release of the Day: Rapture Edition

There may just be hours left to shill!

Comments | 2,204 Views

By Adam Martin

May 20, 2011

Accused of Doping, Lance Armstrong Swats 60 Minutes

Teammate tells the show he and Armstrong used a banned substance in the Tour de France

Comments | 6,736 Views

By Caitlin Dickon and Eli Rosenberg

May 20, 2011

Today's Best

Five Best Friday Columns

Britain's "Big Society," the green card lottery, and the week of DSK, Arnold, and Newt

Comments | 1,928 Views

By Erik Hayden

May 20, 2011

So, Your Parents Think the Rapture's Here

Mom, could you wait on selling the house until after 6 p.m. Saturday, please?

Comments | 4,631 Views

By Eli Rosenberg

May 19, 2011

Chart of the Day

Chart: Poorest Nations Getting Richer, But Also Less Stable

The Brookings Institute shows that the poor are far from out of the woods

Comments | 880 Views

By Erik Hayden

May 19, 2011

'Left Behind' Novelist Finds May 21 Rapture Prediction 'Dangerous'

Tim LaHaye also thinks that Harold Camping's doomsday prediction is 'wrong'

Comments | 28,362 Views

By Caitlin Dickson

May 19, 2011

'Botox Mom' Now Insists Her Story Was Hoax

Was Good Morning America duped?

Comments | 1,227 Views

By Alex Eichler

May 19, 2011

The Unabomber May Work With the FBI on 1982 Tylenol Poisonings

Really he's just doing it to be a mensch

Comments | 2,244 Views

By Caitlin Dickson

May 19, 2011

Spatwatch

Tom Coburn Takes on Adult Babies

The Oklahoma Senator questions 'adult baby' Stanley Thornton's Social Security benefits

Comments | 3,943 Views

By Caitlin Dickson

May 19, 2011

Cartoon

How Did Arnold Finally Reveal His Big Secret to Maria?

Cartoonist Steve Breen wonders if he used household staff for that, too

Comments | 1,043 Views

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