NYT: The Facebooker who friended Obama

Last year, Hillary Clinton's chief strategist said Barack Obama’s supporters “look like Facebook.” Chris Hughes takes that as a compliment. The Facebook co-founder's work on the Obama campaign has revolutionized the use of the Web as a political tool.

G-8 leaders face demands on climate, oil

Wall Street faces the bears of summer

Rising unemployment and inflation have market watchers taking back predictions of a stock market rally in the second half of this year.

Crumbling dollar resonates through economy

Nadal shocks Federer for Wimbledon title

Rafael Nadal won his fifth Grand Slam title -- and first outside of France -- by knocking off five-time defending Wimbledon champion Roger Federer in five thrilling sets.

BoSox, Cubs dominate All-Star starting lineups

Radio's 'Car Talk' guys tinker with TV show

Tom and Ray Magliozzi, aka Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers of NPR’s “Car Talk” fame, are just two low-ego lugs. That’s why — familiar self-deprecating shtick aside — the boys’ ambivalence about their new public television series rings seriously true.

Superhero 'Hancock' saves day at box office

Affordable stores too far? Veggie vans offer aid

Millions in the U.S. are living in urban or rural areas unserved by a big grocery chain that can serve up fresh foods at lower costs. Now states and nonprofits are finding ways to get healthy food to those areas.

Men past 40 can face fertility problems

Future space robots may think for themselves

Scientists today can only dream of having a robotic explorer like EVE from the Disney/Pixar film "WALL-E." But some researchers are working on autonomous spacecraft, airships and rovers that can cooperate intelligently while exploring distant worlds.

Not-so-dangerous destinations

Travelers' ideas of Libya, Bosnia or any country ending in "stan" are often based on dusty mental files and stereotypes that are easier to employ than they are to combat.

Angry flier uses emergency slide to leave plane