21 Nov 09:44

AP - Scientists switched on the world's largest atom smasher for the first time since the $10 billion machine suffered a spectacular failure more than a year ago, circulating beams of protons in a significant leap forward for the Large Hadron Collider.

21 Nov 06:24

AP - A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Experts say the historian may be reading too much into the markings, and they stand by carbon-dating that points to the shroud being a medieval forgery.

25 Jun 20:05
It says a lot about this presidency that there is so much else going on that the public has almost forgotten that our troops are still fighting two wars. And yet, there is big trouble on both fronts. In Iraq, where our troops are at least in the process of withdrawing, a recent spate of bloody attacks indicates things may be about to take an ugly turn. Even more disturbingly, in Afghanistan, where Obama has decided to escalate rather than extricate, there is still not even the glimmer of an exit strategy. Tomorrow will be White House Watch's last day at The Washington Post. One of my many regrets is that I didn't get around to writing more about Obama's Afghanistan policy, its extraordinarily bloody ramifications, how it threatens to sink the nation in a Vietnam-like quagmire -- and, most significantly, how the president has never really made the case

04 Jun 17:01
At the Sundance Film Festival way back in January, Rolling Stone's Peter Travers spoke to actor Sam Rockwell for his movie premiering there, Moon for Peter's show Popcorn on ABC News Now. Well, now that movie is coming out (Friday...

15 Apr 14:21
Shes the unlikely singing sensation thats taken Britain and the rest of the world by storm. Susan Boyle, an unassuming 47-year-old woman who lives with her cat and confesses shes never even been kissed, wowed the judges, including Simon Cowell,...

20 Nov 19:01
With Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) announcing today that he would vote on Saturday night to bring the health care reform bill up for debate, attention turns to four others whose votes may indicate the ultimate success or failure of the bill.

• Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) -- According to Politico, she's already told Reid how she'll vote but she hasn't made her intentions public yet. A new poll shows her vote may be critical to her re-election prospects next year.
• Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) -- She's voiced opposition to the public option, but Bloomberg notes there was a $100 million addition to the bill to win her support
• Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) -- We've already documented his threats to block the public option, but he's stated publicly he'll at least vote to bring the bill to the Senate floor.
• Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) -- She was the only Republican senator to vote the bill out of the Senate Finance Committee, but she's also voiced opposition to the public option.

The Saturday vote is mostly political theater at this point -- even reluctant Democrats know they must at least bring the bill to the floor for debate -- but it's not clear how each of the four will actually vote.

20 Nov 19:59
Can there be such a thing as exuberant melancholy? I cant think of another way to describe the spirit of Broken Embraces.

20 Nov 17:15
The Michigan Wolverines, who play rival Ohio State on Saturday, are 1-6 in the Big Ten and could have their first two consecutive losing seasons since 1963.