Splinter factions of Jemaah Islamiyah 'might now seek to re-energize the movement through violent attacks,' according to a report issued only 24 hours before Friday's bombings.
AP - More plans to build homes, higher stock prices and fewer people filing first-time claims for jobless aid sent a private-sector forecast of U.S. economic activity higher than expected in June.
AP - The astronauts aboard the shuttle-station complex celebrated the 40th anniversary of man's first moon landing with their own spacewalk Monday, heading outside to stockpile some big spare parts.
AP - U.S. officials "firmly believe" that al-Qaida leaders who planned and carried out the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, are hiding in Pakistan near its border with Afghanistan, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday.
Surely, columnists warned in 1989, Spike Lee's new film will incite racial unrest. "This movie is dynamite under every seat," one critic wrote. Twenty years later, "Do the Right Thing" still maintains a hold on the imagination. But perhaps the real reason people talk about the film is because it's still relevant.
It takes seven minutes to execute a death row inmate, according to the state of Texas. At that rate, Mike Graczyk of The Associated Press has spent about 40 hours of his life watching men -- and a few women -- die. The inmates' last words stick in his mind. Poetry. Prayers. Bible verses. Curses. One man sang "Silent Night."
On July 23, 1969, as Apollo 11 hurtled back toward Earth, there was a problem -- a problem only a kid could solve. Greg Force was living with his family in Guam, where his dad was in charge of a NASA tracking station. When things went wrong with an antenna, it was Greg with a handful of grease and a skinny arm who was able to come to the rescue.