Enlarge Thomas Hartwell/AP Leading democracy advocate Mohammed ElBaradei speaks to journalists about Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s move to grant himself sweeping powers to “protect the revolution.” Thomas Hartwell/AP Leading democracy advocate Mohammed ElBaradei speaks to journalists about Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s move to grant himself sweeping powers to “protect the revolution.” Prominent Egyptian democracy advocate

Enlarge Ed Andrieski/AP Legalized marijuana in Colorado and Washington state may open the door to a new kind of tourism. Ed Andrieski/AP Legalized marijuana in Colorado and Washington state may open the door to a new kind of tourism. On Election Day, voters in Colorado and Washington state legalized the use of marijuana for recreational

Enlarge Ross D. Franklin/AP Pedestrians cross the street in Nogales, Mexico, near the border with Arizona. A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed a 16-year-old boy who was throwing rocks near the border fence last month. Ross D. Franklin/AP Pedestrians cross the street in Nogales, Mexico, near the border with Arizona. A U.S. Border

Enlarge Michigan State University William Beal, standing at center, started a long-term study on seed germination in 1879. He buried 20 bottles with seeds in them for later researchers to unearth and plant. Michigan State University William Beal, standing at center, started a long-term study on seed germination in 1879. He buried 20 bottles with

Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images To escape fighting, thousands of civilians flee the town of Sake in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday. Rebels captured Sake and made other advances in the area this week. Eastern Congo and the larger region have been the scene of frequent fighting over the past

Enlarge Abed Al-Kareem Muhammad/Shaam News Network/HOReuters /Landov A man walks near buildings damaged after shelling by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar Assad, at Harasta, a suburb of Damascus, on Nov. 19. Abed Al-Kareem Muhammad/Shaam News Network/HOReuters /Landov A man walks near buildings damaged after shelling by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar Assad, at

It’s been almost a month since Superstorm Sandy slammed into the Northeast, and for many people, it means the first Thanksgiving outside of their destroyed homes or without the friends or family they usually visit. In New York City, Thanksgiving has been mass-produced in shelters, churches and community centers where thousands upon thousands of storm

At least two people are dead and dozens injured in a 100-vehicle pileup on Interstate 10 in southeast Texas that’s being blamed on early morning fog on Thanksgiving Day. KFDM TV reports that the dead included a man and a woman in a Chevy Suburban that was crushed by a tractor trailer. State troopers told

Enlarge image Israeli police officers examine a blown up bus at the site of a bombing in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. Oded Balilty/AP Israeli police officers examine a blown up bus at the site of a bombing in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. Oded Balilty/AP Israel has arrested several people, including an Arab Israeli, in connection

Enlarge image Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) in 2009. Scott Olson/Getty Images Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) in 2009. Scott Olson/Getty Images Update at 3:02 p.m. ET. Jackson Resigns: After much controversy over an extended medical leave and facing an ethics investigation, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., a Democrat from Chicago, resigned from Congress today. In

Move Thanksgiving to Friday? That’s what F.B. Haviland asked President Hoover in 1929. Snippet of a letter F.B. Haviland sent to President Hoover in 1929 asking him to move Thanksgiving to Friday. National Archives Didn’t happen. But while we’re on the subject, ever wonder why we carve our gobblers on the fourth Thursday of November?

Christophe Ena/AP The story of Lance Armstrong’s alleged doping is, in part, the story of an astonishing business enterprise — an enterprise that drove what the U.S. anti-doping agency called “the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program” cycling has ever seen. The story of that enterprise starts in 1998, when the Festina cycling team