Top headlines: Preview: 2008 Toyota Land Cruiser: Toyota's iconic machine gets more grunt, a smoother ride and sweeter duds. ›07:00 18 Oct, Thu Volcanoes on Mercury solve 30-year mystery: A NASA spacecraft's first flyby of Mercury has yielded a wealth of information about the innermost planet, some of which confirms that volcanism occurred there, settling a longstanding debate. ›22:23 3 Jul, Thu Cubs, Red Sox dominate All-Star rosters: Chase Utley and A-Rod rocked the All-Star game on FOX voting, but the Cubs and BoSox were also winners. Check out who made it. ›20:14 Obama opens door to altering his Iraq policy: Democrat Barack Obama struggled Thursday to explain how his upcoming trip to Iraq might refine, but not basically alter, his promise to quickly remove U.S. combat troops from the war. ›22:58 3 Jul, Thu 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. ›15:39 Cablevision ups HD channel offerings: Cablevision Systems Corp. will give customers another 15 free high-definition channels as it faces stiffer competition from satellite TV providers and Verizon Communications. ›16:23 3 Jul, Thu NYT: McCain battles the teleprompter: John McCain has thrived in the give-and-take of campaign buses, late-night TV couches and town meetings. Now come the more formal speaking demands of a general election campaign. ›01:19 Cilantro joins salmonella check list: Inspectors are collecting soil, water and produce samples, reviewing export logs and combing packing plants in three major tomato-growing states in Mexico. ›04:30 Most romantic beaches of the Mediterranean: From Greece to Sardinia, these sexy, sultry stretches of sand will make your heart go a-flutter. ›18:22 2 Jul, Wed Some psych patients wait days in ERs: When staffers at a Brooklyn hospital spotted a middle-aged woman lying face-down on a waiting room floor last month, it hardly seemed like cause for alarm. ›21:45 3 Jul, Thu Former Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86: Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 years in Congress, died Friday. He was 86. ›00:13 5 Jul, Sat Cilantro joins salmonella check list: Inspectors are collecting soil, water and produce samples, reviewing export logs and combing packing plants in three major tomato-growing states in Mexico. ›04:30 Bring a bib to America's best barbecue joints: A quest for the top spot makes a heck of a good excuse to get out and explore our country's little towns and back-road byways. ›13:53 3 Jul, Thu Freed hostage to write play: Ingrid Betancourt, freed from six years of captivity in a Colombian jungle, plans to write a play about her experience that she said in an interview published Sunday will plumb the soul of the human condition. ›19:52 Head, threatening note, found in Mexico: A human head was left near the home of the Oaxaca state attorney general with a note, purportedly from a drug cartel, threatening three officials of the southern Mexican state, authorities said Sunday. ›20:07 Are you smart? Take our weekly news quiz: How much do you remember about the week in news? Take msnbc.com's weekly quiz and find out what you can recall. ›19:43 20 Mar, Thu Olympics a 'billion-dollar research lab' for NBC: NBC is using the Olympics as a "billion-dollar research lab" to get a sense of how people are using different media platforms to experience the Beijing Games that begin Aug. 8. ›19:39 The center hard to reach for Obama, McCain: They're the most fickle voters, and potentially the most powerful. Thus, with party nominations secure, John McCain and Barack Obama now are pushing toward the center to win them over. ›17:50 3 Jul, Thu Newsweek: Bad news awaits the next president: There's a grim gathering of America's elites in Aspen to talk about the problems the next president will face. ›16:15 3 Jul, Thu Mars landers next whiff could be its last: The Phoenix lander's first chemical sniff of Martian soil did not turn up any trace of the building blocks of life. Its next whiff could be its last. ›14:44 3 Jul, Thu 2 charged for riding snowmobiles on lake: Two people face charges after zipping snowmobiles across New Hampshire's crowded Lake Winnipesaukee this holiday weekend. ›18:54 5 Jul, Sat Obama 'puzzled' by Iraq remarks furor: Barack Obama said his plan to end the Iraq war was unchanged and he was puzzled by the sharp reaction to his statement that he might "refine" his timetable for withdrawing U.S. combat troops. ›03:56 Top 10 Sports Cars on MSN Autos: The most popular sports cars on MSN Autos, based on visits to the site's vehicle pages. ›07:00 18 Oct, Thu Analysis: McCain struggles to regain footing: John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement. ›21:07 5 Jul, Sat |
