Top headlines:
Are you smart? Take our weekly news quiz: O.J. Simpson and co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart go on trial Monday in Las Vegas on armed robbery and kidnapping charges. ›19:43 20 Mar, Thu
Capitol cops arrest man with explosive: A Michigan man accused in a shooting rampage that killed three teenage swimmers at a river on the Wisconsin-Michigan border pleaded insanity to 10 felonies Friday. ›22:11 5 Sep, Fri
2007 Tokyo Motor Show: Top 10 Wacky Concept Cars: MSN editors pick the 10 craziest concept cars at the Tokyo show. ›07:00 29 Oct, Mon
Cool Cars We Miss: Gone but not forgotten—a shortlist of cars we loved and still miss. ›07:00 18 Oct, Thu
More watched RNC than DNC on TV: In terms of drawing a television audience, John McCain and Barack Obama are in a virtual dead heat. And for a change, political speeches were an even bigger draw than "American Idol's" finale, the Academy Awards, or the Olympics opening ceremonies. ›21:10 5 Sep, Fri
Government questions plastic bottles' safety: Government toxicologists have reiterated safety concerns about a chemical used in baby bottles and food containers, just weeks after the Food and Drug Administration declared the substance safe. ›23:48 3 Sep, Wed
Highway trust fund almost out of money: The federal highway trust fund will run out of money this month, requiring delays in payments to states for transportation construction projects, Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said Friday. ›21:39 5 Sep, Fri
Raft made of plastic bottles crosses Pacific: Tanned, dirty and hungry, two men who spent three months crossing the Pacific on a raft made of plastic bottles to raise awareness of ocean debris finally stepped onto dry land. ›14:54 28 Aug, Thu
McCain, Obama campaigns battle for 'change': The Republican and Democrat battled for the mantle Friday as the newly-minted presidential nominees reached out to states teeming with the independent voters vital to winning the White House. ›19:06 5 Sep, Fri
Canada's oil rush comes with critics: The largest dump truck in the world is parked under a massive mechanical shovel waiting to transport 400 tons of oily sand at an open pit mine in the northern reaches of Alberta. ›19:44 29 Aug, Fri
Bite out of crime? Sandwich bribe alleged: Iowa City police said a man who was driving drunk tried to bribe a police officer with a sandwich. ›21:40 2 Sep, Tue
Stand Up to Cancer takes over Hollywood: Skateboarder Tony Hawk, actor Shemar Moore and other celebrities said they joined in Friday's three-network cancer telethon because the disease had touched their lives or those of family and friends. ›14:34 5 Sep, Fri
2007 Tokyo Motor Show: Cars Makers Should Greenlight: The concept cars that we think should become production models. ›07:00 31 Oct, Wed
Plague threatens last of the ferrets: On the grasslands near Badlands National Park, wildlife officials have been waging a war since spring to save one of the nation's largest colonies of endangered black-footed ferrets. ›21:55 30 Aug, Sat
NYT: Obama to dispatch female surrogates: Obama aides say they are counting on not only Hillary Clinton but also Democratic female governors to criticize their Alaskan counterpart, Sarah Palin and, by extension, John McCain. ›04:13 5 Sep, Fri
Bush may create largest protected area: President Bush on Monday said he was considering creating two protected marine areas in the Pacific Ocean one of which would be the world's largest, covering an area almost as large as Alaska. ›23:45 25 Aug, Mon
More than 40 million tune in to Palins speech: More than 40 million people tuned in to the Republican convention Wednesday to hear vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin introduce herself to voters. ›20:38 4 Sep, Thu
Volkswagen Baja Race: Paris to Ensenada: Volkswagen and its Touareg 2 head to Mexico for the Baja 500. ›07:00 16 Oct, Tue
Jesse Jackson released from hospital: ›18:43 5 Sep, Fri
Storms force shift in shuttle schedule: A Pennsylvania dentist has been charged with dumping medical waste that sullied a New Jersey beach at the height of vacation season. ›16:48 5 Sep, Fri
Newsweek: Does the Detroit mayor's fall hurt Obama?: With friends like these... How the fall of Detroit's mayor hurts the Democratic presidential candidate. ›15:54 5 Sep, Fri
TV listings:
Suspect dies in Ill. bank standoff: The windowless building that once housed the town's only strip club sits empty in the middle of a sprawling gravel parking lot, made all the uglier by the scars from its final party. ›00:02
Karma? Bug eviction ends with blazing temple: A Japanese monk trying to rid his temple of a hornets' nest panicked when the hornets attacked him and dropped a torch, burning his temple to the ground, police said Thursday. ›11:55 4 Sep, Thu
