Claims that contact betwen Major Nidal Malik Hasan and a radical cleric in Yemen ought to have triggered alarms are overblown, according to officials familiar with the case
The Mormon church has announced its support of gay rights legislation, an endorsement that helped gain unanimous approval for Salt Lake city laws banning discrimination against gays
The numbers of wounded U.S. soldiers coming home have continued to swell, especially among those who fought in Afghanistan, where four times as many troops were injured in October as a year ago
Televised speeches now come larded in so much analysis, before and after, that it becomes almost impossible to connect with them in a genuine, visceral way
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, one of the enduring emblems of Veterans' Day, remains a symbol of the ultimate cost of war
The 21-year-old Michigander outlasted nearly 6,500 competitors to win $8.5 million and become the youngest world champion of poker in history
A source close to Bill Clinton confirms that the cellphone call he received while talking to reporters in the Capitol was indeed from the Secretary of State
A quiet revolution has changed the status of American women; so what's new now?
TIME is following U.S. Winter Olympic hopefuls in 9 sports as they train for Vancouver 2010. Stay tuned for the Web video series on TIME.com
The bodybuilding championship that launched Arnold Schwarzenegger marks its 61st year of competition on Oct. 24, 2009
With the parents of six-year-old "Balloon Boy" Falcon Henne facing criminal charges for concocting the story of his accidental flight in a bid for reality show fame, a look at more of history's most outrageous deceptions
A Muslim Candidate's Unconventional Strategy
Joe Cada, Poker's New Champion
U.S. Crime Writer Tackles a Real Hong Kong Cold Case
Volunteer Vets: Returning Troops Still Want to Serve
Fashion Week in Pakistan
Top 10 Sesame Street Moments
Somali Refugees in Nepal: Stuck in the Waiting Room
Young and Uninsured: Cartoonist Julia Wertz
The Iconic Photo of the Berlin Wall
Stephen King on His 10 Longest Novels