'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America

British Prime Minister David Cameron may rue the day he supported gay marriage.
A lifeboat from a British-operated cruise ship fell into the sea at port in Spain's Canary Islands during an emergency drill being carried out by the crew, killing five people and injuring three others Sunday, according to officials and media reports.

Twelve years ago Friday, the USS Cole was the target of a suicide-bomb attack that killed 17 sailors while the warship was moored in the Gulf of Aden.

Team Obama insists that next month's presidential election is "a choice, not a referendum." It sure seems to be the latter with respect to the two candidates' very different views on the Constitution.
One of the most famous upsets in golf took place at The Olympic Club. But that wasn't the only one at the U.S. Open.
A clerical error landed Kathleen Casey on the streets.

A man in a gray uniform threw the ball, a man in a white uniform hit it and seconds later the most riveting moment in sports history was history.
Medicare crises, looming doctor shortages, more patients without health insurance. And that doesn't even count the big changes coming from a revamped health care system.
A crush of aircraft arriving at a Georgia airport for the Masters Tournament led to an hour-long "ground stop" at Augusta Regional Airport, and some planes were diverted to other airports.
This year was an interesting year for the stock market, as measured by the move in the Standard & Poor's 500, and 2011 will prove to be just as interesting to watch.
The top House Democrat says her chamber won't vote on Senate legislation to reverse a cut in Medicare payments to doctors.
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. manufacturing sector grew for the sixth consecutive month in July but expansion was the slowest since March, a survey said yesterday, indicating that the economy is plodding along at a tepid pace.
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. manufacturing sector grew for the sixth consecutive month in July but expansion was the slowest since March, a survey said yesterday, indicating that the economy is plodding along at a tepid pace.