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British actor Hugh Grant attends a fringe meeting during the Conservative Party Conference at Manchester Central on October 4, 2011.

How Hugh Grant Wants To Make You Rethink Tabloid Culture

Hugh Grant's testimony yesterday related to an investigation of phone hacking by journalists spotlighted another step along an interesting path.

Pakistan's Ambassador To U.S. Resigns Amid 'Memogate' Controversy

The ambassador says he didn't write a memo appealing to the U.S. for help in controlling Pakistan's powerful military. But the scandal has led to him stepping down.

Latest Egyptian Clashes Wound Nearly 2,000

As Egyptian protesters continue battles with police and troops in Cairo, the casualty figures are rising steadily. Many of the wounded are being treated in makeshift clinics on Tahrir Square. Protestors say they will not stop until they've driven the ruling military council from power as they did Hosni Mubarak in February.

Dara Arista, 8, holds a photo of Sheila in front of the tiger's cage at the zoo in Jambi, Indonesia. Poachers had slaughtered Sheila during the night.

Photographer Captures Plight Of The Tiger

Fewer than 3,200 tigers exist in the wild. Photographer Steve Winter traveled to Asia to document their perilous situation.

Confidential Informers Play Complex Role For FBI

Jose Pimentel was arrested for allegedly plotting to build and detonate bombs in New York City. The NYPD built their case through an informant, but reports indicate that the FBI chose not to pursue a case against Pimentel due to concern about the role played by the informer and his handlers.

<strong>Where everybody lives to love:</strong> In Act 2 of <em>Follies, </em>what's been a relatively dark story explodes into a riot of color in what's known as the Loveland sequence — an homage to the spectacular Broadway follies staged between the World Wars.

First Listen: 'Follies (New Broadway Cast Recording)'

Listen to the landmark 1971 musical, which frenzies Stephen Sondheim fans each time it's revived, presented here in its full splendor.

Obama Gets Heckled, Occupy-Style

"I appreciate you guys making your point," the president told protesters in New Hampshire today. "Let me go ahead and make mine. I'll listen to you and you listen to me."

Brian Griffith (left), shown here in 2009 at age 26, moved home with his parents, Jay and Jennifer Griffith, after losing his job. The tight job market, especially for college grads, has prompted many young adults to move back in with their parents.

Parenting Advice For The 20-Something Years

Parenting used to end when the kids left home at 18. Now, more college grads are moving back home. To the rescue: new parenting books on the trials and tribulations of raising your adult child. The hottest topics? Money. And kids moving back home.

Lance Cpl. Jake Romo does physical therapy at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego, Calif. He lost both legs in an explosion in Sangin, Afghanistan, in February 2011, while serving with the 3/5 Marines.

'Darkhorse' Marine Remembered By His Uncle John

John Catherwood from Laramie, Wyoming called in to Talk of the Nation. He thanked Marine Jake Romo for his service, then remembered his nephew, Lance Corporal Alec Catherwood, who was one of the Darkhorse Marines killed.

U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said Monday that the Postal Service is in "a deep financial crisis" because it has a "business model that is tied to the past."

Postmaster: Postal Service In Dire Financial Straits

On Monday, U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe appealed to Congress to help him reform the Postal Service, but he rejected the bills that have passed House and Senate committees. He says they don't address the big picture.

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