2008's quirkiest baby names, from Bronx to Zuma

Remember the uproar over Gwyneth Paltrow's naming her daughter Apple? In 2008, that seems downright quaint. Check out the new additions in the category of quirkiest baby names.

0

1

Journal: Shot while 'minding my own business'

Editor's note: Tom Deierlein wrote a series of� e-mail updates to his friends, family and colleagues after being called up by the U.S. Army and sent to Iraq. Here are the excerpts accompanying Part 4 of MSNBC.com's special report, Charity Begins at War.

0

1

Deputies Say FBI Agent Shoots Man Hiding In Bushes

0

1

1 in 5 young adults has personality disorder

Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes with everyday life, and even more abuse alcohol or drugs, researchers reported Monday in the most extensive study of its kind.

0

1

McCain: End 'the constant partisan rancor'

John McCain accepts the Republican presidential nomination with a dual message: Barack Obama did not have the judgment to govern, whereas he himself could reach across party divisions.

0

1

Rev. Jackson hospitalized after stomach pains

The Reverend Jesse Jackson is being treated at a Chicago hospital after experiencing severe stomach pains.

1

9

Hot Air Balloon Plummets To Earth; Pilot Survives

A hot air balloon crashed in Anderson County.

0

1

US, Iraq close in on deal for pullout of US troops

Iraq and the U.S. pushed close to a deal Thursday setting a course for American combat troops to pull out of major Iraqi cities by next June, with a broader withdrawal from the long and costly war by 2011.

0

1

McCain: Obama tried to legislate Iraqi failure

John McCain told fellow veterans Monday that Democratic rival Barack Obama tried to legislate failure in Iraq and has refused to admit he erred when opposing the military increase there last year.

0

1

Campaign veterans run anti-Wal-Mart effort

The crusade launched by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) against Wal-Mart has the potential to not only hurt the company's balance sheet and alter Americans' shopping habits, but also change the nature of the 2006 and 2008 campaigns

1

1