May 1/2011 week

Advocates of waterboarding now say that the harsh form of interrogation helped glean information that led to Osama bin Laden, though opponents think that strains credulity.

In a heinous and cowardly attack attributed to al-Qaeda, a bomb was remotely detonated at a popular cafe in Morocco, killing 16.

In stark contrast with the accessibility of their wedding to the public, the royal newlyweds have asked the insatiable media to respect their privacy over the honeymoon.

An inventory of stolen artwork seized by the Nazi's during World War II will be placed on an international database so the narratives of the lost items can be pieced together.

Osama bin Laden's close proximity to the Pakistani military and Islamabad has led to ominous questions of whether Pakistan was complicit in hiding him.

President Obama has decided not to release posthumous photos of Osama bin Laden, described as gruesome, because they might incite violence.

Emma Watson addressed recent reports alleging that she was bullied by students at Brown University, calling them preposterous and "beyond unfair" to other students.

The Smithsonian is dithering over whether to display artifacts salvaged from a wreck off the coast of Indonesia, as many feel the site was commercially exploited.

Studies show that watching your friends and family in stressful situations can loosely synchronize your heart rates, a strong manifestation of human bonds.

Flimsy, translucent, and so cheap to produce they seem almost free, plastic shopping bags are everywhere. But a backlash is growing, due to the ubiquity of bag waste.