By Bart Brooks: Is it ever appropriate to leave more shots when bearing off? What do you do over the board without the advice of a backgammon bot like Snowie? Columnist Bart Brooks introduces a new term to describe a certain class of backgammon position.
Senate Democrats hinted at payback for Sen. Joe Lieberman, who called Barack Obama an untested candidate beholden to Democratic interest groups in a prime-time GOP convention address.
AFP - Authorities in China's Muslim-populated far northwest are seeking to prevent mass prayers and the distribution of religious material as part of a security crackdown for Ramadan, government notices said.
Reuters - Condoleezza Rice travels to Libya on
Friday, the first trip there by a U.S. secretary of state in 55
years, signaling improved ties between the two countries.
