New Yorker writer Seymour Hersh delivered the keynote adddress at a conference called "Can Freedom of the Press Survive Media Consolidation?", held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

A new survey by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press shows how 9/11 helped redraw the political landscape in the U.S., reports the Washington Post.

This BBC story talks about evangelical Christian Americans who say we need to care for the earth better, but also some hard-nosed neo-cons who see gas guzzlers as bad for U.S. national security.

Walking home tonight, a harried-looking, frizzy-haired mother was quickly walking in the opposite direction. She was surrounded by a gaggle of kids relentlessly begging and pleading for a pet of some type.

Puppy, kitten, bird, fish, reptile -- didn't matter which.

"No way," said the mother. "I'm allergic to animals of all kinds."