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Newsweek writes about the book here: It’s hard to picture genocide, gangsta rap and Las Vegas sharing the pages of the same foreign-policy book. What could they possibly have in common? But add a chapter on SUVs, Halliburton and George W. Bush and you’ve got six of 100 ways that one foreign-policy expert says the globe’s most powerful country is “screwing up” the world around it.
You can order the book 100 Ways America Is Screwing Up the World that will be released August 1 2006 here in our store via Amazon.

BBC News reports here: Increasing numbers of Americans are becoming too fat to fit into X-ray machines, US researchers report. The nation’s rising obesity problems mean many citizens are not only too large for scanners but they have too much fat for the rays to penetrate.

The Washington Post writes here: The latest crisis in the Middle East has disrupted President Bush’s plans domestically and internationally at a sensitive juncture, reopening divisions with allies abroad and jeopardizing attempts to restore public confidence at home, according to officials, analysts and diplomats.

Each quarter, Local Market Monitor, which provides research to the real estate industry, assesses 100 markets, comparing selling prices to "equilibrium" values. Company president Ingo Winzer bases those values on local economic and population growth, construction costs, vacancy rates, household income in the area and interest rates. See the results here on CNNMoney.com.

The Associated Press reports here at the WP website: A new but unproven theory says body heat might explain Lance Armstrong’s astounding victory over testicular cancer. The theory - disputed by Armstrong’s doctor - refers to the unusually high cure rate for testicular cancer, even when it has spread to other parts of the body.

Spiegel Online asks here: "Angela Merkel was the unwilling recipient of a quickie neck massage at the hands of President George W. Bush. Was it sexual harrassment?" Whats your take on this one?

The Washington Post writes here: Internet access has become a standard feature on most mobile phones, but navigating a Web page over a tiny screen or a slow connection has kept consumers from flocking to their phones to check e-mail, read news stories or consult a map. Now, the powerhouses of the Internet, including Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc., are introducing programs specifically tailored for the mobile phone, hoping to create an experience that puts the devices on a level playing field with the personal computer.

BBC News reports here: UK drugs firm GlaxoSmithKline believes it has developed a vaccine for the H5N1 deadly strain of bird flu that may be capable of being mass produced by 2007.

BBC News reports here: Star Trek actor James Doohan, who played the engineer Scotty in the original TV series, will now have his remains blasted into space in October. His family will hold a service on the day of the rocket’s launch for fans to pay tribute to him. May he R.I.P.