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In a project called "Together Forward," thousands of U.S. and Iraqi troops go house to house in Baghdad neighborhoods most at risk for violence, searching for illegal weapons and arresting suspected insurgents. The goal is to make the neighborhoods safe enough to start reviving everyday business and trade. And the army is even paying locals to collect trash on the street.

The Messengers

David Eagleman is a neuroscientist who has imagined multiple versions of the afterlife, and none of them resemble a devil in a big chair surrounded by flames, or pearly gates that greet you when you a

Protests continue against the rule of the King Gyanendra of Nepal. The king's announcement last week that he's willing to turn over power to a prime minister has done little to quiet demands for democracy and a new constitution for the Himalayan kingdom.

Public housing is the unlikely catalyst that stirs turbulent emotions within two very different families in the new film

Stanley Tookie Williams, a co-founder of the Crips gang, dies by lethal injection at San Quentin prison, where spent the last 25 years of his life. Supporters said the convicted killer was a changed man who worked from behind bars to end gang violence.

Mods, rockers, new romantics, skinheads. It's the summer of 1983 and British youth culture is thriving. Margaret Thatcher is in office and it's a little more than a year after the Faulklands War, so there's a general conservatism to feel rebellious about. Twelve-year-old Shaun (Thomas Turgoose in his first acting role) is a lonely kid who still grieves for his dad who died in the Faulklands. His mom (Jo Hartley) cares for him but is a bit disconnected from his life. After suffering abuse from kids on the last day of school, Shaun encounters a gang of skinheads. Contrary to what we might expect, the leader, Woody (Joe Gilgun), turns out to be friendly and takes little Shaun under his wing.

A bipartisan panel tasked with finding fresh approaches to Iraq meets this week with White House policymakers and British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The final report, expected next month, will likely call for major policy shifts.

The Republican-led House rejects any timetable for pulling U.S. forces out of Iraq, and passes a non-binding resolution formally declaring Iraq as one of the theaters in the war on terrorism.

We will elect the next mayor of San Diego, right or wrong, in six weeks. There's time to get this one right and restore the luster of a city whose bragging rights have gone sour.