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Condoleezza Rice says her dream job would be NFL Commissioner. Would she want a VP post instead?

Longshot Rice Would Lift Romney 's Foreign Expertise

Condoleezza Rice has been floated as a possible running mate for the Republican presidential hopeful. The former secretary of state would boost Mitt Romney's foreign policy credentials, but says she's not interested in the job. Still, she wowed Romney donors earlier this summer.

An Apocalyptic Romp Through The 'Golden' State

Golden Days starts out as a fun tale of '80s Los Angeles. By the end, it's a devastating portrait of life after a nuclear blast. Author Gabrielle Zevin says it showed her that novels, like life, can span multiple genres. Do you have a favorite book about life in California? Tell us in the comments.

Members of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin react at a news conference at Oak Creek Centennial church in Oak Creek, Wis. on Monday.

After Shooting, Sikhs Assess Their Place In America

Some are thinking about how to balance their faith with the danger of being attacked.

Volunteers collect plastic pellets washed up on a bank of Lamma island during a cleanup operation in Hong Kong on Sunday.

Tons Of Plastic Pellets: Hong Kong's Typhoon Cleanup Could Take Months

The pellets, used to make plastic products, were knocked off a ship by a powerful typhoon. The clean-up will be arduous.

Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds this month in Golden, Colo.

For July, Romney Fundraising Outpaces Obama Yet Again

Republican Mitt Romney's overall take for July was $101.3 million, compared with $75 million for President Obama's re-election effort.

Militants drove two armored vehicles through a security fence into Israel from Egypt on Sunday, leaving 16 Egyptian soldiers dead and destroying two armored vehicles. An Israeli soldier inspects the wreckage of one of the Egyptian military trucks at a base in Kerem Shalom, Israel.

Security Breach Tests Egypt's New President

A deadly assault on an Egyptian border post is proving to be the biggest challenge to face Egypt's new leader so far. Mohammed Morsi is now struggling to assure an exhausted nation that he can provide security as well as basic services. But he needs the support of the military, his biggest rival.

Curiosity Is On Mars, Now What?

Joe Palca describes the mood of NASA Mars scientists in the wake of the landing overnight, what the latest pictures and data are from the surface of the red planet and what mission scientists are going to do next with Curiosity.

Muslim girls study by candlelight inside a religious school in Noida, near New Delhi, on July 31. The collapse of three regional power grids last week caused a massive power outage that blacked out more than half of India.

Growing Pains: Nations Balance Growth, Power Needs

India's massive power outage last week points to a major problem for developing nations: supply is struggling to keep up with the growing demand — an imbalance that can affect the reliability of electric grids. Grid catastrophes are rare, but blackouts can be an everyday feature of life.

Ted Cruz, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, speaks at a rally organized by the Tea Party Express in San Antonio in May.

Older, Tougher — But Will The Tea Party Be Stronger?

Polls showed public support for the movement falling off significantly. But the Tea Party remains a force in many states. Its favored candidate for the U.S. Senate won big in Texas last week, sending the strongest signal yet that the movement will be a factor this fall.

Loughner's Attorneys Bargain To Save His Life

In Arizona, accused Tucson gunman Jared Loughner is expected to plead guilty in federal court Tuesday. Loughner allegedly killed six people and wounded 13 others in that attack including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Loughner was declared mentally unfit to stand trial but it appears that may change.

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