I read

• History's greatest unsolved crimes. [MSNBC]
  Some are current, some are centuries old.
  
• The real running mates. [USA Today]
  This is the infamous interview where Teresa Heinz Kerry said of Mrs. Bush, "I don't know that she's ever had a real job — I mean, since she's been grown up." It comes at the end of the interview, and I didn't know this was going to be the interview where Heinz Kerry said that. In reading H-K's other answers, I found her to be progressive. I like her answer to whether or not it is right for her to give up her job when she becomes first lady.
  
• 'Purple Hearts'. "A new book profiles some of the U.S. soldiers who lost limbs, sight or health in Iraq. What happens to them now?" [MSNBC]
  
  Valuable insight into what soldiers returning home from the Iraqi war think, feel, and react to life after combat.
  
• Take the A Train (or the F, the Q, the 1, the 7 ... ). "As New York’s storied subway turns 100, a historian explains how it shaped the Big Apple." [MSNBC]
  
  If only Dallas had followed suit long ago and developed a reliable subway system. We have the DART and all, but it's a sad substitute. Come on. You must drive, in most instances, to the station to actually get a ride on the DART. At least, it is in my case.
  
• Growing up with Mom and Mom. "Raised from birth by trailblazing lesbians, Ry Russo-Young has a boyfriend, a gay sister, a tangled history with her sperm-donor "father" — and the outlook of a generation that has come of age between gay and straight cultures." [NY Times]
  
  Another insightful article on one person's experiences traversing the line/divide (or lack of one) between the gay and straight world...
  
• 100 Facts and 1 Opinion: "The Non-Arguable Case Against the Bush Administration." [The Nation]