Gunman told NBC News in brief phone conversation from building in Silver Spring, Md., that he had several bombs strapped to his body. Discovery Communications - Television - Discovery Channel - Arts - Networks
BP says that mud it forced down the throat of a blown-out well was holding back the flow of crude, a significant step toward stopping the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. BP - Gulf of Mexico - Online - MUDs - Games
The toll from twin bomb blasts near the Trade Bank of Iraq in Baghdad rises to 27 dead with more than 50 people wounded, officials say. Baghdad - Car bomb - Iraq - Capital - Middle East
Violent weather that churned through a half-dozen Southern states over the weekend kills at least 12 people, officials say. Mississippi - Tornado - United States - Alabama - Meteorology
Suicide bombers attack in the heart of Kabul, triggering a series of explosions and gunbattles that killed at least 17 people, police and witnesses say.
