Vladimir Putin accuses Bush of provoking Georgia conflict to help John McCain (Times Online)

28 August 2008, 10:52 am

Vladimir Putin accused President Bush tonight of orchestrating the war in Georgia in a plot to get John McCain elected to the White House.... read more

On Movies: Four facets of Ben Kingsley, all on display in Phila. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

24 August 2008, 10:20 pm

'God help Philadelphia, with four of my films," says a jovial Ben Kingsley, on the phone from Morocco, having been informed that as of Friday, his name and face would be in theaters all over the place:... read more

Half-baked speculation (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

21 August 2008, 1:14 pm

We're hearing lots of rumors about the motivation behind the shift of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" from Nov. 21 to July 17. To wit: Warner Bros. was afraid to compete too closely with the vampire love story "Twilight"; the new date is the first anniversary of the opening of the studio's ... read more

First Read: McCain’s pro-choice head fake? (MSNBC)

11 August 2008, 11:30 am

The focus this week is supposed to be all on Barack Obama. Yet instead, it's become a true split-screen story now that John McCain's camp is purportedly considering Lieberman or Ridge for the No. 2 slot.... read more