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U.S. forces finally found al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden not in the rugged mountains of Afghanistan's border, but in a million-dollar compound in an upscale suburb of Pakistan's capital, with his youngest wife, U.S. officials said early on Monday. They were led to the fortress-like three-story building after more than four years tracking one of bin Laden's most trusted couriers, whom U.S. officials said was identified by men captured after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. "Detainees also identified this man as one of the few al Qaeda couriers trusted by bin Laden. They indicated he might be living with...

The Presidency really takes its toll; just look at how George Bush has aged. To see how the current candidates would fare after a term in the Oval Office, we put them through the Pop Photo Time Machine. See our Photoshopped before and afters of Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Barack Obama. Mouse-over any of the images to see how the candidates may look in 2012. Aging takes time, even when you make it happen artificially with software. Each candidate took about four hours of retouching. To mimic the ravages of time, we did the following: - Used the Burn...

Kerry says choice in election will resonate around the world DETROIT — Democrat John Kerry said the choice in the presidential race will resonate around the world as he made an election-eve appeal to swing voters in Florida and the Midwest. "We want independents, moderate Republicans, thinking people to help change the direction of our country," Kerry said at a rally in Joe Louis Arena, home of the Detroit Red Wings. Earlier, he told a rain-soaked crowd in Milwaukee that "the hopes of the whole world are on the line tomorrow." "This president rushed to war without a plan to...