One person was injured after a Mariner Energy platform exploded off the Louisiana coast; the 12 other people working on board survived. Now oil appears to be leaking.

But the Category 3 storm is still aiming for North Carolina, with coastal areas in the northeast on alert too. Heidi Cullen reports on 5 cities most vulnerable to weather.

Linda McMahon, who made the WWE a huge financial success, has her foot on her rival's neck. Lloyd Grove talks to the GOP upstart about her chances, dead wrestlers, and Mickey Rourke.

Camille Grammer may have earned a spot on Real Housewives, but she lost her husband in the process. From the Hogans to the Gosselins, see which couples split after their TV stints.

After two years of Obama raising expectations across the world with hopes of a fresh approach to the Mideast conflict, Reza Aslan says the situation is the same as it was under Bush.

Lynnley Browning investigates the summer’s social phenomenon: lovely young Russian-born women flocking to Southampton to find moneyed men.

News that the administration is weighing tax cuts is welcome, but the president needs to take concrete action now, and stop blaming Bush, to win voters, says Douglas E. Schoen.

The fervor of Glenn Beck is nothing new. Wingnuts author John Avlon tracks the history of righteous, paranoid populist appeals, from Huey Long to Joe McCarthy.