The U.S. has spent $53 billion rebuilding Iraq, but officials worry Iraqis won't be able to maintain the new facilities—or provide basic services to its citizens—once Americans leave.

"It's the exact right time... it feels right in my spirit," Oprah told her audience today. Watch her announcement, plus reactions from Tina Brown, Kim Masters, and Lorraine Ali.

John McCain talks to Lloyd Grove about why Lieberman, pivotal to tomorrow’s health-care vote, is undecided, explaining he "doesn't hold a grudge" and has an "unerringly accurate" record.

Penelope Cruz showed her dark side, Jay-Z came to Broadway, and Taylor Swift became a greeting card. View our gallery for the best in music, film, TV, and art. Plus, more on Sexy Beast.

A new CEO for Bank of America could be chosen as early as Sunday, reports Charlie Gasparino. Inside a selection process beset by rivalries, government pressure—and most of all a lack of interest from top candidates.

A Texas inmate, executed Wednesday, sought companionship via the Internet before his death. Inside the death-row pen-pal business—and how felons bid for friends. By Deidre Depke.

Sarah Palin sold 300,000 copies of Going Rogue on its first day of sale, Duff McDonald has learned. One component of a media rollout that doubled as a $25.6 million economic stimulus package.

Jacob Bernstein goes inside the annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, where the Black Eyed Peas compete with the world’s highest-paid models strutting their stuff in lingerie.