From: Washington Post on Tue, Jul 05 2011 4:15 PM

Paul Giamatti and William Hurt in a scene from HBO’s "Too Big to Fail."

From: Washington Post on Tue, Jul 05 2011 4:15 PM

The initial cleanup along the oil-fouled Yellowstone River could be tested Tuesday as rising waters make it harder for Exxon Mobil Corp. to get to areas damaged by the crude spilled from a company pipeline. (July 5)

From: Washington Post on Tue, Jul 05 2011 4:15 PM

British Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday he was deeply shocked by charges that a tabloid newspaper hacked into the phone mail of an abducted teenage girl and may have hampered the investigation into her disappearance. (July 5)

From: Washington Post on Tue, Jul 05 2011 4:15 PM

Shuttle Endeavour’s six astronauts have checked the systems they need to bring NASA's next-to-last space shuttle flight to an end. (May 31)

From: Washington Post on Tue, Jul 05 2011 4:15 PM

NASA completed its part in the construction of the International Space Station on Friday, with the final spacewalkers in the 30-year shuttle program attaching an extension boom. (May 26)

From: Washington Post on Tue, Jul 05 2011 1:03 PM

Shuttle Atlantis is now on the launch pad, in preparation for a July liftoff. This timelapse shows the 3.4 mile, 6-hour trek from Kennedy Space Center’s vehicle assembly building to the launch pad in under two minutes. (June 1)

From: Washington Post on Tue, Jul 05 2011 9:49 AM

Iraqi officials say a late night rocket attack on Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone has killed four Iraqis and wounded 10. (July 5)

From: Washington Post on Tue, Jul 05 2011 9:49 AM

Joey Chestnut scarfed down 62 hot dogs to win his 5th consecutive Fourth of July hot dog-eating contest at Coney Island. Sonya Thomas, known as the 'Black Widow', also won with 40 downed dogs.

From: Washington Post on Tue, Jul 05 2011 9:49 AM

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez rallied thousands on his return home from surgery in Cuba on Monday. He vowed to win his battle against cancer. (July 5)

From: Washington Post on Tue, Jul 05 2011 9:49 AM

Thousands marked the 235th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence watching the annual Fourth of July fireworks display over the monuments and memorials in the nation’s capital. (July 4)

From: Washington Post on Tue, Jul 05 2011 9:47 AM

American tourists on an annual July 4 fishing trip were plunged into the Gulf of California in the middle of the night after a flash storm upended their boat, killing at least one American and leaving seven others missing. (July 5)

From: Washington Post on Tue, Jul 05 2011 6:32 AM

The annual fireworks on the National Mall drew people from all over the United States and across the globe. Meet a few of them.

From: Washington Post on Mon, Jul 04 2011 8:35 PM

Throat-singing, known to musicologists as overtone singing, is prized in Mongolia as a national treasure.

From: Washington Post on Mon, Jul 04 2011 5:21 PM

Nearly 3,000 teenagers gathered at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden for Merge 2011, a joint youth ministry between Glenarden and Zion Church of Landover.

From: Washington Post on Mon, Jul 04 2011 5:20 PM

Prince William put his military helicopter training to the test Monday with his first water landing before crowds in Canada, where he and his wife, Kate, have been on their first official overseas trip since their wedding. (July 4)

From: Washington Post on Mon, Jul 04 2011 5:20 PM

Jurors began deliberating Monday in the Casey Anthony murder trial after hearing prosecutors argue the woman killed her 2-year-old daughter Caylee because the toddler interrupted her carefree partying and love life. (July 4)

From: Washington Post on Mon, Jul 04 2011 2:04 PM

A statue of Ronald Reagan is unveiled in London - ten feet tall, cast in bronze and commissioned by the Reagan Foundation.

From: Washington Post on Mon, Jul 04 2011 2:04 PM

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned to Caracas from Cuba on Monday morning, stepping off a plane hours before dawn and declaring that he feels "fine" as he recovers from surgery that removed a cancerous tumor. (July 4)

From: Washington Post on Mon, Jul 04 2011 10:49 AM

Lady Gaga is presented with the key to Taichung city during her visit to Taiwan, where the mayor announced July 3 as "Lady Gaga Day. " (July 4)

From: Washington Post on Mon, Jul 04 2011 10:49 AM

Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic appeared in court at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal Monday. Mladic was ejected after he continually interrupted his arraignment. (July 4)