kickin' it

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo, Spain's Fernando Torres and Germany's Michael Ballack are some of the "eye candy" featured in NBC Sports' Hottest Players of Euro 2008.

Puerto Rico Governor Anibal Acevedo Vila has asked the United Nations to support the country's right to determine whether it should be a U.S. state or sovereign nation.

Nas doesn't shy away from controversy in a new racially-charged video, "Be A N***** Too." (via Concreteloop)

The U.S. military is debating whether soldiers with PTSD should qualify to receive Purple Heart medals – an honor limited to troops who are physically wounded or killed in combat.

The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), a Latino civil rights and advocacy organization, has announced that presidential hopefuls John McCain and Barack Obama will both speak at its convention in July.

In a recent meeting, Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki that the U.S. occupation of Iraq is the "main obstacle in the way of the Iraqi government and nation."