Rapper 50 Cent’s G-Unit books are set to launch this month. According to a statement, the novellas will tell the truth about the sex, guns and cash of the players on the streets, but are in no way meant to glamorize reading.

Momofuku Ando, the inventor of Ramen noodles, has died. Bereaved relatives say his death seemed so instant.

Record breaking temperatures hit the east coast over the weekend. It was so pleasant outside, Al Gore switched parties.

Magazine publisher Time Inc. may cut up to 150 jobs, setting off intense speculation over who will be Time’s Magazine’s 2007 Laid Off Persons of the Year!

A subway train derailed Sunday near downtown Washington, sending 20 people to the hospital, and proving you can have a train wreck in the capital without Bush behind the podium.