There's good reason to rush: The white powder is an experimental drug called Glivec, and it may be the most potent weapon ever aimed at a common form of leukemia.

FORBES: Reviving Novartis

Those opposed to Mr Obama will say that Tuesday's oratory proves only what they already knew: that Mr Obama gives a fine speech, but that questions remain over the young candidate's rush to the White House.

ECONOMIST: Barack Obama speaks about race

Hundreds of devotees in extravagant costumes travel to the carnival on the Elvis Express, a special train service from Sydney, where the morning rush-hour is invigorated by white jumpsuits, aviator sunglasses and black wigs.

BBC: Australia��s annual rock ��n�� roll pilgrimage

Can you picture Rush Street in Chicago if the Cubs and White Sox dueled in a World Series for the first time since 1906?

FORBES: Realignment Proposal May Be Good For Business, But It's Bad For Baseball

Cameron White (40 not out off 39 balls) added a rush of runs at the end, and Australia knew they were on top once Brett Lee had Xavier Marshall edging behind on the first ball of the hosts' run chase.

BBC: Patient Aussies crush West Indies

The Angry White Males joined Promise Keepers, and mellowed. (Even Rush Limbaugh is beginning to sound like Georgetown dinner-party material.) Outside Texas and Florida, most Family-Values Latinos forgave the Democrats their weakness for abortion and homosexuality.

ECONOMIST: The duck-hunting season begins

As for progress onto his next belt, blue, he is "in no great rush because I want to go to another competition as a white belt".

BBC: Le Page wins British Open title