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A Superior Court judge in New Jersey this week opened the door for the state to test some of its electronic voting machines for security and accuracy prior to the November elections. Critics say the machines' lack of a paper trail makes it difficult to verify results.

In the 1950s, the man who loved Lucy helped introduce mainstream America to a slice of Latin culture. He was based on Desi Arnaz — yet Arnaz was hardly just playing himself. Felix Contreras has a musical portrait of the fictional Cuban-American bandleader.

Like the United States, France relies on both private and government insurance, with most people getting insurance through their employers. But in a ranking of 19 industrial nations, France is at the top of the list for health care quality, while the United States ranks last.

The heads of America's nine top financial institutions met with U.S. officials behind closed doors Monday to discuss accepting government cash in exchange for an equity stake in their banks. Wall Street Journal staff writer Deborah Solomon says Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson only told the executives to turn up at the Treasury Department at 3 p.m.

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, would like to see a 15 percent per-capita reduction in energy use by 2015. But achieving this reduction will require residents to change everyday behaviors and use more energy-efficient technologies.

Some compare our decade's reliance on easy credit to the 1920s and say history is repeating itself. Others say this time is different. And still others claim that those may be the most dangerous words of all.

During his first run for office in 1998, Democrat John Edwards used his telegenic personality and a populist message to win a North Carolina Senate race. For much of the past five years, his sights have been set on the White House.

Nationally, the infant mortality rate has steadily declined since 1960. But in the last few years, Mississippi has led a disturbing trend among Southern states: More babies are dying before their first birthday.

Peyton Manning led the Indianapolis Colts to a win Thursday night against the New Orleans Saints in the NFL's first regular season game of the year. Wall Street Journal sportswriter Stefan Fatsis says that's a welcome distraction for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who has had to deal with a string of incidents that have embarrassed the league: assaults, gun charges, DUIs and, of course, dogfighting. Fatsis also comments on what some are calling the greatest upset of all time — last week's Appalachian State-Michigan game, which led the Associated Press to include lower-division schools in its ranking poll.

Many college freshmen are about to have their first roommate experience. Many of them may experience their new cohabitant's unfortunate inability to communicate directly. A Web site, Passiveaggressivenotes.com, collects all kinds of notes, among them the artifacts from domestic arrangements gone wrong.