The top story we're following today is Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United States. He said yesterday that he was "deeply ashamed" by the Catholic clergy sex scandal.

Today is the one-year anniversary of the shootings at Virginia Tech, and we're reporting on how people are marking this grim milestone.

Another top story we're following is President Bush's plan to release his global warming initiative to Congress today.

Joseph Curl has documented Republican presidential candidate John McCain's superstitions in a blog post that got Matt Drudge's attention.

Mac users are clicking on Mark Kellner's review of Apple's new Bento software.

— The Washington Times editors