Hamilton was eight seconds in front by the time of the second pit-stop period, after which Raikkonen slowed and allowed his team-mate to take second place at the end of the back on lap 49.

BBC: Hamilton closes on title with win

Besides food and jazz, what sets New Orleans apart is its unmatched calendar of festivals virtually non-stop, and I just visited at the tail end of Jazz Fest, which is second only to Mardi Gars in scope, and growing.

FORBES: Tourism's Glorious Return to New Orleans and Biloxi

UN-appointed government at the end of June, the idea was that Iraqis would stop feeling the sting of foreign occupation.

ECONOMIST: And a high-stakes gamble for George Bush

Consulting with the agency's lawyers, Mr. Donahoe started late last year to look at how the language of the stop-gap measure currently funding federal government operations might free the Postal Service to end Saturday service.

WSJ: U.S. Postal Service to Cut Saturday Mail

Nadal, who had been sidelined for seven months, has now lost six of his 44 clay finals -- three of them to Djokovic, who will be hoping to stop the 11-time grand slam champion defending his French Open title when the season's second major starts at the end of next month.

CNN: No. 1 Djokovic takes Nadal's Monte Carlo crown