Sol 1, as the days are known on Mars, was a busy time for the three-legged lander, which set down Sunday in relatively flat terrain cut by polygon-shaped fissures.

NPR: Phoenix Sends Color Photos of Mars to NASA

It is too much to expect this Congress to enact a flat tax that's a tax cut--too many check-writing special interests guarantee that.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

Although many big emerging markets have built up foreign-exchange reserves and cut their external debts, in eastern Europe reserves have been flat, external debts have risen and current- account deficits have grown considerably in the past decade.

ECONOMIST: Globalisation

Operators cut capital expenditure and offered unlimited, flat-rate plans, only to be caught out when demand finally took off.

ECONOMIST: Saturated mobile networks

The Kiwi passed inside to hooker Brett Sharman and the ball was eventually shipped right for centre Downey to cut inside, leave the Gloucester defence flat-footed and touch down next to the posts.

BBC: Northampton 30-24 Gloucester

The atmosphere became a little flat but Aaron Lennon revived matters with a typically quick burst and a cut-back to Keane, who finished in some style, side-footed, from 15 yards.

BBC: Tottenham Hotspur 5-0 Burnley

Your casual dresses should include bias-cut floor-length sundresses and skirts with cotton gauze tops, worn with flat or low-wedge strappy sandals or espadrilles.

WSJ: Ask Teri: Dresses for Older Figures

Apollo's projection of a flat to low-single-digit increase for enrollment in the most recent quarter led analysts to cut earnings forecasts by 12% to 38 cents, down from 83 cents a year earlier.

WSJ: AHEAD OF THE TAPE: Apollo Group Gets Graded on the Curve