Apparently, he'd been renting a palazzo in Umbria for a month hot off the success of "Million Dollar Baby" and "Crash" when his phone rang.

WSJ: Like a James Bond Flick

' And it's become a hot issue in the run-up to this month's parliamentary elections.

NPR: With Vote Looming, Afghans Look for Progress

Now Sheehan says one of three things will happen: The president will meet with her, she'll be arrested or she'll spend the hot month of August camped out in a ditch on Prairie Chapel Road.

NPR: Soldier's Mother Holds Vigil Near Bush Ranch

The Cruze, introduced last month, is already a hot seller in Europe, Asia and Australia.

FORBES: Autos

Of course the real bad news here for the red camp is there aren't any hot titles to speak of until American Gangster hits the street in about a month.

ENGADGET: Nielsen VideoScan High-Def market share for week ending January 20th, 2008

Iran's developing missile program has been a hot topic in Washington and elsewhere in recent months, with a new Pentagon report last month finding that Tehran may test a missile that could reach the U.S. mainland within three years.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Last month, workers at Agency.com, a hot Web design shop in New York with a reputation for coddling the help, got a mass e-mail from the office of boss Chan Suh that was supposed to list unused vacation time.

FORBES: The Informer

First, last week's Impressionist and Modern Art auctions and next month's Turner Water Colours auction in July are happening in a still white-hot art market.

FORBES: Bidding Up Sotheby's

On the heels of a hot start for the Galaxy S4, which the company says sold 10 million units in less than a month, the Korean gadget-maker seems to be homing in on the rival iPhone with a handset that promises to be easier to grip than its bulkier cousins in the Galaxy line.

CNN: Samsung to make a mini version of its Galaxy S4