The world - Aug. 19, 2010

THURSDAY

Flight attendant Steven Slater becomes a national sensation after standing up to a rude passenger on a flight. After a passenger opened an overhead locker door that hit him in the head, Slater launched into an expletive-filled tirade on the plane’s intercom, grabbed two beers from the drink cart and slid down the emergency chute out of the plane. He was arrested on several charges and released on bail.

Congress passed a $600 million border security bill that will provide funding for some 1,500 new border patrol agents in a crackdown on security along the Mexican border.

The bankrupt T...