Author: Erik Hayden

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Remote, Polluted Lakes; Comet Crossbow

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Discovered: remote polluted lakes, uninformed fish, a comet crossbow, clinical trial check-up and one place to be to find undiscovered invertebrates. 

By Erik Hayden

Dec 6, 2010

Wal-Mart Sex Discrimination Case Heads to the Supreme Court

Will 500,000 employees be combined into a class-action suit? If so, what does it mean for future suits?

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By Erik Hayden

Dec 6, 2010

Morning Vid: Glenn Beck is Like L. Ron Hubbard

Eye-catching analogy courtesy of Bill Maher

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By Caitlin Dickson , Erik Hayden and Ray Gustini

Dec 6, 2010

5 Best Monday Columns

On the changing culture wars, how to fend off a cyber threat, and bringing law to Russia

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By Erik Hayden

Dec 4, 2010

'Black Swan' Is Just Like 'The Wrestler'

A masochistic wrestler and a tormented ballerina: see the similarity?

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By Erik Hayden

Dec 3, 2010

Afternoon Vid: Alan Grayson Calls Bush 'Big Cheese' in No-Holds-Barred Speech

Rep. Grayson lobs volleys at Limbaugh, Beck, O'Reilly, Hannity, Bush and more in his tax cut speech

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By Erik Hayden

Dec 3, 2010

Morning Vid: The Grinch Now Hosts the 'O'Reilly Factor'

Why hasn't anyone thought of this before?

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By Caitlin Dickson , Erik Hayden and Ray Gustini

Dec 3, 2010

5 Best Friday Columns

On avoiding a cyber war, deterring North Korea, and a great school program in Kalamazoo

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By Erik Hayden

Dec 2, 2010

Liberals: $1 Billion Earmark Request Reveals Tea Party 'Hypocrisy'

A Hotline report reveals contradictions in the Tea Party caucus

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By Erik Hayden

Dec 2, 2010

Morning Vid: Mitt Romney Always Says the Right Thing

Even on Leno, it's all about message discipline, right?

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By Erik Hayden and Ray Gustini

Dec 2, 2010

5 Best Thursday Columns

On bringing investors to Haiti, how the iPad may soon 'rival the web,' and Republican secretaries of state supporting START

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By Erik Hayden and Ray Gustini

Dec 1, 2010

5 Best Wednesday Columns

On rekindling Hanukkah, fighting AIDS, and why Obama won't be facing a primary challenger in 2012

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By Erik Hayden

Nov 30, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: Grown Up Matt Lauer Can't Stop Laughing About 'Package Size'

Sometimes uncontrollable on-camera laughter just happens

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By Erik Hayden

Nov 30, 2010

Morning Vid: 'Shamelessly Marketing' Bush Gabs With Mark Zuckerberg

The young CEO interviews the ex-decider at Facebook HQ

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By Erik Hayden and Ray Gustini

Nov 30, 2010

5 Best Tuesday Columns

On the real lesson of WikiLeaks, how the U.S. can help in the Congo, and where the GOP will work with Democrats

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By Erik Hayden

Nov 29, 2010

Get Rich by Bullying Your Way to the Top of Google Search

Proprietors use complaints to claw their way to the top of results

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By Erik Hayden and Ray Gustini

Nov 29, 2010

5 Best Monday Columns

On racial profiling in airports, the data dump from WikiLeaks, and cutting the deficit without raising taxes

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By Erik Hayden

Nov 24, 2010

Morning Vid: Watch Your Back When You Make Fun of Jersey

Chris Christie gives a not-so-subtle hint to a skittish Jimmy Fallon

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By Erik Hayden and Ray Gustini

Nov 24, 2010

5 Best Wednesday Columns

On engaging North Korea, winning a family debate, and weighing Obama's reluctance to pardon

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By Erik Hayden

Nov 23, 2010

Netflix Aims to Finish Off the DVD

Outmaneuvering opponents with a streaming-only plan

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By Erik Hayden and Ray Gustini

Nov 23, 2010

5 Best Tuesday Columns

On India's obesity problem, 'Motor City skeptics,' and solutions for public universities

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By Erik Hayden

Nov 22, 2010

Rapturous Reception Greets Kanye West's 'Fantasy'

Even Pitchfork grudgingly gave the album a perfect ten

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By Erik Hayden

Nov 22, 2010

Morning Vid: TSA Chief 'Sensitive' to Pat-Down Concerns

But the policies won't be changed

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By Erik Hayden and Ray Gustini

Nov 22, 2010

5 Best Monday Columns

On Marines' opposition to repealing DADT, Obama's foreign policy "time warp," and Thanksgiving in hindsight

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By Erik Hayden

Nov 20, 2010

The Idea of Marriage Is Rapidly Changing

A Time/Pew Research poll shows a shift in Americans' attitudes

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By Erik Hayden

Nov 20, 2010

Debating the Climate Change Proposals In 'Cool It'

New documentary aims to be counterpoint to An Inconvenient Truth

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By Erik Hayden

Nov 19, 2010

Morning Vid: World Doesn't Explode After Glenn Beck's Logic Is Inverted

Donning Beck's glasses, Jon Stewart unravels the "Soros conspiracy"

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By Erik Hayden and Ray Gustini

Nov 19, 2010

5 Best Friday Columns

On the British "coping" classes, sizing up a run for president, and the "axis of depression"

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