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Rio de Janeiro hires Rudy Giuliani as a security consultant for the 2016 Olympics. Can "America's mayor" help Rio clean up its act?
A bill to imprison and possibly execute gay Ugandans is on its way to becoming law. Gay rights pundits propose ways to stop it.
Jon Stewart calls out Fox's Gretchen Carlson for playing dumb
Philandering has gotten a lot easier to expose in the era of text messages
The administration settles a historic class-action lawsuit over misuse of Indian lands. Reactions from D.C. to Bozeman, MT.
Many observers say no. But that doesn't mean the country's airports were safe to begin with.
A Senate compromise may have set aside the public option, but liberals are warming to the alternative
What the golfer's taste in women says about his character
A columnist pins rising skepticism of climate change on the oil lobby
Why the former governor was right to commute Maurice Clemmons's sentence
The right gives Harry Reid a history lesson on slavery and civil rights
How Senator Ben Nelson's anti-abortion amendment could make or break health care reform
A poll finds more support for conservative "Tea Party" candidates than for Republicans
And why health care reform could make it worse
Why the atheist campaign to take Christ out of Christmas is anything but merry
The bailout is estimated to cost "only" $141 billion. Should we pay down the debt, or boost job creation?
A government report confirms what liberals had long feared: Civil rights enforcement fell sharply during the Bush years
A four-country study rules out a connection, but some say there's still cause for concern
Palin says Obama birth certificate questions are fair game, irritating even conservative pundits
Liberals cheer as the Senate votes for a $940 million amendment, but it isn't likely to help pass reform
Friend of the Obamas, White House social secretary, and object of scrutiny in the gate crasher scandal
What Tiger Woods's crisis of "transgressions" says about the rest of us
6 things President Obama can do to make the White House jobs summit count
The fourth attempt to convict the one-time mobster ends in another mistrial. Pundits tell the feds to let it go.
The golfer comes clean about his affairs and pleads for privacy
The city council approves same-sex marriage and liberals celebrate a clear victory after a tumultuous year in gay rights
150 years after the violent abolitionist's execution, some are calling John Brown a national hero. Why his legacy still matters.
The Aughts? The "Decade From Hell?" We still don't have a name for the less-than-stellar decade
The director is under house until extradition to the U.S. Is the punishment too posh for a man accused of sex crimes?
If so, pundits say the famous couple owes America an explanation--and wife Elin Nordegren should pay for the crime
Perhaps not, but pundits argue that it's worth trying John Demjanjuk for Holocaust crimes to air the tragic story
Five months after its military ousted left-leaning President Zelaya, the country elects his conservative opponent
A man pardoned by the former Arkansas governor nine years ago is now wanted for the murder of four Washington state police officers
Heads roll after a spectacular security breach at the White House. Here's why the federal agency is in trouble.
Andy Rooney's Turkey Gravy, Huffington Post's Cowgirl Cornbread, and more
Obama, Palin, 'Helicopter Ben,' our mongrel nation, Bergdorf Goodman and more
A foreign-born writer is repulsed by "mushy bread crumbs in an empty carcass"
Americans reportedly see biracial politicians lighter when they agree with them, darker when they don't
Why the firm's $500 million dollar apology doesn't cut it
One conservative blogger turns to Sesame Street to blast "climate alarmism"
Experts say holiday travel may cause H1N1 to spread. A few ideas to stop the flu from ruining Thanksgiving.
After 25 years, the queen of talk show hosts is remembered as a consummate capitalist, black icon, and confessor
How the uproar over the new guidelines shows that cancer screening is about more than science
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