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Today in books and publishing: The class-action lawsuit against Google gets the go-ahead, the Times of London paywall temporarily comes down, and a copy of the Book of Mormon has been purloined.
On bringing investors to Haiti, how the iPad may soon 'rival the web,' and Republican secretaries of state supporting START
On rekindling Hanukkah, fighting AIDS, and why Obama won't be facing a primary challenger in 2012
On Twitter, a struggle to remain focused
On the real lesson of WikiLeaks, how the U.S. can help in the Congo, and where the GOP will work with Democrats
Can the most expensive show in Broadway history be saved?
On racial profiling in airports, the data dump from WikiLeaks, and cutting the deficit without raising taxes
ABC's Jake Tapper talks to the nation's luckiest bird
Salon crowned America's worst pundit. Some on Twitter were joyous. Others were not.
On engaging North Korea, winning a family debate, and weighing Obama's reluctance to pardon
For a classic American venue, a date with the wrecking ball
"Pinheads? I believe so."
On India's obesity problem, 'Motor City skeptics,' and solutions for public universities
Twitter gets ready to head home for the holidays
On Marines' opposition to repealing DADT, Obama's foreign policy "time warp," and Thanksgiving in hindsight
On the British "coping" classes, sizing up a run for president, and the "axis of depression"
Will somebody just give this man a Peabody award?
On the decline of whistling, America as banana republic, and the Fed's dual mandate
Presence of divorced golfer thrills Twitter
Deems George W. Bush's presidential library "the only shovel-ready project in America."
On Prince William's fiancee, shutting up and getting scanned, and cost-effective ways to stall global warming
Wealthy Englishman to marry less wealthy Englishwoman
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