What We Know About the Record Breaking Powerball Jackpot's Mystery Winner

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The frenzy for last minute tickets is over. The numbers have been picked out. Somewhere, a single person is $590 million richer. Last night's record Powerball jackpot has a winner but we have no idea who that person is yet. 

By Adam Martin

May 18, 2011

New York Post's 'HIV Shock' Cover Denied and Condemned

The tabloid claimed that Strauss-Kahn's alleged victim may be HIV-positive

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By Eli Rosenberg

May 18, 2011

Quote of the Day

Quote: Graydon Carter Is So Over Your Editor Trend Story

Graydon Carter takes a subtle swipe at some young editors

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By Adam Martin

May 18, 2011

Get to Know Your DSK Lawyers: Ben Brafman vs. Jeff Shapiro

As the Stauss-Kahn case continues, these two will be facing off in the press for months

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By Eli Rosenberg

May 18, 2011

Chart of the Day

Chart: Somehow We've Got Fewer Cows, But More Milk

Milk herds are decreasing as milk production steadily rises

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By Caitlin Dickson

May 18, 2011

Today's Best

Five Best Wednesday Columns

On Mahler, Gingrich and Obama's message to the Arab World

Comments | 950 Views

By Adam Clark Estes

May 18, 2011

Cornel West's Continuing Feud with Barack Obama

"Black puppet" and "black mascot" are in keeping with West's anthology of insults

Comments | 6,527 Views

By Erik Hayden

May 17, 2011

Yale Fraternity Suspended After Chanting Misogynistic Slogans

Delta Kappa Epsilon won't be on campus for five years

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By Adam Martin

May 17, 2011

Climate Change Scientists Face Inconvenient Truths

Data featured in Al Gore's film turns out to be more complicated than simple graphs

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By Eli Rosenberg

May 17, 2011

Chart of the Day

Chart: Fruit and Vegetables Only for the Rich?

The visual on food spending brings the figure home to you

Comments | 2,586 Views

By Erik Hayden

May 17, 2011

The History of Arnold's Love Child Rumor

A 2004 Los Angeles magazine investigation saw evidence of a tabloid cover up

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By Adam Martin

May 16, 2011

Mob Boss Trial with Mafia Witnesses Ends with Guilty Verdict

Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano faces the death penalty for murder

Comments | 538 Views

By Adam Martin

May 16, 2011

An Online Forum About New York Cops Gone Bad

Suspicions the Long Island killer has law enforcement leads to an outpouring of tales

Comments | 1,207 Views

By Eli Rosenberg

May 16, 2011

Chart of the Day

Chart: Barack Obama vs. Britney Spears on Twitter

The President's approval rating wasn't the only thing bolstered by the bin Laden raid.

Comments | 536 Views

By Erik Hayden

May 16, 2011

Found Object

The Best View of the Endeavour Launch

A airline window view of the shuttle piercing through the clouds into space

Comments | 4,198 Views

By Adam Martin

May 16, 2011

Getting to Know the Soyuz, NASA's New Space Ferry

The U.S. space program will piggyback on Russian rockets for a while

Comments | 1,552 Views

By Caitlin Dickson

May 16, 2011

Today's Best

Five Best Monday Columns

On privacy with Facebook and Google, intellectuals' arrogance about Qaddafi, and more

Comments | 1,180 Views

By Erik Hayden

May 16, 2011

Photos: Space Shuttle Endeavour's Final Lift Off

The penultimate shuttle launch is set for 8:56 am EST

Comments | 2,414 Views

By Ujala Sehgal

May 15, 2011

Two NYPD Cops May Be Suspects in Long Island Serial Killings

Both hired prostitutes while working for the department

Comments | 15,140 Views

By Ujala Sehgal

May 15, 2011

Five Best Sunday Columns

On China, America as Europe's slum, and Bob Dylan's poetry

Comments | 1,976 Views

By Ujala Sehgal

May 14, 2011

Five Best Saturday Columns

On loyalty to Peace Corps, Nuremberg and Bin Laden, and why we love an apocalypse

Comments | 2,617 Views

By Adam Clark Estes

May 13, 2011

America Is For Sale

Government agencies are auctioning off anything they can find to fill holes in budgets

Comments | 1,517 Views

By Eli Rosenberg

May 13, 2011

By Adam Martin

May 13, 2011

The NYPD's Secret Anti-Terrorism Equipment: Traffic Cones?

A secret document is accidentally thrown out, revealing mostly pretty banal stuff

Comments | 493 Views

By Adam Martin

May 13, 2011

LAPD's New Crime-Fighting Technique: Billboards

Department turns to an old technology to get its message out

Comments | 880 Views

By Caitlin Dickson

May 13, 2011

Stat of the Day

What If Poor People Can't Physically Get to the Low-Skill Jobs?

A new study suggests high-skill jobs are the ones with better public transit links

Comments | 662 Views

By Eli Rosenberg

May 13, 2011

Chart of the Day

High Gas Prices Are Mostly Hurting You, Not Oil Companies

As the fight gears up to end subsidies to the oil industry, a look at the price-profit link

Comments | 771 Views

By Adam Martin

May 13, 2011

Bradley Manning Activist Explains Why He's Suing the Government

David House, whose laptop was seized, says agents offered bribes for tips on hackers

Comments | 13,736 Views

By Caitlin Dickson

May 13, 2011

Obama Birth Certificate Signed by Trump Now Going for $1,525 on Ebay

The bidding started at 99 cents last week, but quickly escalated.

Comments | 1,315 Views

By Elspeth Reeve

May 13, 2011

Navy SEALs Have Turned into Celebrities, Sex Symbols

Virginia Beach, home to the SEALs, has become a stalking ground for admirers

Comments | 9,131 Views

By Alex Eichler

May 12, 2011

Found Object

Some Unspeakably Depressing Photos of a Baltimore Crack House

A former Charm City cop takes us inside one of the city's junkie dens

Comments | 7,932 Views

By Eli Rosenberg

May 12, 2011

Chart of the Day

DVD Sales Dive, While Netflix Soars

Add DVDs to the list of dying industries

Comments | 2,242 Views

By Alex Eichler

May 12, 2011

Man's Death Prompts New Round of Anti-Taser Outrage

Everyone seems to agree Tasers do more harm than good

Comments | 345 Views

By Adam Clark Estes

May 12, 2011

Houston Leads the Nation in Dogs Biting Postal Workers

"Any dog will bite" warns local postmaster

Comments | 172 Views

By Erik Hayden

May 12, 2011

Police Nab Suspect Who Barged Into Missouri Army Base

The man also fired on police and wandered onto a university campus

Comments | 182 Views

By Adam Clark Estes

May 12, 2011

Signs America Is Losing the War on Childhood Obesity

Some recent plans to slim down our children are pretty weird

Comments | 4,485 Views

By Adam Martin

May 12, 2011

New York Terror Suspect Is a Fashion Model, 'Good Kid,' Says Father

The Times talked with the father of one of the two arrested for terrorism last night

Comments | 5,847 Views

By Adam Clark Estes

May 12, 2011

Blame the Lifeguards for Californian Bankruptcy

Some Newport Beach lifeguards make over $200K. Economists do not approve

Comments | 3,266 Views

By Erik Hayden

May 12, 2011

And Now, the Situation Room with Just Women

Modesty demands the removal of the men, this time

Comments | 8,294 Views

By Adam Martin

May 12, 2011

The Fracking Song: Making Geology Catchy

Groundwater contamination isn't usually the stuff of pop hits, but it is now

Comments | 1,190 Views

By Adam Martin

May 12, 2011

Donor Gives Honest Dallas Teen $4,000

After the city decided to keep $2,000 she found and turned in, teen is vindicated

Comments | 1,449 Views

By Erik Hayden

May 12, 2011

The End of the World As He Knows It

Pastor Harold Camping explains his prediction that the world's ending on May 21

Comments | 14,473 Views

By Caitlin Dickson

May 12, 2011

Today's Best

Five Best Thursday Columns

On political wives, female genital mutilation, and the torture debate

Comments | 851 Views

By Adam Martin

May 12, 2011

Two Arrested in New York Terror Plot

NYPD acts without FBI in arresting men trying to buy guns and grenades

Comments | 4,762 Views

By Alex Eichler

May 11, 2011

Reverend Billy Graham Hospitalized, In Stable Condition

The mega-evangelist was admitted with a pulmonary condition

Comments | 829 Views

By Adam Clark Estes

May 11, 2011

The Unexpectedly Lucrative Career of Cleaning Up After Ivy Leaguers

A Penn housecleaner tells her story, but Harvard leads the way in servants

Comments | 2,681 Views

By Adam Martin

May 11, 2011

Let's Panic: Bedbugs Found Infected with 'Superbug' Germ

Once just itchy, now they can carry drug-resistant diseases

Comments | 5,769 Views

By Erik Hayden

May 11, 2011

Bronx Peacock Caught; Meme Already Over

The latest escaped animal from the Bronx Zoo has been recaptured

Comments | 764 Views

By Erik Hayden

May 11, 2011

Starbucks: the Hip Meeting Spot for Insider Trading

White collar criminals skipping meetings at "passé" luxury hotels to confer over coffee

Comments | 1,569 Views

By Eli Rosenberg

May 11, 2011

Chart of the Day

Post-Bin Laden, Americans Optimistic on Afghanistan

But more also now want to bring the troops home

Comments | 88 Views

By Adam Martin

May 11, 2011

Honesty Doesn't Pay in Dallas: City Keeping $2,000 Found by Teen

The 15-year-old found $2,000 in a mall parking lot and turned it in

Comments | 2,150 Views

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