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The BBC and Red Cross confirm long-held suspicions
Nobody's safe
Critics claim the nominee shows more ambition than conviction
A turning point in the Catholic abuse scandal?
RNC chair slams idea that the original Constitution was "defective" for allowing slavery
Introducing the Oil Containment Solution Randomizer
A variety of views portray the Supreme Court nominee as milquetoast, moderate, unknown, elite
The tension between national security and civil liberties
Kagan, Karzai, oil, and Greece
The cases for and against Kagan's record on presidential powers
They have more in common than just party
The awkward Russian phenom gets The New Yorker treatment
He was against Kagan before he was for her--and before he was a threatened Democrat
No followers? I can say whatever I want?! Here we go...
The phlegmatic silver-maned host gets ruffled
What's left of it
The prime minister will cease leading his party in September--could that wind up swinging them into power?
The president hits a geek nerve
Her closeness with Obama and the likelihood of GOP support rank high
A backhanded compliment on news that U.S. carbon emissions are down
The mantle of redemption is eagerly awarded to Dallas Braden
The Christmas Bomber and Times Square suspect are 'minor league figures'
Critics warn she is "anti-military"
Commentators have doubts
She's no hard-line liberal
The debate about finance reform has become almost entirely a debate about government bailouts...
The Defense Secretary has Pentagon bloat in his cross hairs
Paul Krugman on sex, drugs, and the oil spill, Susie Orbach on male-mannequin emaciation, and more
Bob Bennett, serving since 1993, lost his own party's convention
Sharp insights on the Times Square attack, anti-immigration sentiment in the South, and more
Whatever caused it, the drop tells us a lot
Living, learning, farting, growing
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