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A bill headed to Gov. Bobby Jindal's desk would subject journalists to a $10,000 fine and up to six months in jail for publishing the names of concealed carry permit holders.

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You Need Phosphorous to Live—and We're Running Out

Industrial farming has played a part in sucking this critical element out of our soil.

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Is This Big Tea Party Group Really an Innocent Victim of the IRS?

The tax agency may have had good reason to scrutinize Tea Party Patriots—including a formal complaint I filed in 2011.

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The NRA's List of "Coolest Gun Movies" Is Astoundingly Dumb

"Zombieland"?! "The Godfather"?! Is this serious?

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Conservatives Crawl out of the Woodwork to Claim IRS Persecution

Libertarian Wayne Allyn Root claims to be the "face" of the Obama IRS scandal. His tax records suggest otherwise.

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Glamorous Photos of Kids Smoking

Frieke Janssens' images of kids and (fake!) cigarettes capture the ugliness and the not-quite-bygone glamour of smoking.

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10 classic ads from the sugar and cereal industries.

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For one, it suggests that there may be other previously undisclosed examples of government surveillance of journalists.

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How Hitler's U-Boats Are Still Attacking Us

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Virginia Republicans Have a Vagina Problem

Republicans continue a proud tradition of nominating men who have pushed harsh laws on women.

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Some say community is growing fearful amid a spike in crimes against gays and lesbians.

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After Girl Expelled From High School and Charged Over Lesbian Relationship, Anonymous Goes on the Offensive

Kaitlyn Hunt, 18, was dating a 15-year-old teammate against the will of the girl's parents.

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Reasons to Be Hopeful a Decade After We Went Into Iraq

Antiwar protestors couldn't keep the US out of Iraq, but there have been victories elsewhere.

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