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Project Runway's Top Gunn

Tim Gunn on revolutionary fashion, the "It Gets Better" campaign, and why you're never too smart for style.

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| Mon Jan. 16, 2012 4:00 AM PST
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The Republican Field on Martin Luther King: It's Complicated

Which presidential contender chanted "Who Let the Dogs Out" during a Martin Luther King Day parade? Who voted—twice—against establishing the holiday? Plus, more MLK highlights from the GOP candidates.

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| Mon Jan. 16, 2012 4:00 AM PST
The Anerican Pika

Should We Move Creatures Threatened by Climate Change?

Some ecologists say yes, while others believe we shouldn't mess with nature. Who's right?

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| Mon Jan. 16, 2012 3:30 AM PST
Jon Huntsman

RIP Jon Huntsman's Campaign, 2011–2012

The former ambassador drops out of the race to endorse a man he once called a "perfectly lubricated weather vane."

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| Sun Jan. 15, 2012 8:15 PM PST

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One Right-Winger's Terrible List of "Top 10 Conservative Movies"

This top-ten list from the Telegraph includes "The Killing Fields," "Black Hawk Down," and....... "The Pursuit of Happyness"??

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| Fri Jan. 13, 2012 12:10 PM PST
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Go Ahead, Make Mark Meckler's Day

How the tea party leader accidentally became a gun rights poster boy.

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| Fri Jan. 13, 2012 4:05 AM PST

Shit Everybody Says: Video Roundup

Our favorite examples of the most addictive meme making its way across the internet.

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| Fri Jan. 13, 2012 4:01 AM PST

Tamar Adler Cures Your Takeout Addiction

The writer and chef dishes on her new book, cooking in California vs. NYC, and the only five ingredients you really need in your pantry.

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| Fri Jan. 13, 2012 4:00 AM PST
Kerry Emanuel

MIT Scientist Receives Violent Emails

Kerry Emanuel's inbox was flooded with menacing emails after Climate Desk's video on Republican climate hawks.

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| Fri Jan. 13, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Burma Halts War With Karen Rebels…For Now

A gruesome 62-year-old fight between the Karen people and the Burmese army has been put on hold. That's great news—if peace lasts.

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| Thu Jan. 12, 2012 12:33 PM PST
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Elizabeth Warren Sets Her Sights on Scott Brown

The Harvard professor became a populist hero by taking on Wall Street. Now she's aiming for the GOP incumbent's Senate seat.

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| Thu Jan. 12, 2012 4:00 AM PST

America's Top 10 Polluters

The EPA releases a database of greenhouse gas sources. Is there a global warmer in your backyard?

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| Thu Jan. 12, 2012 4:00 AM PST
Marines piss on dead Afghan men

Marines in Video Identified, US Military Investigating (Updated)

The soldiers who urinated on corpses are with an elite unit deployed in Afghanistan. Plus: Rick Perry's take: Patton and Churchill did it too!

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| Wed Jan. 11, 2012 4:01 PM PST
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Aborted Fetuses: The Awkward Guests at Your Super Bowl Party

Get ready for gory antiabortion ads during the big game. (And you thought Janet Jackson's nip slip was bad.)

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| Wed Jan. 11, 2012 11:43 AM PST
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Rick Santorum's Big-Coal Buddies

The "local" company Santorum brags about helping was a coal mining giant that gave him tens of thousands of dollars during and after his time in Congress.

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| Wed Jan. 11, 2012 4:00 AM PST
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Jon Huntsman's Billionaire Dad Won't Commit to More Campaign Cash

Can the Huntsman campaign survive without Jon Sr.'s largesse?

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| Tue Jan. 10, 2012 9:03 PM PST

New Hampshire 2012: Romney Doesn't Lose, and Non-Mitts Gain Nothing

The bottom line: Attacks on Romney may work, but not to the benefit of his GOP rivals.

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| Tue Jan. 10, 2012 8:03 PM PST
Michelle Obama

The Obamas, Revealed

Forget Johnny Depp—here are the best bits on the First Lady and president from Jodi Kantor's new tell-all.

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| Tue Jan. 10, 2012 1:43 PM PST
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Are Pesticides Behind Massive Bee Die-Offs?

New research links colony collapse disorder to bees' exposure to a class of pesticides used on millions of acres of farmland.

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| Tue Jan. 10, 2012 1:05 PM PST
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Which Is Weirder—Iowa or New Hampshire? Take the Quiz.

Think you're smarter than a Washington pundit?

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| Tue Jan. 10, 2012 11:13 AM PST