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The Radioactive Ocean

Radioactivity is increasing in the waters near Japan's Fukushima plant. But nuclear pollution in the oceans is nothing new.

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| Mon Mar. 28, 2011 6:15 PM PDT

Why the White House Couldn't Fight the "Obamacare" Lie

The secret campaign behind the phrase "government takeover of health care."

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| Mon Mar. 28, 2011 1:34 PM PDT

Why Do We Keep Falling For O'Keefe's Smear Jobs?

It took days for someone to factcheck the NPR "sting"—and then the job fell to Glenn Beck's (!!) site.

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| Mon Mar. 28, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

What the Union Fight is Really About: Defunding the Left

The GOP's new three-part plan to starve the Dems.

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| Fri Mar. 25, 2011 2:04 PM PDT

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The Latest on Japan's Nuclear Emergency

The latest news about the desperate efforts to cool down the damaged power plant.

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| Fri Mar. 25, 2011 10:10 AM PDT

What's Got John Darnielle's Goat?

Mountain Goats' front man on abortion rights, horror flicks, and feminists' treatment of Sarah Palin.

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| Fri Mar. 25, 2011 7:35 AM PDT

Who Screwed the Middle Class?

An inconvenient truth.

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| Fri Mar. 25, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Rick Scott's Medicaid Overhaul to Benefit…Rick Scott?

Florida's governor is pushing a privatization plan that could be a major boon for health care companies. Like his.

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| Fri Mar. 25, 2011 12:01 AM PDT

Bachmann's First 2012 Hire: An Iowa Birther

The almost-candidate's new Iowa aide wants to see the president's birth certificate and pay taxes in gold.

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| Fri Mar. 25, 2011 12:01 AM PDT

The Audacious Transparency Hypocrisy of Rove's Crossroads GPS

The conservative dark-money group gets into the transparency game. Seriously?!

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| Wed Mar. 23, 2011 8:51 AM PDT

Is FEMA Freaking Over a Fake Quake?

A rogue seismologist says we're spending millions to prepare for an imaginary natural disaster. Should we listen?

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| Wed Mar. 23, 2011 12:01 AM PDT

Japanese Nuclear Reactor Systems Drawn Like a NYC Subway Map

Your one-stop diagram for understanding how the Fukushima reactors work—and why they broke down.

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| Tue Mar. 22, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Franklin Graham's New Obama-Muslim Conspiracy Theory

Billy Graham's son says the president has allowed the Muslim Brotherhood to infiltrate the US government.

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| Tue Mar. 22, 2011 12:01 AM PDT

Yemen: Another Dictator Flees

Has the revolution finally arrived in the Arab world's poorest country?

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| Mon Mar. 21, 2011 9:15 AM PDT

Does the Japan Quake Make a US Quake More Likely?

Seismologists weigh in.

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| Mon Mar. 21, 2011 2:30 AM PDT

Death By a Single GOP Cut?

The scary consequences of slashing the CDC's immunization funding.

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| Mon Mar. 21, 2011 12:01 AM PDT

Libya: Obama Crafts the Anti-Bush Doctrine

As he announces the US is prepared to use military force to stop Qaddafi, the president exorcises the ghost of George W. Bush.

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| Fri Mar. 18, 2011 1:47 PM PDT

GOP Bill Would Force IRS to Conduct Abortion Audits

Were you raped? Was it incest? And other questions the government's tax cops would have to ask women who've terminated pregnancies.

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| Fri Mar. 18, 2011 12:01 AM PDT

Left Behind in Libya

Scenes from Libya's growing refugee crisis.

Photographs by Manu Brabo/zReportage/Zuma

 | Fri Mar. 18, 2011 12:01 AM PDT

How Bad Could Japan's Nuclear Crisis Get?

As emergency workers begin "last-ditch efforts" to take control of the damaged power station, experts worry that a meltdown is still possible.

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| Thu Mar. 17, 2011 4:46 PM PDT