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Wikileaks, Rendition, and the CIA's Italian Job

What could leaked State Department cables tell us about a CIA kidnapping in Milan and other extraordinary renditions?

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| Mon Dec. 13, 2010 4:15 AM PST

Can You Unplug Your Fridge at Night To Save Money and Energy?

Experts weigh in on fridge efficiency.

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| Mon Dec. 13, 2010 3:30 AM PST

The Noise Machine Revisited

How conservatives, unlike liberals, manage to parley political theater into media coverage.

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| Sat Dec. 11, 2010 10:43 AM PST

Cancun Climate Breakthrough

It's not perfect, but it's a deal.

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| Sat Dec. 11, 2010 6:41 AM PST

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Fast Times at Mission High

Scenes from an open house at one of San Francisco's lowest-performing—though rapidly improving—public high schools.

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| Fri Dec. 10, 2010 4:00 AM PST

The Bigger Story Behind Anti-Semitism in Texas

Sure, House speaker Joe Straus is Jewish. But that's not what has GOP activists upset.

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| Fri Dec. 10, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Is the Payroll Tax Holiday a GOP Trojan Horse?

Liberals love it, but maybe they shouldn't.

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| Fri Dec. 10, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Inside Haiti's Tent Cities

Scenes from the post-earthquake reconstruction.

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 | Wed Dec. 8, 2010 6:28 PM PST

Haiti Votes, Then Burns

Claims of election fraud send Haitians into the streets.

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| Wed Dec. 8, 2010 4:11 PM PST

Saving Haiti With...Poems?

In a new anthology, literary luminaries lend their words to help Haiti.

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| Wed Dec. 8, 2010 1:21 PM PST

UN's Tiniest Nation: "Help! We're Drowning"

The Nauru emissary sends out a climate change SOS to Cancun negotiators.

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| Wed Dec. 8, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Buck McKeon’s Cold War on Terror

Inside the playbook of the next House Armed Services Committee chairman.

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| Wed Dec. 8, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Rep. Louie "Terror Babies" Gohmert: Tea Party Pick for House Leadership

Remember that congressman who had an epic meltdown on AC360? Tea partiers are pushing for him to head a key committee.

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| Wed Dec. 8, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Arcade Fire's Band Aid for Haiti

The dynamic duo behind Arcade Fire on charity, indie cred, and staying sane.

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| Tue Dec. 7, 2010 4:30 PM PST

WikiLeaks: Making America Safer?

Julian Assange may have exposed US vulnerability in an alarmingly useful way.

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| Tue Dec. 7, 2010 2:35 PM PST

Walking Dead: Congress Edition

With Republicans in charge of the House, will '90s-style subpoenas and scandals rise from the crypt?

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| Tue Dec. 7, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Houston, the Tax Cuts Have Landed

Obama cuts a deal with Republicans and really, it's not that bad.

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| Mon Dec. 6, 2010 5:35 PM PST

The Video John Boehner Doesn't Want You to See

Watch the artsy film the GOP leadership is using to rally evangelicals and revive the culture wars of the '80s.

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| Mon Dec. 6, 2010 4:01 AM PST

Indonesia's Billion-Dollar Climate Experiment

Can rich nations pay a corruption-riddled government to protect its rainforests?

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| Mon Dec. 6, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Adapt or Die?

Global warming could kill a million people a year by 2030. Why won't the US help countries adapt?

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| Mon Dec. 6, 2010 4:00 AM PST