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Weedmart: Marijuana Superstores. IPOs. Reality TV.

Meet the cocky entrepreneurs at the vanguard of the pot boom.

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| Fri Dec. 3, 2010 3:02 PM PST

Mike Birbiglia, Sleepwalking Storyteller

How a sleep disorder turned one dorky guy into a comedy sensation and landed him a movie co-written by Ira Glass.

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| Fri Dec. 3, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Big Meat vs. Michael Pollan

A beef industry group crusades to stop the Pollan-ation of America's college students.

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| Thu Dec. 2, 2010 4:00 AM PST

The GOP's New Abortion Agenda

Defunding Planned Parenthood is just the beginning.

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| Thu Dec. 2, 2010 4:00 AM PST

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How To Get Into College While Trying Really Hard

Scenes from a college essay writing workshop for high schoolers.

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| Wed Dec. 1, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Even When It Loses, the Tea Party Can Still Win

The tea party may have lost its battle to defeat earmarks, but it can still win the political war.

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| Wed Dec. 1, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Aftershocks: Welcome to Haiti's Reconstruction Hell

Dispatches from the tent cities, where rape gangs and disaster profiteers roam.

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| Tue Nov. 30, 2010 2:32 PM PST

Beyond Breastgate: Jurists Gone Wild

Virginia's Ken Cuccinelli is transforming the AG's office into an ideological battleground.

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| Tue Nov. 30, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Can You Spot the Future Americans?

A mosaic of immigrant ID photos.

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| Mon Nov. 29, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Podcast: Turkey Can Be Climate Friendly

Spinach, not so much.

Thu Nov. 25, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Cancun or Bust

This year's UN talks could be our last chance to slow climate change. So will world leaders finally get it right?

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| Wed Nov. 24, 2010 4:00 AM PST

When Congressmen Attack!

Pistols, canes, bowie knives, and fireplace tongs: a brief history of congressional violence.

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| Wed Nov. 24, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Did Barton's Office Rig an Anti-Global Warming Study?

A recent report suggests Rep. Joe Barton's staff fed bogus information to a climate science-debunking researcher.

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| Tue Nov. 23, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Whole Foods CEO: Yes, We Have No Obamacare

Fact-checking John Mackey's dubious health care claims.

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| Tue Nov. 23, 2010 4:00 AM PST

A Fistful of Dollars

Crime is rampant. The cops and courts are a joke. That's why residents of Oklahoma's Indian nations turn to a bruiser-for-hire like Ruben.

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| Mon Nov. 22, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Sarah Palin's Mystery Research Firm

Why's an incendiary Dutch journalist on the payroll of the ex-Alaska governor's PAC?

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| Mon Nov. 22, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Thank You for Global Warming

A former Phillip Morris exec wages a lonely war on the corporations tackling climate change.

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| Mon Nov. 22, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Bush's Biggest WMD Lie?

Uncovering another whopper of mass deception in the ex-president's new memoir.

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| Fri Nov. 19, 2010 4:00 AM PST

A Five-Step Plan to a Sane Airport Security System

How to get the TSA to stop touching our junk.

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| Fri Nov. 19, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Does Fixing Social Security Matter?

Maybe, if we stop talking privatization and start talking about the facts.

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| Fri Nov. 19, 2010 4:00 AM PST