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What Happens to Your Phone When You Recycle It?

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| Mon Nov. 15, 2010 3:30 AM PST

George W. Bush's Omission Points

What's missing from W.'s memoir? How about the time he floated a plan to provoke a confrontation with Iraq.

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| Fri Nov. 12, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Why An Arctic Oil Spill Would Be Really, Really Bad

A report from an environment group warns that ice, freezing temperatures and high seas would overwhelm any clean-up attempts.

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| Thu Nov. 11, 2010 12:50 PM PST

Terrorism with a Human Face?

As the Ghailani case goes to the jury, a sudden turn toward courtroom drama.

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| Thu Nov. 11, 2010 12:39 PM PST

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The Party of No Earmarks?

A Republican civil war is brewing over an effort to ban GOP lawmakers from larding bills with pork-barrel projects.

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| Thu Nov. 11, 2010 4:00 AM PST

One Last Chance: Can We Save the Tiger?

Why are conservationists boycotting the world's first tiger summit?

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| Wed Nov. 10, 2010 12:31 PM PST

Consumer Protection's Citizens United

In a high stakes case over your right to sue for corporate abuses, guess which side the Chamber of Commerce is on?

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| Tue Nov. 9, 2010 4:00 AM PST

"Nobody Thought They Were Taking a Chance"

Why did workers on the Deepwater Horizon ignore signs that the rig was about to blow?

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| Tue Nov. 9, 2010 4:00 AM PST

US Secessionists: An Interactive Map

From Ganjastan to Independent Long Island, separatists want to quit the US and go it alone.

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| Mon Nov. 8, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Big Ag's Pesticide Coverup

Lobbyists don't want you to know what's in your fruits and veggies.

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| Mon Nov. 8, 2010 2:30 AM PST

Will Pelosi's Leadership Bid Help the Dems?

Or will it tee the party up for a whole new world of hurt in 2012?

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| Fri Nov. 5, 2010 11:54 AM PDT

On the Road With Johnny Flynn

Between bear sightings, cheering critics, and impending infants, this Brit-folk hipster is going places.

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| Fri Nov. 5, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Weird Findings From 2010's Exit Poll Data

Nonvoters showed up, liberal mothers stayed loyal, and other data explained.

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| Fri Nov. 5, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

The Fastest Terror Trial in the West

Ghailani case wraps up months ahead of schedule—but not without a Willie Mays detour.

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| Fri Nov. 5, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Guantánamo: Exception or Rule?

All-American justice for a child soldier at Obama’s Gitmo.

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| Thu Nov. 4, 2010 12:39 PM PDT

Ralph Reed's Teavangelicals

Does the GOP slam-dunk herald a Christian conservative revival? Not so fast.

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| Thu Nov. 4, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Muslimophobia: Election Roundup

This week in crazy: Meet the anti-Islam caucus.

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| Wed Nov. 3, 2010 3:48 PM PDT

After the Disaster, What's Obama's Next Act?

The president has a tough decision to make: how confrontational to be in opposing the more extreme and more powerful Republicans.

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| Wed Nov. 3, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

WATCH: The Scariest Thing About the Election Results [Cartoon]

Dear Congress: Leave the "Obamacare" funny business to the cartoonists, will you?

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| Wed Nov. 3, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Climate Denier Ron Johnson Topples Russ Feingold

A liberal legend goes down.

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| Tue Nov. 2, 2010 7:58 PM PDT