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Love in the Time of Terror Babies

Perhaps Louie Gohmert should read Daniel Alarcón's latest New Yorker story.

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| Fri Aug. 20, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

The Poverty App

Can cell phone bank accounts help India's poor climb out of the slums?

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| Thu Aug. 19, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Return of the BP Cover-Up

Was the disappearing oil report completely unsubstantiated?

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| Thu Aug. 19, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Why Should Baby Pandas Get All the Love?

Photos of 11 not-so-cute endangered species.

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| Thu Aug. 19, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

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"The Goal Is Not to Let It Blow Up": A Tour of BP's Relief Rig

After months of dodging me, BP lets me on to a rig plugging the Deepwater Horizon well.

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| Wed Aug. 18, 2010 12:32 PM PDT

China's Potemkin Cities

Vacant skyscrapers, empty malls: the surreal fruits of a nation's obsession with growth.

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| Wed Aug. 18, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Hot GOP Chicks [Video]

A Minnesota Republican Party video examines the line—then steps waaaay over it.

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| Tue Aug. 17, 2010 5:11 PM PDT

Is the Spill Victims' Fund Keeping BP and the Feds in Bed?

The new escrow deal could let BP get away with even less offshore-drilling accountability.

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| Tue Aug. 17, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Did Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Anti-Immigrant Zeal Kill David de la Fuente?

An SB 1070-style traffic stop, an unattended illness in jail, and one family's tragedy.

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| Mon Aug. 16, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

What a Tough-Love Sheriff Left Behind

Joe Arpaio's jail deports a dead man walking, and a Mexican family grieves.

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| Mon Aug. 16, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Are Email Attachments Bad for the Environment? Part II

A data storage expert responds.

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| Mon Aug. 16, 2010 2:30 AM PDT

"It's Not Selling Your Body, It's More Like Controlled-Access Rental"

The editor of $pread, the sex-worker trade mag, talks Craigslist, industry myths, and decriminalization.

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| Sat Aug. 14, 2010 4:04 PM PDT

BP Spill: Catastrophe, Sure. Disaster? Nah.

Why hasn't a single Gulf governor asked Obama to declare the spill a federal disaster?

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| Fri Aug. 13, 2010 9:09 AM PDT

What Social Security Can Teach Us About the Future of Health Care

Americans will learn to love health care reform, just as they did Social Security, if it's made to work for all of them.

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| Fri Aug. 13, 2010 5:00 AM PDT

Every Click You Make

Which sites track your every move? You might be surprised.

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| Fri Aug. 13, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Inside West Point's Lesbian Subculture

Katherine Miller came out this week. But since May, she's detailed a secretive lesbian world on a popular blog.

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| Thu Aug. 12, 2010 9:24 AM PDT

Wall St.: Cutting Off Big Coal's Baddest?

Banks are deciding that underwriting destructive mining practice isn't good business.

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| Thu Aug. 12, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

"So What Do You Think of the South?"

A Yankee considers Oxford, Mississippi.

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| Wed Aug. 11, 2010 8:49 PM PDT

MoJo Mini College Guide

Our annual (and completely unscientific) guide to schools that will blow your mind, not your budget.

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| Wed Aug. 11, 2010 5:12 PM PDT

The BP Cover-Up

BP and the government say the spill is fast disappearing—but dramatic new science reveals that its worst effects may be yet to come.

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| Tue Aug. 10, 2010 3:00 AM PDT