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Is Obama Putting $ Behind His Nuke Security Pitch?

Arms control advocates worry about the President's nuclear security initiative.

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| Mon Apr. 12, 2010 8:40 AM PDT

How a Supreme Court Fight Could Help the GOP

Conservative politicos see major political opportunities in a nomination tussle.

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| Mon Apr. 12, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Which Veggie Burgers Were Made With a Neurotoxin?

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| Mon Apr. 12, 2010 2:30 AM PDT

So How's the Economy Doing, Anyway?

There's good news, but it's not all good.

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| Sun Apr. 11, 2010 10:29 AM PDT

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Bound for America

Immigration reform could bring in millions of new workers—as de facto indentured servants.

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| Fri Apr. 9, 2010 4:48 PM PDT

The Internet’s Last Hope

How the Federal Communications Commission can save the world (wide web).

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| Fri Apr. 9, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Ben Nelson: Reform Rage Target

The Nebraska Senator joins a growing number of lawmakers who've received threats over the health care bill.

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| Fri Apr. 9, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

How the Vatican Almost Embraced Birth Control

A secret history of the papal commission that endorsed the pill

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| Thu Apr. 8, 2010 3:48 PM PDT

Inside India’s Rent-a-Womb Business

Gestational dormitories. Quintuple embryo implants. Brave New World? Nope, surrogacy tourism.

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| Thu Apr. 8, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Are 7 Billion Humans Too Many?

What unites the Vatican, lefties, conservatives, environmentalists, and scientists in a conspiracy of silence? Population.

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| Wed Apr. 7, 2010 4:03 PM PDT

The Oracle Rewrites History

Alan Greenspan's quest to whitewash his hands-off regulatory record at the Federal Reserve.

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| Wed Apr. 7, 2010 1:46 PM PDT

Dr. Clooney, I Presume?

An interactive map of the celebrity recolonization of Africa.

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| Wed Apr. 7, 2010 4:00 AM PDT

Inside WikiLeaks’ Leak Factory

Meet the shadowy figure who exposed the US military's deadly attack on a Reuters photographer and Iraqi civilians.

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| Tue Apr. 6, 2010 12:21 PM PDT

Dana Rohrabacher's War

The California Republican once took up arms with the Afghan mujahideen. Now he's fighting against Obama's surge.

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| Tue Apr. 6, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

GM’s Exploding Pickup

The carmaker has known for years that a popular truck is prone to going up in flames.

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| Tue Apr. 6, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Fear and Loathing in Mississippi

Banning a lesbian couple from prom wasn't this high school's first act of discrimination.

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| Mon Apr. 5, 2010 2:31 PM PDT

The Mormon Crusade Against Gay Marriage

Inside the LDS Church's stealth campaign to roll back same-sex equality.

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| Mon Apr. 5, 2010 4:02 AM PDT

Of Mormons and (Gay) Marriage

Former GOP bad guy Fred Karger is now fighting to save gay marriage—and unmask the Mormon Church.

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| Mon Apr. 5, 2010 3:30 AM PDT

A Voice in Haiti's Chorus

Author Edwidge Danticat on Haiti’s long road to recovery.

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| Sat Apr. 3, 2010 3:30 AM PDT

Should You Circumcise Your Kid?

Parents, public health experts, and an Italian porn star on the big flap over circumcision.

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| Fri Apr. 2, 2010 3:30 AM PDT