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America's Fertilizer Keeps Blowing Up. It Doesn't Have To.

Europe and Australia long ago recognized the benefits of a fertilizer formula that doesn’t blow up. Here, the chemical industry fought back.

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| Thu May. 2, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
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America's 10 Worst Prisons: Polunsky

"The hardest place to do time in Texas"—and then you die.

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| Thu May. 2, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

Mitt Romney's Advice to College Grads: Start Having Babies As Soon As Possible

For "children are a heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is His reward."

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| Thu May. 2, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

Friend Who Had "Fling" With Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the 3 Additional Suspects: "They All Idolized Jahar"

In an interview with Mother Jones, a woman who says she hooked up with Tsarnaev sheds light on him and his friends now in custody.

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| Wed May. 1, 2013 1:06 PM PDT

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Here's How the Rifle That Just Killed a 2-Year-Old Girl Is Marketed for Kids

Baby's first rifle? The Crickett Firearms website is down, but we've got their photo gallery of armed tykes right here.

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| Wed May. 1, 2013 1:26 PM PDT

Don't Use Jason Collins As an Excuse to Blame Homophobia on Black People

A history lesson.

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| Wed May. 1, 2013 5:55 PM PDT
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Feds Arrest 3 New Suspects in Connection With Boston Bombings

Two college students are charged with removing evidence from an alleged bomber's room; another is charged with making false statements.

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| Wed May. 1, 2013 8:17 AM PDT

What the NRA's Millions Do—and Don't—Buy

Big money isn't the only secret to the National Rifle Association's success. Yet is it the key to defeating it?

By Alan Berlow and Gordon Witkin, Center for Public Integrity

 | Wed May. 1, 2013 6:00 AM PDT

This Website Will Help You Outsmart the Supreme Court's Anti-Transparency Ruling

The high court unanimously decided that states can block citizens of other states from accessing public information. MuckRock has a way around that.

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| Wed May. 1, 2013 3:05 AM PDT

America's 10 Worst Prisons: ADX

A federal isolation facility that's "pretty close" to hell.

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| Wed May. 1, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

You Won't Believe What's in Your Turkey Burger

A Consumer Reports survey turns up stomach-churning results.

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| Wed May. 1, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

Ed Markey Is On Track to Replace John Kerry—With the Help of the "Green Billionaire"

Markey will face Gabriel Gomez, an ex-Navy SEAL and businessman derided by Democrats as "Mitt Romney, Jr."

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| Tue Apr. 30, 2013 7:27 PM PDT
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How Michael Bloomberg Is Like Kanye West

Michael Bloomberg implies critics of the NYPD's stop and frisk policy just don't care about dead children.

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| Tue Apr. 30, 2013 2:20 PM PDT
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How to Be a Good Neocon When It Comes to Syria

With Obama moving cautiously, some hawks are angling for a US invasion.

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| Tue Apr. 30, 2013 11:12 AM PDT

WATCH: A Conversation With Climate Scientist Michael Mann

The next Climate Desk Live event is up and running. Watch the livestream here.

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| Tue Apr. 30, 2013 10:00 AM PDT
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Can Obama Stop the Uprising at Gitmo?

Human rights advocates and now even one senator says the administration could end the hunger strike by resuming transfers of detainees out of Gitmo.

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| Fri Apr. 26, 2013 4:56 AM PDT

In Boston, Was Lockdown the Wrong Approach?

In the wake of the bombings, city officials essentially shut Boston down. A terrorism expert believes that sent precisely the wrong message.

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| Tue Apr. 30, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
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The Temp Agencies Taking Immigrants for a Ride in Chicago

The "raiteros" system provides large companies with labor at the lowest possible cost.

—By Michael Grabell, ProPublica

 | Tue Apr. 30, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
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The United States of Sequestration

It's not just White House tours and airplanes. Here's how budget cuts are hurting people in 50 states.

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| Tue Apr. 30, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

El Salvador's Children of War

Photographer Donna De Cesare spent decades amid brutal conflict, refugees, and violent gangs.

Photographs by Donna De Cesare. Text by Jeremy Lybarger.

 | Tue Apr. 30, 2013 3:00 AM PDT