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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 9:16 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

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 9:43 PM 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

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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
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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 1:32 PM PDT

Deporting America's Gang Culture

Photographer Donna De Cesare puts a human face on one of the United States' most shameful exports.

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Lethal Battlefield Robots: Sci-Fi or the Future of War?

Warbots don't exist yet, and the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots hopes to keep it that way.

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| Fri May. 3, 2013 3:00 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
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A Brief History of CIA "Ghost Money"

Afghan President Hamid Karzai isn't the first foreign leader the CIA has funneled cash to directly.

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| Tue Apr. 30, 2013 7:24 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
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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

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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Schizophrenic. Killer. My Cousin.

It's insanity to kill your father with a kitchen knife. It's also insanity to close hospitals, fire therapists, and leave families to face mental illness on their own.

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| May/June 2013 Issue

MAP: Which States Have Cut Treatment For the Mentally Ill the Most?

Bruatal cuts to mental-health spending doom many mentally ill people to the streets, jail, or worse.

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| Mon Apr. 29, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

TIMELINE: Deinstitutionalization And Its Consequences

How deinstitutionalization moved thousands of mentally ill people out of hospitals—and into jails and prisons.

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| Mon Apr. 29, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
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Charts: Are the NYPD's Stop-and-Frisks Violating the Constitution?

As New York City defends its controversial policing policy in court, here's what you need to know.

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| Mon Apr. 29, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

DREAM Act Students Meet to Talk Immigration Reform, College Costs…and Dating?!

A conference for undocumented teens covered everything from financial aid to telling that special someone you don't have papers.

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| Mon Apr. 29, 2013 3:00 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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| Tue Apr. 30, 2013 8:09 AM PDT

Photo Essays + Slideshows

Portraits of Addiction

A Manhattan banker shoots portraits of drug abuse, sex work, and homelessness in the Bronx.

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Never Before Seen Photos From Legendary Street Photographer Garry Winogrand

Fourteen amazing scenes of life in America—and hundreds more where that came from.

CSI Desert: When Migrants Die, Who IDs Them?

The Anime Within

Fans of cosplay ask: Are you fact or fiction?

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