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Articles January 2014

Christie Punches Back, Denies Wildstein’s Assertion He Knew of Bridge Closing

Sam Gilliam at Michel Rosenfeld is the Daily Pic by Blake Gopnik

People Who Have Had Rebound Sex Tell Us Why It Is Awesome

Goodbye Chris Christie, and Hello Scott Walker

Revenge of the Nerd: Wildstein Rats Out the Boss

Woman Finds Mysterious Charges on Her iTunes Bill: A Modern Whodunit!

Peyton Manning Vs. Richard Sherman

Jesse Eisenberg Cast As Lex Luthor in Upcoming Superman-Batman Movie?!

Shia LaBeouf Comes Out of Retirement, Michelle Obama is a Scandal Fan

Afghan Diplomat: The Security Agreement Will Be Signed

How Racism Preordained the Atlanta Transit Mess

British Mother ‘Poisoned’ To Death By Pot

Raffaele On The Run

TLC Reunites for a New York City Concert. Dreams Do Come True

Goodbye Chris Traeger and Ann Perkins, P.S. I Love You

Fashion Critic Cathy Horyn Leaves New York Times; Miley Cyrus Gets Naked For W Magazine

The Foraging Wars: Extreme Eating Hits California

More Republican Crumbs for the Middle Class

From Rihanna to Kerry Washington, the Best and Worst Dressed of the Week

‘Alone Yet Not Alone’: Inside the Conservative Christian Movie the Oscars Ousted

Capa in Color

A Momentous Change for America’s Tortuous Drug Sentencing

Clean Crack Pipes for All! San Francisco’s Final Social Justice Frontier

Columbia Announces Changes To School Sex Assault Policy

South Korea's Extreme Eating Fetishists

Super Bowl Lineup: The Best NFL Longreads This Season

Syria’s Israeli Guardian Angel

Grimm’s Dysfunctional District

How To Avoid Brain Death Purgatory

How Green Day’s ‘Dookie’ Defined the 1990s and Changed Music Forever

The GOP’s Latest Ploy: Flatter Married Women

Meet the Anti-Pot Activists

The Coming GOP Immigration War

Iran and North Korea: The Nuclear 'Axis of Resistance'

The Anguish of Alan Simpson, Tragic Hero of Immigration Reform

Up to a Point: P.J. O’Rourke on SOTU, the Super Bowl and Nukes

Reanimated and Ready: The Unstoppable Huckenstein

How ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Became This Year’s Hottest New Sitcom

At Retreat, Republican Alternatives Are Just Repeats

Should Neo-Nazis Be Allowed Free Speech?

Oxfam Cuts Ties to Scarlett Johansson Over SodaStream Ads

Hezbollah and Assad Plan Offensive On Jihadists In Yabrud

Why Antics by Several Republicans Suggest the Party Needs Therapy

Greg Miller at ICP is the Daily Pic by Blake Gopnik

House GOP Backs Permanent Legal Status for More Immigrants

College Football’s Toughest Play: Unionizing

The Schools That Starve Students to Punish Deadbeat Parents

Branson’s Galactic Obstacles: Tom Bower Puts a Damper on Virgin’s Space Flight Dreams

Quora Q: Does Drinking Water During Meals Help or Hinder the Digestive System?

GOP Ready For Another Debt Limit Showdown

New Zealand Wants A Middle Earth Flag

Can Bachmann Really Sue ‘King’ Obama?

Carrie Mae Weems Retrospective Opens at the Guggenheim (Photos)

Give Up on the House Majority, Democrats. It’s Not Happening

Can Joyce Carol Oates Write a War Novel?

The Issue Bringing Ted Cruz and Black Democrats Together

Ukraine Protesters Turn Stun Guns On Each Other

Amanda Knox Will Never Visit Italy Again

Republican Slobs Stick Together

Barneys New York Campaign Stars Transgender Models; Burberry Vows to Eliminate Toxins From Clothing

Republicans Seeks To Divide Reid And Obama On Trade

Nobel Nomination Nonsense

What the GOP Can Learn from the NFL’s Outreach to Women

The Largest Church in the World Has The Fewest Worshippers

The NFL’s Super Bowl Con: Hosting the Big Game Isn’t an Economic Score For Cities

Super Bowl XLVIII Is Set to Be the Most Violent One Yet

Did an Angry Birds Leak Risk Spies’ Lives?

Banter With The Beast: MSNBC’s Head Honcho Phil Griffin on Admiring Roger Ailes and More

Henry James’s 1904 Sordid Little Sex Farce

How the Daytime Soap Came Back From the Dead

The Weird Wild World of Super Bowl Betting

Meet the Creative: Stone Fox Bride’s Molly Guy

Beyond Black and White: Photographer Carrie Mae Weems Tackles Racial and Gender Stereotypes

Obama’s SOTU Speech Proves He’s a Repeat Defender Who Can’t Govern

17 Terrible Pieces of Advice from ‘Seventeen’s’ Ultimate Guide to Guys

The Man Syria’s Jihadists Want Dead

Ted Cruz Runs Against His Own Government Shutdown

This ‘True Love Tester’ Bra Misses What Women Really Want—Then Insults Them

Pediatrician: Vaccinate Your Kids—or Get Out of My Office

Free Demaryius Thomas’s Mom After 14 Years on a Drug Charge

10 GOP Rebranding Roadblocks

American Psycho: The Musical May Not Be Coming to America

‘You’ve Got to Be Kidding’: Why Adults Dismissed The Beatles in 1964

Frederick Hammersley at Bortolami is the Daily Pic by Blake Gopnik

Clinton Talks Cologne—and World Inequality—at Fragrance Foundation Event

The GOP’s Dead-End Executive Order Freakout

‘Tomorrow Night’ Review: Louis C.K.’s 1998 Indie Movie Is Weird

Smartphone Technology Lets Users Lock and Unlock Their Front Doors Remotely

When Politicos Attack: Six Biggest On-Camera Blow-Ups

Rawcus Is the Rapper Behind the Viral ‘White People Crazy’ Video

Vin Diesel’s 6 Greatest YouTube Masterpieces

Why Oxfam Should Drop Scarlett Johansson For Her Pro-SodaStream Stance

Justin Bieber Faces Deportation, NBC Moves Emmy Awards to Monday

Calling All Broncos and Seahawks Fans! Where to Watch Super Bowl XLVIII

Best Bits From George Clooney’s Suave And Funny Reddit AMA

The GOP’s Glaring State of the Union Hypocrisies

Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler’s Ultimate Rom Com Spoof ‘They Came Together’

Who Stole John Paul’s Blood And Christ’s Foreskin?

Malala Book Launch Halted In Pakistan

Michelle Obama Wears Alaïa to State of the Union; Kenyan Artisans Star in Karen Walker Campaign

Google Hangout: How to Hack Your Kid

Five Worst Traffic Jams Ever

Rep. ‘Break You in Half’ Grimm Is a Hothead With a Shady Past

Unseen Photos of Queen Victoria

The Failure of ‘Sean Saves the World’ Is Epically Disappointing

How Michael Grimm's Threat Ruined Randy Weber's Troll

Brands Ready for Super Bowl

Backstage at Rag and Bone Men's Fashion Week 2014 (Photos)

Atlanta Is Frozen: See Photos of the Commute from Hell

How I Write: James Patterson

Alkalinizing Someone to Improve His or Her Health Is Simple-Minded, Fatuous, and Dangerous

Meet Graham Smith, SnapChat’s 16-Year-Old Nemesis

Oklahoma Politicians Will Save Your Broken Marriage

From Dry to High: Your Guide to State Pot Laws

GOP Invites Friends of TED to Its Party

Snowden’s Revelations Shouldn’t Distract from Putin’s Brutal Rule

Human Rights Group Head Disputes US Accusations of Aiding Al Qaeda

Ukraine’s Prime Minister Tenders Bloody Resignation

What ‘Downton Abbey’ Can Teach The Queen

Why Didn't Obama Tout How Great the Economy Is Doing?

Ganjapreneurs Flock to Colorado Following Marijuana Legalization

How To Hack James Bond

The Genius Behind elBulli: Ferran Adria Reveals His Creative Process

Rad Hourani, The First Unisex Couture Designer

Is Miley Cyrus a Good Singer? Experts Weigh In

Before the Earthquake Hit: When The Beatles Landed in America

‘She’s All That' 15th Anniversary: Cast and Crew Reminisce About the Making of the ‘90s Classic

The Death of ‘Stalin’s Songbird’ Pete Seeger

It’s Not the President’s Speech That Makes News but the Reactions to It

Will Obama Ever Play Hardball?

5 Best Moments From Obama’s State of the Union Speech

Obama’s Speech Was Missing Shared Goals for America’s Future

Congressman Michael Grimm Physically Threatens Reporter

Long Odds for Obama’s New Guantanamo Deadline

Obamacare Is Here to Stay

Obama’s War on Terror Muddle

Saluting Sergeant Cory Remsburg

Full Text of President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union Address

GOP Congressman Calls Obama 'Kommandant' in Chief

AFAR Launches New Travel Awards

The Biggest Broken Promises from Last Year’s State of the Union

Senate Could Get Third African American Next Year

Las Meninas by Velazquez is the West's Greatest Work, and the 1,000th Daily Pic by Blake Gopnik

Up Next, A Robot Army

Five Books that Taught Me Something About Being a Man

Disney Channel Aired Its First Gay Couple. It Was 'Fine.'

House To Pass New Abortion Restrictions

A Fungal-Caused Illness Called Valley Fever Is Being Called a Silent Epidemic

The Model Diaries: Not All Perfect Beauties Have Big Heads

Three-Year-Old Coco Is The Italian Mafia’s Littlest Victim

Obama's 'Powerful Argument'

Why Obama Can’t Solve Inequality

Angela Ahrendts to Become Dame; Google Glass Unveils Stylish Frames

Poll: Americans Don’t Trust Obama on Iran

LIVE: President Barack Obama's 2014 State of the Union Address

JP Morgan Executive Falls to his Death from JP Morgan Building, in What May Have Been Suicide

Can the GOP Get Out of Its Own Way? Recent Comments Make You Wonder

A Revolution, With Guitars: How The Beatles Changed Everything

A Bitcoin Boss’s Bust Spotlights the Cryptocurrency’s Link to Online Drug Sales

7 Great Football Flicks From Horse Feathers to Friday Night Lights

The Art of Football Trading Cards

Scholars Discover New Poems from Ancient Greek Poetess Sappho

How the World Sees Ukraine Chaos

'Crossfire' Predicts the State of the Union

Karzai Gambles with the Taliban

How Obama Prepares for the Grueling State of the Union

3 Ways to Track Your Food and Feel Healthy

‘American Hustle’ Is Overrated

Hillary’s SuperPAC War Proves Yet Again That Campaign Finance Needs a Fix

Langley Fox: A Hemingway in All But Name

Gridiron Greats at the Met

Professions From the Podium: Looking Back at Past SOTU Addresses

Forget Kim Jong Un—China’s New Favorite Dictator Is Belarus’s Aleksandr Lukashenko.

Pennsylvania Student Proves You Could Buy Ingredients for a WMD on Amazon

Morgan Freeman on God, Satan, and How the Human Race Has ‘Become A Parasite’

Are We in the Midst of a Kevin Costner Comeback?

After $200 Million, Afghan Soldiers Still Can’t Read

Inside Inside.com, The New Mobile News App

After Years of Wrangling, Congress Seems on the Verge of Passing the Farm Bill

Inside New York City’s Super Bowl Music Blitz

Tomoo Gokita at Mary Boone is the Daily Pic by Blake Gopnik

This Week’s Hot Reads: Jan. 27, 2014

Ronan Farrow Gets MSNBC Show in Schedule Reshuffle

Charlie Shrem, CEO of Bitcoin Exchange BitInstant, Arrested

Congressional Black Caucus Blasts Obama for Not Nominating Enough African-American Judges

Macklemore Apologizes Over Grammy Win; Quentin Tarantino Sues Gawker

D'Souza's Never-Ending Right-Wing Hustle

The New Queens of Haute Couture

Egypt’s General Abdel Fattah El-Sisi Cleared For Presidential Run

Could George W. Bush Be The Last Republican President?

Dear GOP, Stop Talking About Women’s Bodies

Republican Warner Backs Democrat Warner

The Rich Really are as Selfish as You Think

Kate Moss Fronts Latest McQueen Campaign; Anne Hathaway Leaves Stylist Rachel Zoe

Meryl Streep Took a Selfie With 50 Cent and Kobe Bryant. Give Her an Oscar.

Jude Law: I Was Phone-Hacked on U.S. Soil

Trey Radel To Resign From Congress

Jay and Jimmy Together

Rebel Rabbi Exposes Child Molestation

Your Gadgets Can Now Decide Everything For You Before the Thoughts Have Even Crossed Your Mind

How Young People are Being Left Out of the Economic Recovery

The Grammys Train Wreck: An Insult to Lou Reed, Hip-Hop, and Good Taste

The Woody Allen Allegations: Not So Fast

Putin’s Olympic Shame

Richard Sherman Is Right: Thug Is the New N-World

Firefighters Salute 8 Year Old Who Died Trying to Save His Grandfather

Rebel Rabbi Exposes Child Molesters

A Super Bowl Culture Pregame: How to Hack NYC’s Art Museums

Obama Wants to Fight Income Inequality…With More Free Trade?

The Penny-Ante Syria Talks

Sean Strub: Sex, AIDS, Politics and Survival

Hypocrisy on Privacy and The Pill

Clinton, Bush, and Obama Speechwriters on How They Made the State of the Union Address

A Little Arrest Won’t Hurt Bieber, We’re More Fascinated Than Ever

Beyonce Gave the Best Grammy Awards Performance (And 8 More That Were Pretty Good, Too)

The Grammys Red Carpet

Income Inequality Was Quickly Forgotten at Davos

PDF: Letter Protesting RNC Resolution

New York City Is the Storied Football Capital of the USA

The Best Music Blogs

Bush Era Republicans Letter Denouncing RNC's NSA Criticism

Republicans Blast Their Own

Francois Hollande Announces Breakup with First Lady Valerie Trierweiler

Face the Assad Reality In Syria

Beethoven in Love: The Woman Who Captivated the Young Composer

Egyptian Novelist Ahdaf Soueif Remembers Cairo Wracked By The Arab Spring

Exploring the Beaches of St. Barts (Photos)

Justin Bieber's Spiritual Crisis

Did Egypt's Arab Spring Martyrs Die in Vain?

Your Guide to the Grammys: 11 Songs to Listen to Before Sunday’s Awards

The Week in Death: The First Muslim Female Olympian Snubbed Adolf Hitler

The Louisiana Public School Cramming Christianity Down Students’ Throats

For Working Moms, One Sick Kid Can Spell Disaster

How Pope Francis’s Management Strategies Could Fix Wall Street

Rep. David Price Remembers When a Less Partisan Congress Actually Worked

We’d Rather Be in Beautiful—and Warm—St. Barts

There’s Nothing Wrong—and a Lot That’s Right—About Copying Other Artists

The Revolt Against the Masses and the Roots of Modern Liberalism

Is Sherlock Holmes a Good Detective?

Was George Washington Among the Walking Dead?

These 7 iPhone Apps for Meditation Make Us Want To Inhale, Exhale, Inhale, Exhale

Taylor Swift, Oprah & the Week’s Best Celebrity Selfies (PHOTOS)

Fringe Factor: Florida Pol Wants Obama Hanged

Burundi’s Black Market Skull Trade

‘Generation War’ Lets World War II Germans Off Too Easily

The Best of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival: ‘Frank,’ ‘Web Junkie,’ Anna Kendrick, and More

Iowa GOP Fires Facebook Contractor

Cats Take Over the L.A. Art World in New Exhibit

The Next Big Cuisine of 2014 Is ... Tex Mex?

What to Drink When it’s Cold? The Glory of Austrian Schnaps

P&G’s “Pick Them Up” Ad Gets Some Dads Down

Why the Washington Post Switched Bloggers

The Week in Photos: January 25, 2014

They’re Done With YouTube. Now Cats Storm the Art-World

The Night Vince Lombardi Lay Awake Brooding Over a 49-0 Win

Test Tube Generation: The Fertility Lie for Women

Erdogan’s Foreign Policy Reset

From Karlie Kloss to Kim Kardashian, the 11 Best Fashion Instagrams

Irish Town Shuts Down ‘Blasphemous’ Play

Shows on NPR, Ranked in Order From Glorious to Unbearable

With Monster Waves Rolling In, Surfing’s Best Hit Mavericks (Photos)

Wild Nights in the Big City: Tod Seelie's New York

Tallulah Bankhead: Gay, Drunk and Liberated in an Era of Excess Art

The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, January 25, 2014

The Movie Murder 911 Tape: Victim’s Last Breaths, With Shooter Nearby

Area Millenial Unsure If You Two Are Actually Dating or Just Hanging Out

The Bioterrorist Who Loved Mahler

China’s Weibo Losing Users

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Covert Workout, Rob Ford Goes Jamaican and More Viral Videos

‘Visitors’ Is Staring At You

Sundance ’14 Party Report: Anne Hathaway’s A Great Wingwoman, Kristen Stewart Cuts A Rug, and More

Iowa GOP Posts Racism Flowchart

Olympic ‘Black Widow’ Warning Caught U.S. Off-Guard

From Lupita Nyong’o to Naomi Campbell, the Best and Worst Dressed of the Week

Jamie Dimon Is Totally Underpaid

SCOTUS Awards Nuns Victory In Birth Control Fight

Stockman Mystery Deepens

Richard Serra at Gagosian is the Daily Pic by Blake Gopnik

Can’t Sleep? Your Guide to a Better Night’s Rest

U.S. Should Fight Anti-Gay Africa

A Bipartisan Path to Fixing America’s Broken Elections

RNC Chair Calls on Controversial Party Official to Quit

Burberry Responds to Toxic Chemical Allegations; Carey Mulligan Jokes About Destroying Her Oscar Dress

A Great Deal…Unless You're Black

The Right Subjects Wendy Davis to Litmus Tests No Male Would Ever Face

Virtual Syria in Davos

‘Whiplash’ Is Sundance’s Hottest Film, A Music-Themed Drama Starring Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons

Government Ceasefire Is First Step Towards Peace in South Sudan

John Boehner Live and Unhinged with Jay Leno

Transvestite Artist Grayson Perry Attends Palace Investiture In A Dress

Dinesh D’Souza’s Series of Unfortunate Events

Rick Perry Mellows on Pot

The American Lobby in Israel: Options for Peace— Without Netanyahu

When Wendy Davis Was a Republican

Why Pushing a Catholic School to Keep a Married Gay Man Is Bad for the LGBT Movement

Edward Snowden: Not All Spying Is Bad

California May Have Its Driest Season in 500 Years

Eastside Catholic: Break the Rules All You Want, Unless You’re Gay

U.S. Investigating Dennis Rodman for Busting Sanctions

A Goodfellas Sequel: A True-Life Lufthansa Figure Comes to Court

Pressure Builds on Democratic Attorneys General to Quit Fighting Gay Marriage

Literary City: Sheila Heti’s Toronto

The Royal Academy Wants You to Finish This Artwork

Vatican’s Pope-Protecting Swiss Guards Accused of Secret Gay Lobby

P.J. O’Rourke on Grabbing the Keys to Happiness

'Sunday' Stats for the Super Bowl

After 100 Years, the Shaving Industry Is Finally being Disrupted

Deaths on Ukraine's Maidan Signal Escalation Of Violence

The Price of College Has Increased 1120 Percent Since 1978, So Is It Worth It?

Yes, ‘Looking’ Is Boring. It’s the Drama Gays Deserve.

Big Pharma's Weed Winner

Charles and Camilla Delivered By Same Ob-Gyn

With New Primary Rules, RNC Panel Will Aid the Establishment in 2016

Why Women Do Not Love Mike Huckabee

Sen. Menendez Denies Allegations in New Reported FBI Probe

A Sleaze Civil War Engulfs Britain’s Liberal Democrats

Breaking the Silence Over Campus Rapes

They Were So Fabulous: The Flapper Generation in Two New Books

Reid: Gates ‘Unethically’ Gossiped and Published Memoir to ‘Make Money’

New Harry Party Photos Hit Tumblr

Karl Lagerfeld Discusses Francois Hollande Affair; Diesel Ad Features Wheelchair Blogger as Model

Justin Bieber or Richard Sherman, Who’s the ‘Thug’?

Huckabee: Dems Tell Women They Can't Control Libido Without Government

Republicans to the Poor: “You Built That!"

RNC To Change 2016 Rules

Netanyahu: Israel’s What’s Right With the Middle East

The Epic Justin Bieber Meltdown May Be the Most Worrisome One Yet

Tina Brown and Credit Suisse Host Women of impact dinner in Davoss (PHOTOS)

The Craziest First Lady Shopping Sprees

Justin Bieber & 11 More Celebrity Mugshots

Glenn Beck's Apology Is Not Enough

Iran’s Rouhani Does Davos

Backstage at Elie Saab Couture (PHOTOS)

New Royal Baby Named Mia Grace

Senator Marco Rubio Visits the DMZ (PHOTOS)

Jeanette May at the International Center of Photography is the Daily Pic by Blake Gopnik

Anna Kendrick: Queen Bee of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival

British Candidate Receives Death Threats for Tweeting Prophet Mohammed Cartoon

A Blue (Not a Red) Herring

It’s 1,000 Days Too Early to Talk Hillary vs. Christie for President

Remembering Ma Laureys, the Mother of 10 Christie Slandered to Win His First Election

Can a Tweet Put You in Prison? It Certainly Will in the UK

A Greek Fugitive Terrorist’s Call To Arms

To Salvage What we can From Afghanistan, Our Leaders Must Admit that the War has Failed

Conservative Activist James O’Keefe Claims Cuomo Is Trying to Run Him Out of NY

Your Refrigerator Is Vulnerable to a Cyberattack

How Climate Change Is Causing Chaos in the Animal Kingdom

Afghanistan's Brave Woman Warrior

Parents Panic Over Old Fake Smarties Snorting Craze

The All-American Abuse of ‘Friday Night Tykes’

Never Bet Against Senator Heidi Heitkamp, North Dakota’s Rising Star

Harry Reid Unloads on Bob Gates for Insensitivity and Breaking Confidentiality

Welcome to Buddhist Hell

‘Nymphomaniac,’ Lars von Trier’s Icy Orgy of Sex and Self-Loathing, Bows At Sundance

The GOP’s Birth-Control Trojan Horse

Romanian Authorities Bust the Hacker Known as Guccifer

Commission Wants to Make Voting More Like Disneyland and Less Like the DMV

Conduct Unbecoming: A Cautionary Tale of 3 Governors

We're All Still Secretly Using Our 1990s AOL Screen Names. Why?

William and Kate Are Just Celebrities, And George Won't Ever Be King Says British Historian

Glenn Beck and Other ‘Too Little, Too Late’ Apologies

JAR Jewelry at the Metropolitan Museum is the Daily Pic by Blake Gopnik

Katy Perry Lost Her Virginity in a Volvo

Shaq: I Use a FitBit, But Technology Can’t Solve All of Our Problems

The Woman Who Stopped a School Shooting

From Chanel to Atelier Versace, the Best of Paris Couture

Drizly Wants to Become “The Amazon.com for Alcohol"

Kim Kardashian Has a $5k Booty Tailor; Donatella Versace Gifts Couture Crystal Headpiece to Lady Gaga

Up to Speed: Bob McDonnell Scandal

Pressuring Journalists Won’t Protect Transgender People

Chicago Diocese Releases Secret Documents On Predator Priests

Why Geneva 2 Won’t Stop Syria’s War

Obama’s Kobe Bryant-Al Qaeda Flap

No More Election Day Lines?

Chang-rae Lee: How I Write

GOP Strategists to Party: Hug More Brown Kids

The GOP's Voting Math Problem

Clinton and Christie: Let The Mud-Slinging Start

Governor Cuomo: ‘Extreme Conservatives Have No Place In New York’

Woman Accuses Alleged Rapist Teacher On YouTube

Former Navy Officer Bryan Caisse Is Accused of Defrauding Friends and Classmates

Where Is Al Qaeda Holding Its Western Hostages In Syria?

There’s No Getting Rid of David Vitter, America’s Most Contemptible Senator

David Lynch Goes From Film to Photos with ‘The Factory Photographs’

Will the World Buy NSA Reform?

The Strange Science Behind Virgin Births

George Takei Through the Years (PHOTOS)

This Week’s Hot Reads: January 19th, 2014

On Foot in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco

The Truth About Older People Having More Sex

ChoiceMap: An App to Help You Make Better Decisions

The Loud Truth About Abortion Protesters

My Night at the NSFW Oscars (Things Get Weird at the AVN Awards)

Shailene Woodley Opens Up About Coming of Age, ‘Divergent,’ and the Faults in Our World

Behind ‘Broad City’: Amy Poehler’s Girls of Comedy

‘To Be Takei’ Traces George Takei’s Journey From Japanese Internment Camps to Cultural Icon

What Do Threats To Roe V. Wade And Domestic Violence Have In Common? Patriarchy.

Is Charles Jealous of His Kids (And Kate)?

NAACP Leader Attacks Sen. Tim Scott

Alexandros Petersen, 1984-2014

The Cash Money McDonnells

How Obama and the Democrats Get Inequality Wrong

Inside the Port Authority, the Corrupt Powerhouse Behind Christie’s Bridgegate Scandal

Where In The World Is Texas Congressman Steve Stockman?

2014 Jaipur Literature Festival Breaks Records

At Davos 2014, The Gods Of Mischief Rule

The Vogue-ification of Lena Dunham

No, Obama Didn’t Play the ‘Race Card’

Dasha Zhukova Poses on a Naked Black Woman; Kim Kardashion Tours Museum with Azzedine Alaia

Crowdfunding Their Way to the Olympics

Harry Drank Champagne From Prosthetic Leg In South Pole Celebrations

Use These 15 Home Remedies Based On Ayurveda To Cure Menstrual Cramps, Hangovers, and Indigestion

Cressida's Stepfather Commits Suicide

How to Be Movie-Star Glamorous According to George Kotsiopoulos

What Happens to the Death Penalty When Lethal Injection Isn’t Quick and Painless?

The Fourth War: My Lunch with a Jihadi

The True Story Behind The World’s Greatest Headline

Should Christie Resign from the Republican Governors Association?

Schiaparelli Returns to Couture at Paris Fashion Week

Nun Names Surprise Baby After Pope Francis

Las Vegas Betting Scandal Earns $5.5 Million Fine but the Boss Walks

Income Inequality is a Recipe for Stagnation

The Truth Behind the Monuments Men

Tea Party Tests Its Might in Texas by Opposing Conservative Rep. Pete Sessions

Why Watching ‘Teen Mom 2’s Disturbing Abortion Is So Challenging

How MSNBC's Steve Kornacki Broke the Latest Christie Scandal

Ending the War on Pot is Obama’s Last Chance for a Legacy

How Bad Does the GOP Need Chris Christie? Really Bad.

Aubrey Plaza on Playing A Zombie in ‘Life After Beth,’ the ‘Daria’ Movie, and More

Melissa Etheridge Is Mad As Hell About Russia’s Anti-Gay Laws

Why ‘The Bachelor’ Star’s Anti-Gay Comments Got a Pass, But ‘Duck Dynasty’ Didn't

Study Finds People with Guns More At-Risk for Suicide and Homicide

Robert Mapplethorpe at Sean Kelly is the Daily Pic by Blake Gopnik

Amanda Knox Faces Another Guilty Verdict

‘Web Junkie’ Is a Harrowing Documentary on China’s Internet Addiction Rehab Clinics

We Need MLK’s Revolutionary Spirit

Big Tobacco’s Biggest Lies

The Haunted Stage: Conor McPherson on His Plays

John Lithgow on the Sundance Film ‘Love Is Strange’ and Gay Rights in Utah

The Book America Needs to Read Right Now

The Black and White Men Who Saved Martin Luther King’s Life

Britain’s Weighty Issue

Forgotten Photographs of the Civil Rights Struggle

Moral Courage TV: Marsha Coleman-Adebayo

Stunning Bodies of Water Around the World (Photos)

Why No Oscar Love For 'Inside Llewyn Davis'?

Fans of ‘The Bachelor’ Embrace Brackets, Bookies, and Buy-ins in Online Betting Pools

Prince Charles's Quiet Coup As He Begins Stealth Take Over From Queen

Backstage at Paris Men's Fashion Week

The SAG Awards Best Speeches…And What They Mean for Oscar

Ukraine Mobs Set Policemen On Fire

Humans Will Become Extinct Because of Gay Rights

Oregon GOP Raffles Rifles in Honor of MLK, Abraham Lincoln


Grenade Attack Hits Downtown Bangkok

How Did Sasheer Zamata Do in Her Saturday Night Live Debut?

Did Sexpot Schoolteacher Pamela Smart Hire Teens to Kill Her Husband?

The 9 Wildest Trends from Men's Fashion Weeks

Fringe Factor: Gun Raffle Honors MLK, Lincoln

Alex Haley’s 1965 Playboy Interview with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Bahrain’s Lethal Teargas War

The Week in Death: The Last to Surrender

Wine Books You Will Actually Want to Read

The Myth of Reality in ‘Lone Survivor’

Jazz Musician Herb Alpert’s Art Encore

Camp Pendleton Troops Leave on Final Year-Long Deployment to Afghanistan (Photos)

Get Cultured on Your Weekend Getaway: Best Trips for Art Lovers

New Pew Poll Finds That E-Books Are Booming but Print Holds Its Own

Hatchet Job of the Year 2014 Shortlist Announced

The Injuries That Made Peyton Manning and Tom Brady

Is Chris Christie from Jersey or Jupiter?

Eight Year Old Rides to a Blaze With His Firefighter Grandfather

Nicki Minaj, Lindsay Lohan & the Week’s Best Celebrity Selfies (PHOTOS)

Creationism’s Latest Trojan Horse Edges Toward Virginia Schools

Searching Hard for Mugabe’s Conscience

Dogecoin, Coinye, & Catcoin: A Dummy’s Guide to Cryptocurrencies

Roland Martin: America, You Can’t Handle the Truth!

Why 'Bridgegate' Will Make or Break Chris Christie

The Vatican’s Dump-Them-Fast Scheme: Pope Defrocks 400 Priests In 2 Years

Syrian Opposition To Attend Peace Talks, But Don’t Expect A Truce

Michael Fassbender Plays A Rocker in A Papier-Mâché Head in the Strange Sundance Film ‘Frank’

Want To Know What America Thinks of Itself? Watch Jack Ryan on Wall Street

The Model Diaries: In Turkey, It’s No Breasts, No Jobs

From Ciara to Lena Dunham, the 11 Best Fashion Instagrams

From Dust to Glory and Everything in Between (PHOTOS)

16 and Abstinent?

Best Places to Party Around the World

The Week in Photos: January 18, 2014

Peyton Manning and Tom Brady Don’t Control Their Own Legacies

Red, Black, and Silver’ Just May Be Jackson Pollock’s Last Painting

Tibet’s Ticking Time Bomb

The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, January 18, 2014

Virginia’s Next Senate Race Just Got Interesting

We are Living in the Golden Age of the Most Narcissistic and Voyeuristic Tech Imaginable

Why Do Rich Women Have Better Sex Lives?

New York’s Naughtiest Show (Maybe Avoid the Front Row)

LeBroning, Macklemore, Devil Baby Attack and More Viral Videos

Deconstructing Hannah: ‘Girls’ Goes to Grad School

So You Have an Inconsequential But Awful Illness

‘Camp X-Ray,’ A Kristen Stewart-Starring Guantanamo Bay Film, Premieres at Sundance

The Dark Side of Wordless Internet Slang

Obama’s NSA Reforms Show He Alone Can’t Stop Big Brother

Congress Presses Obama On Russia Sanctions

The Ultimate Cheat Sheet to the Oscar Nominations

From Miranda Kerr to Lupita Nyong’o, the Best and Worst Dressed of the Week (Photos)

Warhol's "Empire" and Christian Marclay's "Clock" are the Daily Pic by Blake Gopnik

Southern California Is on Fire: 1,700 Acres and Counting (Photos)

Is It Really That Easy to be an Olympic Bobsledder?

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Great and Fake: The Wild Absurdity Of Iranian And Russian State Media

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Alexander Wang Moves NYFW Show to Brooklyn; Jonathan Saunders May Consult for Paul Smith

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Iranian Minister Honors Al-Qaeda Mentor, Hezbollah's Imad Mugniyah

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Ex-Cop’s Shooting of Texting Moviegoer Ends in Tragedy

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The French Were Right to Ban Dieudonné’s Offensive ‘Performance Art’

Chaos and Desire: French President Hollande Meets the Press

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Elite Models Pays $450,000 in Unpaid Intern Case; Kanye West Dines With Anna Wintour

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Islamists Boycott Egypt’s Constitutional Vote

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Families and Physicians Debate the True Meaning of Brain Death

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Congress to Give Egypt $1.5 Billion in Aid

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Arrests Reportedly Imminent In Madeleine McCann Case

'Frozen' Takes on Broadway, Outkast Announces Full Tour

Cruz Takes On House Republicans

Hollywood's Morning After: Emma Watson’s Pants and More

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Prada Denies Tax Investigation; Michelle Obama's Second Inauguration Dress Heads to Smithsonian

Charles Cashes in On Kate's Popularity

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Partying With the Golden Globes Stars: Taylor Swift Cuts a Rug, Ben Affleck Holds Court, and More

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Bridgegate Looks Almost Good Next to New Jersey’s Other Embarrassments

A Right-Wing Group’s $400K Purchase of Mark Levin’s Book Sets Off a Ruckus

There Should Be No Statute of Limitations on Prosecuting War Crimes

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Moral Courage TV: Jane Akre

ACORN’s Seeds Sprout Up Across the Country

65-Year-Old Linda Rodin Named the Newest Model for The Row

The Fight Over Unemployment Benefits Underscores the Right’s Extremism

‘Saturday Night Live’ Star Bobby Moynihan Is the ‘Chozen’ One

Situation Vacant: Kate and William Seek New Nanny For George

Golden Globes Recap: All the Best, Weirdest Moments You (May Have) Missed

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Radio Host Calls for Military Coup Against Obama

Texas Education Board Candidate: ‘We Know We Didn’t Come from Monkeys!’

Can Christie Survive 'Bridgegate?'

French President’s Love Life Enters the E.R. With His First Lady Hospitalized

Pope Appoints a Rainbow Coalition of New Cardinals From Africa, Asia

Bangladesh’s Radical Islamists Get U.S. Backing

How a Tough-Talking Former Football Star Is Helping to Save Obamacare

Why Are Girl Scout Camps Being Closed?

Blues Musicians in Unmarked Graves Are Finally Getting Some Respect

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Fringe Factor: We Didn’t Come from Monkeys!

Why Everyone Should Copy Amsterdam’s Beer-for-Work Scheme

Polar Explorer vs. Reality TV Crew: Tim Jarvis in the Footsteps of Shackleton

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Their Fight…But Our Legacy: The New Battle for Fallujah

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'Girls' Costume Designer Jenn Rogien Talks Season 3 Style

The Ballad of Johnny France

‘Flu Near You’ Wants To Track Influenza Trends in U.S., Save Lives

Neil Patrick Harris, Anderson Cooper & the Week’s Best Celebrity Selfies (PHOTOS)

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Pope Francis To Visit Endangered Holy Land Christians

Golden Globes Hosts Tina Fey & Amy Poehler’s Funniest Moments (Video)

Will Alex Rodriguez Be Written Out of MLB History?

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A Serial Killer on the Loose in Nazi Berlin

In ‘Lost at Sea’ Exhibition, Celia Gerard’s Sculpture Turns to Drawing

From Miley Cyrus to Alessandra Ambrosio, The 11 Best Fashion Instagrams

A Fresh Look at the Studios of Contemporary Artists From Chuck Close to Kiki Smith and More (PHOTOS)

Inside the White House War on Dems

Chris Christie and the Runaway High-Speed Presidency Train

What to Drink in 2014: 13 Chefs and Critics Picks

The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis

Russell Wilson Should Win MVP (and the Super Bowl)

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The Week in Photos: January 11, 2014

In Oregon, No Silly Call Is Too Small for Papers’ Police Blotters

In New Documents, the Bridgegate Cover Story Unravels

The Tithe Is High: End the GOP Civil War!

The Cuddliest Polar Bear Cub, Dennis Rodman, and More Viral Videos

In Harvard Law Review, Ted Cruz Blows Dog Whistle for Conspiracy Nuts

French President François Hollande Slams Affair Allegations

Bummer: The Great Colorado Weed Shortage of 2014

‘True Detective’ Review: You Have to Watch HBO’s Revolutionary Crime Classic

The One Simple Behavioral Secret Will Help You Meet Your Life Goals in 2014

Lou Reed Filmed by Andy Warhol is the Daily Pic by Blake Gopnik

Hate Lena Dunham's Naked Body On 'Girls?' Show Us Yours

Japanese Brand Launches New Line of Men’s Lingerie

In West Virginia Water, an Environmental Nightmare Borders on Crisis

It's Been Proven: "Driving While Black" is a Real Thing

Oklahoma’s Insane Opposition to Prison Reform

Literary City: Sjón’s Reykjavik

Biden Aide Fires Back at Gates

Fox’s War Against Ailes Biographer

Queer Threads: Crafting Identity and Community

What Washington Should Learn from the Abysmal Jobs Report

A New Hampshire Rebellion for Aaron Swartz

Christie’s Body Language Suggests He Didn’t Believe What He Said

Nude At The South Pole, It's Alexander Skarsgard, NOT Prince Harry (This Time!)

Pippa Middleton's Crush on Princess Diana's Boyfriend

The December Jobs Report Is Drunk

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Miu Miu's Star-Studded Campaign; Riccardo Tisci Collaborates With Nike

Hollywood Gets Biblical in 2014: Noah, Exodus, and More (Photos)

Prince William's Rescue Unit Top Performer in 2013

Prince William Races Home From Cambridge To Be By Kate's Side on Her Birthday

Did Chris Christie Turn a Blind Eye?

Egypt’s Arab Spring Gives Way To Spring Of The Patriarch

The Republican Party Needs an RLC

Hold Up, Hipsters: Stop Obsessing Over Oregon

Black College Football Coaches Don’t Get Second Chances

Single Mothers Are Not America’s Real Welfare Queens

There Are Bugs in Your Coffee and Other Things I Learned in Antigua, Guatemala

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From Lena Dunham to Jessica Chastain, the Best and Worst Dressed of the Week

The Deficit Excuse Is Fading Fast

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P.J. O’Rourke on Pot, Putin, and Polygamy

In Gates Book, Details of Israel’s Hard Bargaining Over Saudi Arms

Seven Reasons Chris Christie Isn’t Toast

‘20 Feet From Stardom’: Judith Hill, Darlene Love, and Lisa Fischer Star in the Oscar-Shortlisted Documentary

He’s A Businessman, Man: Jay Z’s Pursuit of Profit and Why We Don’t Trust Him

‘Banshee,’ Cinemax’s Deliciously Over-the-Top Carnival of Sex and Violence, Is Must-See TV

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Christie Survives Bridgegate—For Now

This is How Bridgegate Hurts Chris Christie

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Chris Christie Took His Sweet Time to Find the Truth About Bridgegate

Amanda Knox: I’ll Be A Fugitive If They Convict Me

Ten-year-old Afghan Girl Attempts Failed Suicide Attack

David Beckham to Design Childrenswear for H&M; Kate Moss's Sister Signed to Modeling Agency

Christie: Three Possibilities (Two Require That He Resign)

Kate Turns 32 Today, And She Will Be Pregnant Before Her Next Birthday Rolls Round

The Nasty Cheney Schadenfreude

The ‘Defining Issue of Our Time’ Is Obama’s Constitutional Excesses

How to Hide a Famine with Ping-Pong

They’ve Always Been Watching You

Is Wearable Technology a Fad or the Future?

Former Miss Venezuela Murdered In Roadside Attack

Syria's Al Qaeda Gang Wars Between Jabhat Al-Nusra and ISIS

America’s Largest Mass Graveyard May Become a Public Park

Cormac McCarthy’s Ex-Wife Invents a New Gun Holster

The World Watches as Iraq Implodes

In New Jersey, There’s No Exit for Chris Christie’s Bridge Trolls

Hollywood Declares 2014 the Year of the Bible

‘The Spoils of Babylon’: IFC’s Cheeky Miniseries Starring Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig, and More

The New Season of ‘Girls’ Is Just Good. Can We Handle That?

Should Baby Boomers Invest in Bitcoin?

The Bikini Bridge to Nowhere

State Department: Benghazi Not Planned By 'Core Al Qaeda'

Slumdog, No Millionaire

The Baseball Hall of Fame is a Mess

Conservatives Push Congress On Iran

Marco Rubio Takes the Stage as the GOP's Latest Anti-Poverty Crusader

The Selfie Olympics Are Upon Us

Congress to Iraq’s Maliki: No Arms for a Civil War

Congress to Iraq’s Maliki: No Arms for a Civil War

How I Write: Michael Connelly

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Designer’s Niece In Yuppie Air Rage

Miley Cyrus Is the New Face of Marc Jacobs

‘Bridgegate’ Won’t Be the End of Christie 2016, but the DREAM Act Could Be

What Will Half of Young Black Men Have in Common by Age 23?

Fashion Party Gone Wrong

Did Kim Kardashian Photoshop Her Butt Selfie? Yes, She Probably Did.

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Is This the Beginning of the End for Chris Christie?

Cara Delevingne Gets Flirty at Knicks Game; Sarah Jessica Parker Debuts Shoe Collection

Christie Runs “Paramilitary Organization,” Says Democratic Ex-Foe After New Bridge Emails

Will William Be Eating Swan At Cambridge University?

BAFTA Nominations: ‘Gravity’ Beats Out British Favorite ’12 Years a Slave’

Vatican and Pope Francis Seek New Demon Exorcists

The 9/11 Scam: New York’s Disability Disgrace

This Exhibit Could Kill You: The Museum of Natural History Takes on Poison

U.S. Pro-Life Groups Bite Their Tongues as Israel Expands Abortion Coverage

States Edge Closer to Medicaid Expansion: Who’ll Go First?

Meet the ‘Downton Abbey’ Costume Queen

How to Better Use Your Data

12 Ways To Be More Productive In 5 Minutes

Why We’re Polarized on Climate Change Despite the Polar Vortex

Dear Frank Luntz: Here’s How to Be Happy Again

Al From, Architect of Democrats’ Comeback in the ‘90s, Welcomes the Populists

An Unauthorized Book Leaks and Roger Ailes Declares War

Why Everything from Frigid Temperatures to Lightning Can Induce Migraines

Margot Robbie on ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ and the Perils of Having Sex On Top of a Pile of Cash

Why We Binge-Watch Television

From ‘American Hustle’ to ‘Saving Mr. Banks,’ Why Is Hollywood Hooked On Embellishing the Truth?

Classic Carolina Herrera on the Red Carpet

Cambridge Students Vow To Continue Controversial #Whereswilly Blog Despite Harrasment Fears

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One In Four Tweens Sexts—So What?

Speed Read: Juiciest Bits From Secretary of Defense Bob Gates’ ‘Duty’

Warhol Screen Test of Edie Sedgwick is the Daily Pic by Blake Gopnik

What We Might Become: Chang-rae Lee’s Dystopia America

The Evolution of The Single Woman on TV

The French Boss-Nappers’ Last Stand

Greg Maddux, Not a Hall of Famer?

'Illegal Aliens' Will Take Your Tax Dollars, Turn Georgia Blue, Says Tea Party Republican

Obama to Congress: Do Your Job and Extend Unemployment Benefits

Spain’s Princess Cristina Ordered To Appear In Court On Corruption Charges

Men Wear Heels at J.W. Anderson's London Fashion Show

AT&T’s New “Sponsored Data” Scheme is a Tremendous Loss for All of Us

‘SNL’ Gets What the Rest of TV Should: Racial Diversity Means Quality

The Senate’s Last Compassionate Conservative Tries to Help the Jobless

God Save the Comb Over: David Cameron Rewards His Hairdresser with a National Honor

Bobby Moynihan Thinks We'll Love New 'Saturday Night Live' Hire Sasheer Zamata

Bone-Chilling Cold Polar Vortex Sweeps Continental U.S. (PHOTOS)

What Liz Cheney Should Say

T-Mobile CEO After Getting Kicked Out of AT&T’s CES Party: “I Just Wanted To Hear Macklemore”

In War, What Remains

Could You Lose Your Job for Smoking Legal Pot?

Steven Seagal and 5 Other Celebs Who Flirted With Running for Office

As China’s One-Child Policy Relaxes, Girl Children No Longer Stigmatized

Frozen Turkey Bowling Below Zero at Minnesota’s Ice Box Festival

Can Obama Do Anything to Fight Inequality Without Congress?

When Sexting Gets Ugly: Flirting Can Become Fodder for Revenge Porn

The Best of the Best Places to Visit in 2014 (Photos)

Black Struggle, Chess Redemption

Obama: The Economy Is Great, Extend Jobless Benefits

Fighting Erupts in Fallujah (Photos)

Rodman’s Goon Squad Goes to North Korea

Jessica Biel on ‘The Truth About Emanuel,’ Motherhood, Justin Timberlake, and More

‘High Hopes’ Review: Bruce Springsteen Lowers the Bar

3 Ways to Make Your New Year’s Resolution Stick, 1 Week Later

The al-Qaedastan Threat

Prince William Urged To Mingle With Poorer Cambridge Students

Kate Middleton 32nd Birthday Preparations

The FBI File Heist That Changed History

Liz Cheney’s Wild Senate Campaign Odyssey Ends as It Began

Utah Man Gives Up Gay Marriage Hunger Strike

MArcel Duchamp Portrait by Andy Warhol is the Daily Pic by Blake Gopnik

Finally! ‘Saturday Night Live’ Hires Sasheer Zamata, First Black Female Cast Member in 5 Years

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Inside the Secret World of Men Who Dress as Dolls (Photos)

Yes Republicans, Tell Us Again How You Hate Obamacare

Dennis Rodman’s Sponsor for North Korea Trips Decides Working With a Homicidal Tyrant Was a Bad Idea

What Pope Francis Can Teach the GOP

Eva Longoria Named Maxim's Woman of the Year; Urban Outfitters Pulls Depression Top

Razor Time for Harry?

Prince Harry May Move Pads

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Henry Ford Understood That Raising Wages Would Bring Him More Profit

Democrats May Get Their Own Destructive Tea Party Movement

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Edie Campbell Rides Eventing for Nowness

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Half of This Bar Is in Slovenia, the Other Half Is in Croatia

Weren’t Those the Bad Old Days? The Poison of New York City Nostalgia

Most International Flights Will Soon Have Two Fewer Engines…But That’s OK

Moral Courage TV: Kenneth Edwards

7 FitBit Hacks to Burn More Calories in 2014

Rand Paul’s Audacity of Nope: Suing Obama Over Domestic Surveillance

Should We Judge Hillary’s Hair or Christie’s Weight?

Marco Rubio Is Wrong: The War on Poverty Worked

‘The Great Flood’: Hauntingly Poetic Documentary Recounts the Worst Flood in U.S. History

G-Strings, Pasties, and Awakenings: Black Burlesque Thrives in New York City

DIY Plastic Surgery: Can You Change Your Face Without Going Under the Knife?

‘Downton Abbey’ Returns: Everyone Is Sad and So Are We

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A New Exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum Puts a Modern Face on Chinese Art

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The Stacks: John Schulian’s Classic Profile of Newspaper Columnist Mike Royko

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Fail Fast, Fail Often: How Losing Can Help You Win

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The Middle East’s Secret Assassination Messages

Keeping Tabs on Obama’s Church Attendance Is No Way to Gauge His Faith

A Tale of Two Bills: Clinton vs. De Blasio

Inside James Franco’s Gay S&M Documentary (and Social Satire), ‘Interior. Leather Bar.’

Geeking Out: Uganda’s Women are Creating the Next Generation of Girl Geeks

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The Unseen Threat to the Fourth Amendment Is the Fourth Amendment Itself

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Why Big Data Doesn’t Live up to the Hype

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Hope and Change in the Vatican

Can the U.S. Stop Civil War in South Sudan?

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The British Punk Band That Fooled Reagan, Thatcher And The CIA

A Tragedy Compounded: The Heart-Wrenching Case of Jahi McMath May Have Devastating Consequences to Organ Donation

Death of Hero Hacker Barnaby Jack Ruled a Drug Overdose

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Clay Aiken Couldn’t Beat Ruben Studdard. Can He Beat Renee Ellmers?

Snowden Lied About China Contacts?

The Perugia House Where Meredith Kercher Was Murdered Is for Sale

Miley Cyrus Did Not Diss Beyonce in 'LOVE'; Former Louis Vuitton CEO Receives Legion D'Honneur

What David Brooks Doesn't Understand About the Marijuana Prohibition

How Harry Put London Club King In a Headlock

After the Blizzard, 100 Million People Will Be Hit With Freezing Air From the North Pole

We’re Hiding the Homeless to Preserve the American Myth

Is Prince William Too Thick for Cambridge University?

John Boehner’s Immigration Cojones

Michael Scheuer’s Meltdown

As 2014 Began, a Fateful Path to a Catholic Priest’s Murder

China’s Kaifeng Jews Rediscover Their Heritage

Mayor De Blasio’s Horse Policy Is a Pile of Manure

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The GOP’s ‘Jobs’ Hypocrisy

Turkey’s Struggle for Checks and Balances

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Brain Bleed: Why Michael Schumacher’s Helmet Wasn’t Enough

This Man Claims to Have Two Penises, Science Confirms It’s Possible

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Can the U.S. Stop China’s Korean Broadband Deal?

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Glenn Greenwald: Washington Post’s Ruth Marcus is an Obama ‘Loyalist’

Yup, Voter ID Laws Have Nothing to Do With Fraud

The Mystery of Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Chirlane McCray and Chiara de Blasio Wear Nanette Lepore to Bill De Blasio's Inauguration

Michael Hayden, Ex-NSA Director, Says Clemency for Edward Snowden Is ‘Outrageous’ Idea

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