Why it's so easy for people to believe wild stories about North Korea
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For conservatives, his most appealing attributes are all things Romney lacks.
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Off-shore havens let the very wealthy draw on the benefits of a strong nation-state without fully paying back in.
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Minneapolis transit officials have started to play Bach and others in rail stations.
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Could the large market of spirits with artificial overtones be a play on our nostalgia for childhood foods?
Brian Joseph Davis
Using police sketch software to draw some of the best-known characters in literature
U.S. energy production may get a boost, but it won't be enough.
People in the key states think the president has little to do with local economy.
A Republican speaks about why she broke ranks and voted to allow same-sex unions.
New studies aim to determine if egg donation and surrogacy can lead to psychological problems in children.
How a war crimes case, 13 years in the making, could bring justice to a nation that has long suffered without it
A quick guide for those who've heard of it, but aren't sure what it is
The snub highlights the many flaws in the board's selection process.
Felines can carry organisms that may creep into our brains and cause everything from car wrecks to schizophrenia.
A longtime analyst of the presidency takes the measure of our 44th president, with a view to history.
The Recording Academy failed to nominate his latest for Album of the Year.
There were other factors, but one theory suggests that it did begin with fuel.
In his last essay for The Atlantic, Hitchens writes on Chesterton's "magic faculty of being unforgettable."
The story of OMG! Meiyu, Jessica Beinecke's web video series on American slang, which is wildly popular in China.
As the heroin trade suffers in Afghanistan, poppy farmers are marrying off their daughters to pay their debts.
It's not just bishops. Many of the Catholics who want a broader definition of "religious employer" also helped pass health reform.
Our online freedoms are on the verge of being eroded in ways more subtle and insidious than Orwell—or Apple's marketing department—ever imagined.
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