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Charles Rex Arbogast/AP There's Cheating in Little League Too
A familiar scandal is just another reminder that in sports, the rule breakers are everywhere.
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Brian Snyder/Reuters The Decision That Defined the Super Bowl
Seattle coach Pete Carroll made a lot of great choices in Sunday's game, and one that he'd probably like to take back.
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Matt York/AP Marshawn Lynch Doesn't Need to Talk to Anybody
Is giving interviews part of an athlete's job or is the sports media "machine" simply broken?
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Seth Wenig/AP Politicians Can Never Win With Weather
Did New York officials overreact to the snow predictions? Or is it always better to play it safe?
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Rick Osentoski/AP #DeflateGate: A Sports Scandal That's Full of Hot Air
The NFL controversy over how the New England Patriots treat their balls has followed a predictable pattern when it comes to modern manufactured outrage.
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Google Maps/The Atlantic Belgium Faces Its Own Terror Threat
Two suspected jihadists killed by cops in the city of Verviers were part of a group that was allegedly planning to commit a large terror attack.
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Michel Euler/AP A Dramatic End to the French Hostage Standoff
Three suspects related to the Charlie Hebdo massacre were killed and several hostages rescued after simultaneous police raids.
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Pascal Rossignol/Reuters Hunting for the Hebdo Killers
Despite the surrender of a possible accomplice, the two main suspects remain at large.
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Thibault Camus; Remy De La Mauviniere; Francois Mori; ... Charlie Hebdo's Brazen Defiance
The French magazine demonstrated a long-standing refusal to give in to critics and threats.
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20th Century Fox/James Bridges/AP The Symbiotic Relationship Between Movies and Books
The lists of best-selling books and top-grossing movies looked awfully similar in 2014.
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Matthew Emmons/USA TODAY Sports/Reuters Chris Christie's Sports Sin
The New Jersey governor's real crime isn't turning on the Giants and the Jets. It's backing a winner.
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Minnesota Department of Health/AP The Source of a Deadly Meningitis Outbreak
More than two years after the disease killed 64 people, the owners of the clinic responsible will face charges.
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Reuters The Taliban Massacres Students in Pakistan
An attack in Peshawar killed more than 145 people, most of them the young children of army officers and soldiers.
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Jim Young/Reuters No Indictment
Ferguson, Missouri, became a city on fire after it was announced that Officer Darren Wilson would not face criminal charges for the shooting death of Michael Brown.
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Chuck Hagel Is Out at the Pentagon
The Secretary of Defense announced his resignation on Monday, but many insiders are saying he was pushed.
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Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters The Synagogue Attack in Jerusalem
Four people are dead and six others injured after two terrorists targeted Jewish worshipers on Tuesday morning.
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Fadi Al-Assaad/Reuters FIFA's Corruption Report Gets a Red Card
Soccer's governing body clears Russia and Qatar of any wrongdoing in their World Cup hosting bids, but the ethics committee member who actually ran the investigation disagrees.
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Pete Souza/White House/Flickr Obama: The Internet Is a Utility
The White House proposes a major change to the way broadband should be regulated, but can it actually happen?
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Alexey Koverznev/Reuters Has Russia Invaded Ukraine Again?
Reports say a convoy of tanks and trucks crossed the border into Luhansk, threatening a new escalation in the region.
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Francois Lenoir/Reuters Europe Won't Freeze This Winter After All
Russia and Ukraine have reached an agreement that will keep natural gas supplies flowing until March of next year.
