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Election Road Trip, Day 25: The End

By Joe Klein

Yesterday, in late afternoon, I stood at the edge of the Pacific Ocean. It was a beautiful day, the beach was empty, the ocean calm

Ecuador: When the Cops Took on the President

By Tim Padgett with Stephan Küffner/Quito

After Rafael Correa imposed austerity measures on his country, no group reacted as furiously and as recklessly as the police

Races to Watch: A Louisiana Republican Struggles to Ride the GOP Wave

By Jay Newton-Small

Freshman Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao is a particularly rare breed of candidate this election cycle: an endangered incumbent Republican.

Iraq: How a Census Threatens an Oil-Rich City

By Charles McDermid / Kirkuk

Everyone from the Kurds to the Arabs to the Turkmen wants a big share of Kirkuk, the ancient but oil-soaked Iraqi city. But a census may give the Kurds the best argument to take it all

The Social Network: A Pie in the Face for Zuckerberg

By Richard Corliss

'The Social Network,' from writer Aaron Sorkin and director David Fincher and starring Jesse Eisenberg as Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, is a high-IQ movie that gives viewers an IQ high

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By Joe Klein

It now appears that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is going to form a new government--with the support of none other than Muqtada Sadr, who is always called a "radical cleric" by the western media and whose Mahdi Army militia inflicted some of the worst losses on the U.S. military during the recent war. Sadr [...]

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"We deeply regret that it happened, and we apologize to all the individuals who were affected by such abhorrent research practices."
A JOINT STATEMENT,
from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, apologizing for the American scientists who deliberately infected prisoners and patients in a mental hospital in Guatemala with syphilis 60 years ago
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Lichen and Reindeer: Cooking It Raw in Lapland

By Lisa Abend

On the Arctic fringes of Lapland, a conclave of master chefs forages in the woods for ingredients. What haute cuisine can gain from the great outdoors

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