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The Bullying of Seth Walsh: Requiem for a Small Town Boy

By Bryan Alexander / Tehachapi

Friends knew the 8th grader was gay. His family accepted him for it. But others used it as a reason to taunt and tease him. On Sept. 19, he could take it no more

Iraq's Military Flexes to Deter Any Sunni Backlash

By Bobby Ghosh/Fallujah

As Sunnis bristle at being shut out of power by a new intra-Shi'ite political pact, the army beefs up security in former hotbeds of insurgency. But the resultant friction could trigger the backlash it aims to prevent

Defying the Vatican, Catholic Women Claim Their Priesthood

By Tim Padgett / Fort Myers

Against Vatican resistance, the movement to ordain female priests gathers steam

In Brazil, Lula's Heir Prepares for Power

By Andrew Downie/Sao Paulo

Dilma Rousseff is running for president on the promise of changing nothing. The problem is that Brazil faces challenges that even the popular Lula ducked

How Astronomers Hunt for New Planets

By Michael D. Lemonick

Finding and measuring them is becoming easier. Determining whether they contain life is a lot tougher

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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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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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