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TALES OF SALVADOR DALI'S DEMON BRIDE | FOR LUST OF MONEY AND MEN

Funny how often we automatically assume that long-standing, famous couples must be deeply devoted, madly in love, and happier than a couple of pigs in slop. Sometimes, like in the case of Salavador…
PUBLISHED: April 17, 2013
LENGTH: 17 minutes (4474 words)
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Fracking's Latest Scandal? Earthquake Swarms

At exactly 10:53 p.m. on Saturday, November 5, 2011, Joe and Mary Reneau were in the bedroom of their whitewashed and brick-trimmed home, a two-story rambler Mary's dad custom-built 43 years ago.…
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2059 words)

How Private Prisons Game the Immigration System

Heat rises from the border road as a Border Patrol agent sits at an observation point along the international border separating San Luis, Arizona, from San Luis, Sonora, Mexico. (AP Photo/Matt York)…
AUTHOR:Lee Fang
PUBLISHED: Feb. 27, 2013
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3139 words)

The Rape of Petty Officer Blumer

Photograph in Illustration Courtesy of Rebecca Blumer The first thing Petty Officer 2nd Class Rebecca Blumer realized upon waking was that she was freezing cold and naked. The second thing was that…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 14, 2013
LENGTH: 28 minutes (7040 words)

The NRA vs. America | Politics News

Fredrik Brodén Eleven days after the massacre, Wayne LaPierre – a lifelong political operative who had steadied the National Rifle Association through many crises – stood before an…
PUBLISHED: Jan. 31, 2013
LENGTH: 3 minutes (912 words)

The Lie Factory

“I, Governor of California, and How I Ended Poverty,” by Upton Sinclair, is probably the most thrilling piece of campaign literature ever written. Instead of the usual flummery, Sinclair, the author…
PUBLISHED: Sept. 24, 2012
LENGTH: 26 minutes (6603 words)

Car Culture - December 1, 2009

Car CultureAlong for the ride in Cuba's collective taxis. Yuca and his “business partner,” Carlitos, were younger than the usual maquina drivers. Their 1950s Chevy was nicer, too, than…
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2333 words)

Air France Flight 447: 'Damn it, we're going to crash'

It was five days before debris and the first bodies were recovered from the remote crash site, in equatorial waters between Brazil and Africa Photo: Getty Images
AUTHOR:Nick Ross
PUBLISHED: April 28, 2012
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3438 words)

Bergen's Whale Hall

Because of its hilltop position, up by the university, the Bergen Natural History Museum overlooks much of the old town. Conversely it can be seen, with its grand arched windows, from almost…
PUBLISHED: April 8, 2012
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3638 words)
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