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Mecca's mega architecture casts shadow over hajj

Arabian heights ... the Abraj al-Bait looms over the Grand Mosque and Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Photograph: Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty A glowing green disc hovers high in the sky at night, casting…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 23, 2012
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1777 words)

Oliver Stone tackles the drugs war in America's backyard

John Travolta, who plays Dennis the DEA agent, with Taylor Kitsch (Chon) and director Oliver Stone on the set of Savages. Photograph: Moviestore/Rex Features A man steps across the floor of what…
PUBLISHED: Sept. 23, 2012
LENGTH: 17 minutes (4323 words)

The Many Lives of Adam Yauch | Music News

Adam Yauch Marina Chavez He had come so far, done so much, played so many roles along the way, but even in the final months of his too-short life, Adam Yauch kept it going full steam. Teenage punk;…
PUBLISHED: June 7, 2012
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1082 words)

The AIDS Deniers

He feels much better, thank you, since he stopped believing in the virus. He knows it still moves inside him, in the teeming indifference of his blood, but he gives it no sway. It is harmless. It…
LENGTH: 30 minutes (7604 words)

EXCLUSIVE: "Oh My God -- We're In Bed With The Vampire Squid!"

Note: This is a single-page version of this article. If you would like to comment on the article, please return to the main version. Thank you. IPOs are wildly profitable deals for Wall Street…
PUBLISHED: May 9, 2012
LENGTH: 21 minutes (5483 words)

Jumping Through Hoops

When London threw its name into the hat for the 2012 Olympics, many had doubts. Not former sport minister Tessa Jowell. Interviewing Tony Blair, Ken Livingstone, and others Jowell recruited to her…
PUBLISHED: June 7, 2012
LENGTH: 25 minutes (6291 words)
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Splitsider

Viral success on the internet is a strange phenomenon. Marketers spend hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to create something people will share with their friends, only to be beaten time and…
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LENGTH: 10 minutes (2587 words)

Why You'll Start Paying for Analytics in 2012

Months ago, while planning the topics I'd cover in this newsletter through the conclusion of 2011, I had in mind to write something about search. It had been a while—almost two years at that…
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2654 words)
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Only Mr. God Knows Why

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PUBLISHED: June 28, 2010
LENGTH: 29 minutes (7259 words)
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