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Inside America's Dirty Wars

  Anwar al-Awlaki’s youngest brother, Ammar, was nothing like him. While Anwar embraced a radical interpretation of Islam and preached jihad against the United States, Ammar was…
PUBLISHED: April 22, 2013
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4946 words)

The Secret Plot to Rescue Napoleon by Submarine

Tom Johnson, the famous smuggler, adventurer, and inventor of submarines, sketched in 1834 for the publication of Scenes and Stories by a Clergyman in Debt. Tom Johnson was one of those extraordinary…
AUTHOR:Mike Dash
PUBLISHED: March 8, 2013
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3642 words)

The Professor, the Bikini Model and the Suitcase Full of Trouble

In November 2011, Paul Frampton, a theoretical particle physicist, met Denise Milani, a Czech bikini model, on the online dating site Mate1.com. She was gorgeous — dark-haired and dark-eyed,…
PUBLISHED: March 8, 2013
LENGTH: 22 minutes (5719 words)

Last Call

November/ December 2012 Last Call Industry giants are threatening to swallow up America's carefully regulated alcohol industry, and remake America in the image of booze-soaked Britain. By Tim…
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4919 words)

Angels & Demons

Reprinted by permission of Thomas French and the Tampa Bay Times. On June 4, 1989, the bodies of Jo, Michelle and Christe were found floating in Tampa Bay. This is the story of the murders, their…
LENGTH: 213 minutes (53468 words)

Terrell Owens's Darkest Days

Since signing with the Allen Wranglers, Terrell Owens hasn't exactly been excited to talk to reporters. Back in his Philadelphia days, in the prime of his career, he used to hold press conferences…
PUBLISHED: June 21, 2012
LENGTH: 24 minutes (6060 words)

Grace in Broken Arrow

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. – Psalm 34 No more sleepovers. No more babysitting, or car rides home. No more being alone with children…
LENGTH: 56 minutes (14128 words)

In Libya, the Captors Have Become the Captive

Video stills of, clockwise from top left, Hamza Hirazi, the commander who oversaw the torture at Yarmouk; a prisoner being interrogated; an interrogator; and a prisoner who was later killed. One…
PUBLISHED: May 9, 2012
LENGTH: 31 minutes (7907 words)

Peeling Oniontown

Travel By Aaron Lake Smith, Photos by Nadia Shira Cohen A young man angrily kicks one of the many piles of trash that are strewn about Oniontown. There are certain places that, by their very nature,…
LENGTH: 2 minutes (585 words)
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