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Marissa Karp Murder: A Decade of Investigation Pays Off

A weak breeze was pushing in from the south, rippling the broad boulevard of water as it caught the midmorning sun. The canal, wide as a football field, ran north to south, slashing an engineered…
PUBLISHED: Jan. 22, 2013
LENGTH: 17 minutes (4431 words)

2013 Python Challenge: Few Reptiles, Many TV Crews

Knee-deep in muddy water, Jimmy Ferguson swings a homemade piece of bent metal through the depths. With the midday sun beating down, the gangly ginger is sweating through his camo shirt and matching…
PUBLISHED: Jan. 15, 2013
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1459 words)

Garrett Holeve, an MMA Fighter With Down Syndrome, Is on His Way to Changing the Sport

"I'm dangerous," 23-year-old Garrett Holeve warns as he bounces around a bedroom in his parents' suburban, single-story house, throwing punches and kicks. A pungent combination of protein-powered…
PUBLISHED: Dec. 17, 2012
LENGTH: 17 minutes (4325 words)

"Doctor Scumbag" Abused Miami HIV Patients; 20 Years Later, He Finally Faces Justice

Donald White stewed inside the small-town Denny's as he nervously leaned on a coffee-stained table next to his wife. They were both terrified they'd been invited here to confirm their worst fears.…
PUBLISHED: Dec. 11, 2012
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1630 words)

Insider Baseball

1.It occurred to me, in California in June and in Atlanta in July and in New Orleans in August, in the course of watching first the California primary and then the Democratic and Republican…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 27, 1988
LENGTH: 39 minutes (9980 words)

There Is No Republican Establishment Anymore

SO WHO'S MAKING THE KOOL-AID? /// The GOP is stuck in a strange bit of shadow play, seeking to become what passes for the Establishment by devising the most effective means of proving…
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1083 words)

Engage the Enemy

The parade of men stepping up to the courtroom podium forms a kaleidoscopic snapshot of the shrapnel expelled by the U.S. military: There are…
LENGTH: 2 minutes (719 words)
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