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Inside the Oscar Pistorius Murder Case: What Paths Took the Couple to That Final Night?

When Oscar Pistorius—the South African “Blade Runner,” who overcame a double amputation to compete in the Olympics last year—shot his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on…
AUTHOR:Mark Seal
PUBLISHED: June 1, 2013
LENGTH: 32 minutes (8083 words)

Searching For Anything But Bobby Fischer At School Scrabble Nationals

There are 45 tables set up down in Exhibit Hall C of the Woodley Park Marriott in Washington, D.C., a hotel roughly the size of the Pentagon. Each table has a black tablecloth, a Diamond Anniversary…
PUBLISHED: May 13, 2013
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4233 words)

Crash Test

During his first run for the White House, George W. Bush called it the Texas Miracle. High-stakes testing in the public schools, along with other measures meant to hold teachers and principals…
PUBLISHED: April 17, 2013
LENGTH: 25 minutes (6431 words)

The Once and Future Gov

America’s most futuristic governor seems borne back ceaselessly into the past these days. As he shows me around his office on a crisp winter morning, California Governor Jerry Brown points out…
LENGTH: 23 minutes (5941 words)

I'm a shut-in. This is my story.

For five years I have been a recluse. I don't leave the house for months at a time 1. I venture out into the world only when it is necessary to maintain my isolation. I'm not agoraphobic, I'm not…
LENGTH: 51 minutes (12935 words)

Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us

1. Routine Care, Unforgettable Bills When Sean Recchi, a 42-year-old from Lancaster, Ohio, was told last March that he had non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, his wife Stephanie knew she had to get him to…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 20, 2013
LENGTH: 98 minutes (24646 words)

For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware of World War II

Siberian summers do not last long. The snows linger into May, and the cold weather returns again during September, freezing the taiga into a still life awesome in its desolation: endless miles of…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 5, 2013
LENGTH: 27 minutes (6897 words)

A Miami Clinic Supplies Drugs to Sports' Biggest Names

Open the neat spreadsheet and scroll past the listing of local developers, prominent attorneys, and personal trainers. You'll find a lengthy list of nicknames: Mostro, Al Capone, El Cacique, Samurai,…
PUBLISHED: Jan. 28, 2013
LENGTH: 22 minutes (5526 words)

The Murder Case of Anthony Smith, Former Oakland Raider: Profiles: GQ

On a cool, drizzly February night in 2003, at one thirty or so in the morning, a police officer cruising down Lincoln Boulevard in Santa Monica spot
SOURCE:www.gq.com
LENGTH: 3 minutes (967 words)
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