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Homeland Security Tries Gizmos Like ‘the Squid’ to Ensnare Bad Guys

As Elizabeth Edwards talks (and talks) about her husband’s affair, The Daily Beast provides an exclusive look at one central character who remains a cipher: “Uncle Fred” Baron, the lawyer who paid for Edwards’ mistress to move across the country.

Top-Ten Lists Abound Online, but Following the Herd Can Make You Wonder About the Wisdom of Crowds

On June 1, Mr. O’Brien will debut as the new host of NBC’s Tonight Show. And since February, the majority of his New York staff has relocated to Los Angeles, where NBC is currently putting the finishing touches on a new Tonight Show theater. It’s housed in Stage One of Universal Studios, the original home […]

As the gay-rights movement has been globalized, so has religious and political opposition to homosexuality.

Walter Kirn, author of Lost in the Meritocracy, on his college breakdown, colliding with clubby rich kids, and the book that brought all the horror rushing back.

Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso were already at loggerheads when Gertrude Stein introduced them in 1906.

From nuclear proliferation to genocide in Darfur, Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice has more than a few balls to juggle.