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A groundbreaking study suggests people with autism-spectrum disorders such as Asperger’s do not lack empathy—rather they feel others’ emotions too intensely to cope.

If you wanted to pick the moment when the American news business went on suicide watch, it was almost exactly three years ago. That’s when Stephen Colbert, appearing at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, delivered a monologue accusing his hosts of being stenographers who had, in essence, let the Bush White House get […]

If New York City were to slide back into the crumbling anarchy of the 1970s, as some fear, would that be so bad?

The secret of self-control.

This afternoon, Treasury, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve will announce the results of an unprecedented review of the capital position of the nation’s largest banks. This will be an important step forward in President Obama’s program to help repair the financial system, restore […]

Madoff victim Alexandra Penney, who lost her life savings in the ponzi scheme, on Bernie’s dirty fantasies, living the frugal life, and some post-Ponzi schadenfreude.

We’re just now learning how dangerous it is that the sources of finance for homeowners and their neighborhoods have no real connection to those people and places.

In 2006, a group of American soldiers brutally raped a young Iraqi girl and murdered her and her family. Gelf talks to some of the soldiers convicted of the crimes.

How Tony Hsieh uses relentless innovation, stellar customer service, and a staff of believers to make Zappos.com an e-commerce juggernaut — and one of the most blissed-out businesses in America