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The Squid Hunter

India's New Generation of Caste Busters

India’s New Generation of Caste Busters

The Incredible True Story of the Collar Bomb Heist

The Incredible True Story of the Collar Bomb Heist

Geoff Van Dyke: My Top 6 Longreads of 2010

Geoff Van Dyke is deputy editor of 5280 Magazine in Denver.

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The Future of Advertising, by Danielle Sacks, Fast Company

A must-read for anyone in the media business.

Innocence Lost, by Pamela Colloff, Texas Monthly

Instrumental in getting a Texas man off death row and out of prison.

Burger Queen, by Lauren Collins, The New Yorker

Deep, revealing profile of chef April Bloomfield.

The Jihadist Next Door, by Andrea Elliott, New York Times Magazine

What happens when an American is the face of the Islamist insurgency?

Hackers Gone Wild: The Fast Times & Hard Fall of the Green Hat Gang, by Sabrina Rubin Erdely, Rolling Stone

Sex, drugs, and hacking … it doesn’t get better than this.

What Good Is Wall Street, by John Cassidy, The New Yorker

How banks made trading, which has no social value according to Cassidy, their major source of revenue.

Ginsberg Internets the Internet: The longest reads in the world

Ginsberg Internets the Internet: The longest reads in the world

Ryan Seacrest: 'Dark Lord of Hosts'

Ryan Seacrest: ‘Dark Lord of Hosts’

'What It Takes': The Book that Defined Modern Campaign Reporting

‘What It Takes’: The Book that Defined Modern Campaign Reporting

In Haiti, a Relationship Built on Adversity

In Haiti, a Relationship Built on Adversity

Wake Up, Geek Culture. Time to Die.

Wake Up, Geek Culture. Time to Die.