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The secret of self-control.

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

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.

It’s not just erratic gas prices and a bad economy that’s hurting automakers. It may be that Americans are changing.

Having racked up some 17,000 miles, the plug-in Prius hybrids are averaging just 51 mpg. That’s raising uncomfortable questions about the value and effectiveness of plug-in technology, even as President Obama pledges to have 1 million of them on the road by 2015.

Granta.com’s New Voices series showcases original fiction from emerging writers. The latest story in this series is ‘Dragon Island’ by Laura Fellowes.