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North Korea's Mafia Moment (The Well / World)

A secret report says the North torpedoed and sank a South Korean ship. With tension rising in the region, what will the U.S. do?

The Pity Of War (The Well / World)

As Marines engage in a firefight with insurgents in Afghanistan, they call in a mortar strike that kills a young girl. Photographer Adam Ferguson, on assignment for TIME, witnesses the tragedy

Video: Witness to the Pity of War

Photographer Adam Ferguson, on patrol with Marines in northern Marjah, witnessed the unintentional killing of a girl in a U.S.-fired mortar strike

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

The Songs of Summer (Top 10)

What makes a pop confection worth turning the volume up and rolling the windows down? Time rates a season of singles

The Songs of Summer 2010

Video: From Shakira to Big Boi this summer's music has been all about good rhythm and songs that make you want to dance

SOCIETY

Guilt-Free Golf (Life / Going Green)

Chambers Bay saves on water and chemicals, but hackers need to adjust

Green Golfing

Video: With no golf carts and thick carpets of grass, Chambers Bay Golf Course, a former mining quarry and the site of the 2015 U.S. Open, is a leader of the golf sustainability movement

HEALTH & MEDICINE

What's So Great About Organic Food? (Health Checkup)

It costs too much, and it's harder to find, but everyone keeps saying you should be eating it. So the question is: What's So Great About Organic Food?

Farm vs. Supermarket (The Well / Health Checkup)

Our panel of experts says — surprise! — -organic and small-farm products aren't always better

The Organic Alternative (Health Checkup)

Foods raised without chemicals are best--except when they're not. Here's how to know

PEOPLE

10 Questions for Nancy Grace (10 Questions)

The cable host's new novel, Death on the D-List, is in bookstores. Nancy Grace will now take your questions

LETTERS

ESSAY

Double-Dipping into the Past (The Well / The Curious Capitalist)

The partisan spend-vs.-cut economic debate misuses history--and neglects the present