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- How to Be Everywhere: Tips and Tricks for Doing Things Remotely
- 10 Questions for Texting Champ Austin Wierschke
- Nike - Sustainable Style
- Scrabble Player Gets Ousted From National Championships for Cheating
- Planning for SNAFUS
- Workplace Woes: The ‘Open’ Office Is a Hotbed of Stress
- Pull My Finger: Scenes from the German Finger-Wrestling Championships
- -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, telling reporters Tuesday that despite the presidential campaign, the drought and mass killings of innocents, it's important to remember the U.S. remains at war, "and that young men and women are dying in order to try to protect this country."
- Change in the Gobi: Mongolia’s Economic Boom
- The New Klout: A Warmer, Fuzzier Bottom Line on Your Online Reputation
- How Palestinian Bloggers Cover Protests in Their Own Villages
- The Morning After: Unfriendly Fire
- The PTSD Merry-Go-Round Continues to Spin
- How Palestinian Bloggers Cover Protests in Their Own Villages
- The Next Ten Days
- South Koreans Launch 220-Km Swim to Islands Disputed with Japan
- Flying First Class, 2.0
- Military Photos: A Week Inside the Armed Forces, Aug. 7-13
- More on the Romney Campaign and Medicare
- Is the Stock Market Really Dying?
- Is Paul Ryan’s Budget ‘Un-Christian’?
- Must-Reads from Around the World, August 14, 2012
- Senior Discounts That Really Aren’t
- ‘Slow Parenting’: Why a Mom Is ‘Fed Up with Frenzy’
- Q&A: Sochi’s Olympics Chief on the 2014 Winter Games
- The Odd Life of Timothy Green: A Fairy Tale for the Infertile
- New Testing Strategy Could Help Diagnose Heart Attacks in an Hour
- 9 Products Enjoying a Curious Surge in Sales
- Which Expendables 2 Star Is Most Expendable?
- ‘You’ve Got Mail’ Chrome Extension Lets You Check Gmail like It’s 1998
- MTV Ditches ‘Choose or Lose’ for New Fantasy Election Game
- How a Squirt of Oxytocin Could Ease Marital Spats and Boost Social Sensitivity
- Mountain Dew’s ‘Dub the Dew’ Online Poll Goes Horribly Wrong
- Should You Drink If You’re Training for a Race?
- Tuesday’s Political Ledes
- Double Robotics Lets You Turn Your iPad into a Telepresence Robot
- Crocs Founder Allegedly Goes off on Crazy Rant after DUI Arrest
- Groupon Plunges 20% on Weak Deal Growth
- Toys “R” Us Scam: Mother and Son Steal $2 Million in Toys
- Today’s Slow-Motion U.S. Military Coup
- ‘F-Bomb,’ ‘Sexting’ and ‘Mash-Up’ Added to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary
- Hiring in the Digital Age
- What’s the Best Place in the World to Start a Company?
- 5 Smart Strategies to Eliminate Your Credit Card Debt
- 5 Things the Muslim Brotherhood’s ‘Countercoup’ Tells Us About Egypt
- Europe’s Good News: Economic Decline Is Bad, but Could Be Worse
- 7 Things You Didn’t Know about the Appalachian Trail
- Listen: 13 Best Indie Songs of Summer
- Take Hate off the Plate
- Everything Is Bigger in Texas, Including the West Nile Virus Outbreak
- 7-inch Tablet Wars: How Low Can Prices Go?
- Today’s Movie Trailer: Great Expectations
- Morning Must Reads: Hostage
- Nicolas Cage, Harrison Ford in The Expendables 3?
- WATCH: Make a 3-D Sculpture of Your Unborn Fetus
- Scenes from the Class Struggle in Reality Television
- Reading While Eating for August 14: Guessing Game
- Mutant Butterflies Found Near Fukushima
- WATCH: Yo Yo Tricks in Space Are Out of This World
- Navy Skippers: The Gift that Keeps on Giving
- WATCH: Gotye Releases Remix of ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ YouTube Covers
- Life’s a Breach: Jet Skier Evades JFK Airport’s Security System
- Rocky Road from Air Force to Ambassador
- High Schooler Goes to Yahoo! Answers for Book Summary, Gets Response from Author Instead
- Robert Pattinson and Director David Cronenberg on Cars, Cosmopolis and Fans Who Care
- Olympic Winners Savor the Moment
- The Big Theme
- Aggressive
- Who Is the Better Communicator: Romney or Obama?
- Four Great Baby Apps for iPhone (That Saved This New Parent’s Life)
- Last Launch: Dan Winters and the Shuttle Program
- 10 Questions for Caitlin Moran
- Even in This Uncertain Economy, Pets Are Worth the Cost
- Oh, the Substance!
- Morning Must Reads: Ryan
- SCRIPT: Romney for President Ad, “Long History”
- Breaking Bad Watch: Train in Vain
- Five Questions With Loomstate CEO Scott Mackinlay Hahn - Style & Design 2012
- Chick-fil-Gay
- -- the number of people expected to leave Britain on Monday, following the close of the 2012 Olympic Games; Heathrow Airport braced for one of its busiest days ever.
- Must-Reads from Around the World, August 13, 2012
- Romney and Ryan – And Two Days of …
- Exclusive First Listen: New Flobots Single “Sides”
- Sex, Drugs and Recovery
- Between the Lines By Mark Halperin
- Pure Power Politics
- Is Your Car Being Tracked by a License-Plate Scanner?
- As Rangoon Races Forward, a Push to Preserve Its Architectural Past
- -- Hong Kong magistrate Reuden Lai, ruling in favor of the eviction of the 'Occupy' protesters camped outside the city's HSBC headquarters.
- Return of The Architect
- Snoring at Night May Affect Kids’ Daytime Behavior
- Inbox
- Drunk Man Falls Asleep on Airport Baggage Belt
- Two Men, Two Weak Spots
- A Congressional Insider on Why the U.S. Political System Is Broke
- Dust: An Elysian Tail Is from a Future That Never Happened
- The Bomber Exchange Program
- Writing on the Wall
- Two Scoops of Ube
- Woman Accused of Stabbing Fiancé to Death on Their Wedding Day
- Monday’s Political Ledes
- Briefing
- 10 Questions for Misty May-Treanor
- What’s Next for NASA? 10 Wild Newly Funded Projects
- Happy International Left-Handers Day! Celebrate Your Right to Be Left
- Remaking Jamaica
- Twin Earthquakes Shake Iran, Killing More Than 300
- The Social Media Tech IPO Boom: An Insider’s Game?
- India Continues to Grapple with Fallout from Assam Violence
- Technology in the 1990s, as Captured in Obsolete Computer Store Signs
- Pop Chart
- Why Are Some Undocumenteds Nervous About Obama’s Immigration Reform?
- Does Nike’s ‘Greatness’ Ad Exploit Fat People?
- World
- Reading While Eating for August 13: Olympic Aftermath
- Doctor Shortage?
- The Big-Box Electronics Retailer That’s Actually (No Joke) Growing
- Somalia's Chance: Can a U.S.-Backed African Force Bring Peace?
- For Sale: Asking $2.5 Billion
- Why Do Israeli Media Keep Predicting War with Iran?
- The Ultra-Holy City
- Create Raving Fans for Your Idea
- Paul Ryan: An Inspired Choice That Says “We Can Fix This”
- The Death of the Original Cosmo Girl: Helen Gurley Brown (1922–2012)
- SCRIPT: Restore Our Future Ad, “Another Month”
- Following the Money
- To Ease or Not to Ease
- In-Flight Bikini Show? Vietnamese Airline Gets Fined for Putting Girls on Display
- Gore Vidal
- Betting Against a Drone Arms Race
- 10 Questions for Jeff Kinney
- Flavor Blast
- Ouya Game Console: What We Know (and Don’t Know) So Far
- Outsourcing Can Be for Small Businesses Too
- Inbox
- Can Laws Against Junk Food in Schools Rein In Child Obesity?
- Current iPhones Discounted as New Version Rumored for Next Month
- A Rich Man's Game
- The John Lewis Economy: Why Is Downing Street Looking to Britain's Most Beloved Department Store?
- Cultural Taste: Edinburgh's Festival Fare
- Paul Ryan’s Killer Workout: Is P90X for You?
- Could It Be? Some Actual Good News for Airline Passengers
- Central America’s Gang Wars: A Truce Leads to an Unusual Peace
- Ryan’s Hope: Don’t Cut Military Spending So Deeply
- Sad but True? Shopping Promoted as a Way to ‘Fill the Void’
- 12 Things You Should Always Haggle Over
- Hot Off the Runway
- The Future of Personal Computing: Cloud-Connected Screens Everywhere
- Shark Week Turns 25: Don’t Go in the Water, Again
- WATCH: Perseid Meteor Shower Lights Up Weekend Skies
- If You Build It
- How Britain Won the Olympics Games and Lost the Plot
- Stop Complaining About How Long It’s Taking to Get Your VA Benefits
- Rock Formation Bigger Than Connecticut Found Floating in Pacific
- App.net Made Its Goal. But Can It Make It?
- Afghan Princelings: Are the Children of the Mujahedin Ready to Rule?
- The President’s Welfare
- No Distance
- Online Defeats TV!
- Merkel's Mettle
- Hollywood Mystery, Solved: 29 Movie Head-Scratchers Explained
- The Battle for Jerusalem
- Boris Johnson: The London Mayor is the Biggest Winner of the Olympics
- The Battle for Jerusalem
- Why the Ryan Pick Won’t Bring Clarity to the Budget Debate
- Female Generals: The Pentagon’s First Pair of Four-Star Women
- The Sunday Shows
- After a Brief Hiatus, the ‘Hey Girl, It’s Paul Ryan’ Meme Is Back
- Citizen Bloomberg
- Hail Paul
- Tiny, Totally Unrelated Canadian Chain Chick-Felay’s Takes Hit in Chick-fil-A Controversy
- The London Olympics Come to a Show-Stopping Close
- Utah Hair Braider Cuts Back in Case Against State Regulators
- Bourne Beats Batman, Ferrell Outpolls Streep
- Has Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Staged a Coup Against the Military?
- Britain’s Party: The London Games Rock On at the Closing Ceremony
- How Team USA Won Men’s Hoops — and the Entire Olympics
- David Boudia of the U.S. Claims Diving Gold. Is China’s Dominance on the Wane?
- Penn State T-Shirts Lash Out at NCAA while Football Team Attempts to Revamp Image
- Ryan Considered, 140 Characters @ a Time
- The Olympic Games in Motion
- Man ‘Butt-Dials’ 911 During Drug Deal
- Consensus
- Ghana and the Double-Edged Sword of Democracy
- Obama Campaign Responds to Ryan Pick
- Not Underlined or In Italics
- The Ryan Speech
- Paul Ryan Excerpts
- A History of Vice Presidential Picks, from the Pages of TIME
- For Olympic Women, the Pressure to Look Perfect Lingers
- U.S. Women Win Fifth Consecutive Basketball Gold. Will the WNBA Benefit?
- Hindu Devotees Celebrate Krishna’s Birth
- Quay Brothers at MoMA: Bending Realities for People and Puppets
- In China, Brief Murder Trial of Ex-Official’s Wife Offers Few Answers
- Google’s Self-Driving Cars: 300,000 Miles, Zero Accidents
- Meanwhile, Back on Earth: NASA Lander Prototype Crashes, Burns
- Earning Millions Together: The World’s Highest Paid Celebrity Couples in 2012
- Scientists Finally Create a Creepy Robotic Earthworm
- Training the Afghan Military
- Why Bats Are So Misunderstood
- Morning Must Reads: Beef
- Do Credit-Card-Comparison Sites Work as Promised?
- -- Excerpt from draft plans on possible speakers for the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., beginning Sept. 3. h/t Mike Allen’s Playbook
- Money Talking: How Safe Are Money Market Funds?
- -- James Baker, secretary of state to George H.W. Bush, in an interview with The Cable’s Josh Rogin.
- Must-Reads from Around the World, August 10, 2012
- Space Travel
- SCRIPT: Priorities USA Action Ad, “Scrap Steel”
- Britain’s Olympian Capital: Why Yorkshire Produces So Many Winners
- Bear Robs Colorado Candy Store
- Cartoons of the Week: August 4–10
- Free Textbooks Shaking Up Higher Education
- Axelrod on Polls and Baseball
- The 10 Best New Skyrim Mods for July 2012
- A Wristband that Tells You When to Get Out of the Sun
- Watch: Spike Lee Talks Red Hook Summer and the 4 Million Stories He Has Left To Tell
- Are Facebook ‘Likes’ Free Speech?
- Indian Territory…in Afghanistan
- Viewpoint: 11 Reasons a 23-Year-Old Shouldn’t Run Your Social Media
- SCRIPT: Obama for America Ad, “Blatant”
- Unusual Summer Storm Blasts the Arctic
- Reports of the Shopping Mall’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
- Eat Like a Man at the Nine ‘Manliest’ Restaurants in America
- Guess the VA Does Have a Paperwork Problem…
- App.net: Both Twitter Clone and Anti-Twitter
- An Aspirin a Day May Still Lower Cancer Risk, but Not as Much as Previously Thought
- Study: Guys Spend Stupidly When There Are Fewer Women to Date
- Should You Take Statins? Study Says Heart Benefits Outweigh Diabetes Risk
- “I Didn’t Want Anybody to Go to Jail”
- Bambi Turns 70: And 9 Other Kids’ Movie Weepers
- Pictures of the Week: August 3 – August 10
- Reading While Eating for August 10: The Princess and the Poet
- Into the Woods in Central Park: al Fresco Enchantment
- It’s Nice to See Google Focused On Search Again
- On Square, Biohazards, Biting and the Psychology of Money
- SCRIPT: Romney for President Ad, “America Deserves Better”
- 4 Reasons Not to Buy Clothes in August
- Dwight Howard Is Traded To The Lakers!! And Oh Yeah, The Olympics: U.S. And Spain Will Vie For The Gold
- Syria’s Rebel Judges Promise Sharia Justice With Mercy
- 6 Weight Loss Tips Straight from the Nation’s Premier Spas
- Echoes of Iraq: Yemen’s War Against al-Qaeda Takes a Familiar Turn
- TV Weekend: Animal Practice
- Student Debt: Why Even the Affluent Struggle
- Z Machine Produces Six Times the World’s Energy to Create White Dwarf Star
- Foodie Alert: Would You Have a Living Fossil for Dinner?
- Getting Low-Cost Accounting Help
- Late-Night Laughs: The 5 Best Comedy Clips of the Week
- Have We Turned A Blind Eye To Domestic Terrorism?
- Unlikely Contenders: What Explains the Koreas’ Olympic Strength?
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Youthful Arctic Adventure Journal to be Published
- Olympic Injuries in Action: When Athletes Play Through Pain
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