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- Demonstrate Your Credibility as a Leader
- Friday’s Political Ledes
- Fresh Prince Supplants Harry Potter as Most Popular Entertainment at Guantánamo
- Afghan-Green-On-U.S.-Blue Attacks Spiking Again
- New Site Grades Those Pesky ‘Terms of Service’ Agreements You Never Read
- Different Leaves
- The First Female U.S. Four-Star Generals Talk to TIME
- Can Meditation Make You Smarter?
- Spike Lee: The Making of Red Hook Summer
- Time to Do the Math and Switch to a Prepaid Smart Phone?
- Friday Op-Eds
- The Olympic Manicure: Why Nail Art Has Gone Mainstream At London 2012
- RIM-Samsung Buzz: A New Hope For Blackberry?
- Gracious Losers: Japan’s Women Celebrate Silver in a Soccer Rematch with the U.S.
- The Bourne Legacy: Spy vs. Drones — Which Is Which?
- As the Sinai Goes, so Too the Golan Heights?
- The Speed of Light: Runners in LED Suits Color Scotland
- What Lies Ahead for Libya: An Interview with the Prime Minister
- Killer Kitties: Study Proves They’re Not as Innocent As They Look
- Apple v. Samsung: The Trial Goes On, but It’s Already Over
- Rove on Romney — and The Speech
- Micro Targeting
- Hackcraft: Blizzard Warns of Security Intrusion, Recommends Users Change Passwords
- Between the Lines
- Armed With Hope
- The World’s Greatest Athlete Wins Gold in London. And So Does Usain Bolt. Is Decathlete Ashton Eaton Really Better than Bolt?
- How to Get Consumers to Share Personal Data
- Thursday’s Political Ledes
- Funny and Offensive? The Campaign Must be a Will Ferrell Movie
- WATCH: The Hollywood-Style Police Raid on Kim Dotcom’s Mansion
- Teens and Tobacco Use: Why Declines in Youth Have Stalled
- Zimmerman Defense Team to Seek ‘Stand Your Ground’ Hearing
- Running Low on Beer? Tennessee Man Calls 911 for That
- Back to School: How to Vet Student Bank Accounts
- The Big Smoke by Bus: George Georgiou Photographs London
- At Las Vegas Denny’s, Marriage With a Side of Pancakes
- Zombie Cat Is Coming. No, Seriously
- Seeing Red: 40 Years of Exploration on Mars
- Are Tablets like the iPad Poised to Dethrone Game Consoles?
- World
- ‘He Just Ripped Me to Ribbons’: Miami Face-Eating Victim Speaks About Attack
- -- A new Pentagon report wondering why Army women seem to suffer more ailments than women from other services sent off to war.
- SCRIPT: Obama for America TV Ad, “Son of a Boss”
- Why You Should Be Shopping for Airline Tickets Soon
- The Sights and Sounds of the Olympics
- Thar She Floats!
- Man Orders TV Through Amazon, Receives Assault Rifle Instead
- Gun Sales Spike in Aftermath of Aurora Movie Theater Attack
- Must-Reads from Around the World, August 9, 2012
- TIME and Space: A Lofty History of Space Exploration on TIME Magazine’s Covers
- What the Curiosity Rover Can Teach Us About Mars — And Earth
- Now…It’s…Personal
- A Combo of Existing Drugs Could Treat Cocaine Addiction
- The Curiosity Rover Preps for Big Plans After its Daring Descent
- Olympic Homophobia: Why Are There So Few Openly Gay Athletes?
- H3N2 Swine Flu Cases Jump in the U.S.
- SCRIPT: Romney for President Ad, “Be Not Afraid”
- Arthur Laffer’s Anti-Stimulus Curve Ball is a Foul
- North Korea’s First Lady Sports Dior Purse Despite Nationwide Food Shortages
- Wonder Women
- Rescue at the Bottom Of the World: Australian Medics Save American Worker
- Antipsychotic Prescriptions in Children Have Skyrocketed: Study
- Romney Interview
- Will Millennials Change How Cars Are Bought and Sold?
- Red Hook Summer: Spike Lee Returns to His Brooklyn Roots
- The Sights and Sounds of the Olympics
- Home Economics: Will Rising Food Prices Ruin the Recovery?
- Back to School: Check Out These Great iPad Edutainment Apps
- Understanding a New Global Economy
- The Morning After: Honey Boo Boo Don’t Care
- Buckeye Value(s)
- Trying to Make Sense of the Senseless…
- Explore a New Career With an Informational Interview
- Morning Must Reads: Fresh
- Egypt’s Morsy Walks a Political Minefield in Sinai Crisis
- The Psychology of Heroism: Why Some People Leap in Front of Bullets
- My Very Own Democratic Platform
- 2 Days in New York: At Least It Wasn’t a Week
- Olympic Beauty Statements: Bold, Beautiful and Downright Bizarre
- Why Stressed-Out Men Prefer Heavier Women
- “Rent-Seeking”
- Yes, More Solyndras for Clean Energy
- The U.S. Women’s Team Is Golden Again in Soccer
- Going Boss-Free: Utopia or ‘Lord of the Flies’?
- @ThisIsVT Bravely Takes Vermont Where Only @Sweden Has Gone Before
- Separated and Unequal
- The Boy Scouts of America Has It Backwards
- Reading While Eating for August 9: The Letter “B”
- Olympic Women’s Boxing Has Its First Champions, and a Generation of Girls Have New Role Models
- The Life of Ryan
- Despite Recent Spike, Gas Prices Are Supposed to Drop Again Soon
- Dodge Steers Out of NASCAR After Lost Partnership
- The Olympic Houses: Bringing the Games to Life
- Why It’s Time for Central Bankers to Say: ‘No More!’
- Auto Screen Overload: Is There Too Much Tech in Cars?
- 5 Questions for Michael Bloomberg and Michael Brune
- Olympic Volunteers Are Earning The “Games Makers” Title
- Pay with Square at Starbucks: The Biggest Moment Yet for Mobile-Phone Wallets
- Shark-Attack Survivors Band Together to Save Sharks
- Murder Trial Puts Spotlight on China’s Political System
- Is Your Elderly Parent Moving In? It Might Cost You
- A Meat Lover Says Yes to Meatless Monday
- Kitty Cams Reveal House Cats to Be Rapacious Killing Machines
- No Retreat, Baby No Surrender
- State of War: Syria’s Crusader Castles and Medieval Fortresses
- All Hail King Harry: Potter Series Named Best Young Adult Novels
- The Wisconsin Tragedy: What the Gunman’s Neighbor Saw
- Campi Flegrei: The Massive Italian Volcano that Will Kill Us All (Or Not)
- Does Not Having a Facebook Page Make You ‘Suspicious’ to Employers?
- Good News: American Kids’ Cholesterol Levels Are Down
- Scientists Hear a Star’s ‘Screams’ As It’s Devoured By Blackhole
- Director Tony Gilroy on the ‘Epic’ Bourne Legacy
- Married & Counting: One Gay Couple, Seven Weddings
- Wednesday’s Political Ledes
- 5 Reasons Why This 9-Year-Old is the Best Kid in Detroit
- -- The number of athletes from Cameroon who have gone missing from the London Olympics, fueling suspicion that they may try to claim asylum.
- The Username/Password System Is Broken: Here Are Some Ideas for Fixing It
- TV Tonight: Go On
- U.S. Beach Volleyball Team of May-Treanor and Walsh Win Record Third Consecutive Gold
- Silly Jingles, Shilling Stars: 10 More Embarrassing Celebrity Commercials
- Reality or “Reality”?: Should NBC’s Olympics Coverage Be More Straightforward?
- The Killer…of a Military Suicide Victim
- Colo. Health Officials to Thief: Don’t Open That Box
- Fast-Food Chains Want You to Eat More than the Usual Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
- Must-Reads from Around the World, August 8, 2012
- Give the BBC a Gold Medal: A Love Letter to Britain’s Olympic Broadcaster
- Wendy’s Introduces Lobster and Caviar Burgers
- The Boy From Troy: Documenting Disabilities
- Bernanke: Kids Will be Better Off Than Parents, But…
- #NBCFail? Not Quite. Prime Time Olympics Coverage is Surprising Success for Network
- Campus Scandals and College Admissions: What Applicants Should Know
- The Long Hello or Goodbye? Star Wars: The Old Republic Goes Free-to-Play
- PolitiFact, Harry Reid’s Pants, and the Limits of Fact-Checking
- Is Your Leadership Showing?
- How Getting Mean Got Allyson Felix Gold
- Is This Chinese Sitcom Stealing Its Jokes from Friends?
- ‘Obesity Paradox’: Why Being Thin with Diabetes Is a Dangerous Combo
- Gibbs on the Super PAC Ad
- Do You Know How to Keep Your Kid Safe in the Car?
- How Not to Sabotage Yourself at Work
- Listen: The Best Runners’ Playlists on TIME’s Spotify
- Reading While Eating for August 8: The Blues and Ol’ Blue Eyes
- Today’s Movie Trailer: Clint Eastwood in Trouble With the Curve
- It Ain’t All Snow: Swiss Cities Have Some of the Highest Cocaine Use in Europe
- Why the Market Loves LinkedIn — and Hates Facebook
- High Frequency Trading: Wall Street’s Doomsday Machine?
- A Visit to Sprint’s Phone Testing Labs
- Ken Segall on Apple: The Video
- WATCH: Jeremy Lin Consoles Devastated 5-Year-Old Knicks Fan
- 20 Ways to Make Breast-Feeding Easier
- The Morning Routines of High Achievers
- AirSea Battle: The Military-Industrial Complex’s Self-Serving Fantasy
- Why the Obama Super PAC Ad Is Different
- What American Towns Have the Most Unfortunate Names?
- -- Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera, a lesbian activist, speaking to a cheering crowd in the Ugandan city of Entebbe, where L.G.B.T. activists staged the country’s first Pride Parade.
- The Boy from Troy
- What’s Riding on a Pony Tail? At the Olympics, A Lot
- Possible Da Vinci Painting Found in Scotland
- Military Extremists: Nothing to Bragg About
- Reveal Your Intentions to Build Trust
- Out of Syria: An Expelled Italian Priest Calls for Peace and Reconciliation
- Wednesday Words: Obamaloney, NASA Lingo and More
- Spot On
- Inside the Hoarder’s Brain: A Unique Problem with Decision-Making
- Virgin America’s New Uniforms: A 75-Year History of Fashion In Flight
- Shannon Eastin Set To Become First Female Referee In NFL History
- Everything’s Bigger In Texas, Especially This $60 Million High School Football Stadium
- Romney Tuesday Message
- Should You Outsource Your Payroll?
- Mobile Gift Cards: Major Push On for the ‘Cooler’ Gift Card
- An Easy Way to Get Enough Exercise: Take a Walk
- We Tried This: The Urban Rebounding Workout
- Morning Must Reads: Pretend
- 3 Downsides to Back-to-School Sales Tax Holidays
- The Strange but Beautiful Art of Synchronized Swimming
- Climate Change Equals Hot Summers. Case Closed.
- Remembering Robert Hughes, Author and Art Critic
- Flying First Class
- NFL, MLB Say They Aren’t Considering Ads on Uniforms
- Man Accuses Prison of Violating His 13th Amendment Rights (You Know, The One That Banned Slavery)
- -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, speaking to the Association of Defense Communities Monday in Monterey, Calif. Has anyone told the SecDef there's a problem with suicide – primarily by firearms – in the U.S. military?
- Reading While Eating for Aug. 7: Beatles and Bookworms
- Inside Google’s New York City Office: Why Your Workplace Stinks
- Social Security Now Takes More Than it Gives
- The Ultimate Cute Kitty Video: A Cat Kaleidoscope Eases a Girl’s Cancer Ordeal
- The Art of Being Critical: Robert Hughes (1938–2012)
- Jared Lee Loughner Pleads Guilty in Arizona Shooting Rampage, Faces Several Life Sentences
- Probably? -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, speaking Monday to the Association of Defense Communities in his hometown of Monterey, Calif. (“I deeply appreciate this invitation because it gives me a chance to get the hell out of Washington and come to Monterey.”)
- Hope Springs: Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones are In Treatment
- Must-Reads from Around the World, August 7, 2012
- WATCH: Curiosity Rover’s Harrowing Descent onto the Surface of Mars
- Viewpoint: The Women’s Soccer Game That Broke This Canadian’s Heart
- ‘You Just Got Robbed’: Thieves Make Up Fake Reality Show to Hold Up Pizzeria
- 9 Spy Secrets Jason Bourne Could Teach Legacy‘s Aaron Cross
- Today’s (Reworked) Movie Trailer: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- Military Photos: A Week Inside the Armed Forces, July 30 – Aug. 5
- After the Bloodbath: Oak Creek Comes Together to Mourn
- Raisman Takes Gold (and Bronze) as U.S. Women Gymnasts End Games on a High Note
- 9 Reasons Why This Economy Feels So Bad
- Dancing Around the Death Penalty
- SCRIPT: Priorities USA Action Ad, “Understands”
- Nobody Did It Better: Memories of Marvin Hamlisch, 1944-2012
- The CIA and ISI: Are Pakistan and the U.S.’s Spy Agencies Starting to Get Along?
- Pumping Iron Can Cut Your Diabetes Risk
- Slice of History: First Pizza Museum to Open in Philadelphia
- 11 Great Bands You Don’t Know (But Should)
- Remembering Judith Crist, Savage Critic and Inspirational Mentor: One Student’s Appreciation
- Of Carriers, and Cakes
- Is the Military Racist?
- Is the Military Racist?
- How MIT Students Won $8 Million in the Massachusetts Lottery
- Firing for Effect 2.0
- Lolo Jones Finishes Fourth In The Olympics. So Did She Deserve To Be Heard?
- Isn’t It Time for a PlayStation Vita Price Cut?
- Manila Floods, Displacing Tens of Thousands
- If You Need a Reason to Get Excited About Technology Again, This Is It
- Ireland’s Best Hope for Gold: Boxer Katie Taylor Punches Her Way into Women’s Semifinal
- SCRIPT: Romney for President Ad, “Right Choice”
- The Secret Life of a Saudi Women’s Soccer Team
- Poll: Does Tech Help or Hurt Workplace Productivity?
- Hong Kong’s Plastic-Pellet Problem: Its Beaches Are Littered with Millions of Them
- ‘Home of the Whopper’ Looks a Lot Like Its Neighbors
- Afghanistan Sacks Its Security Chiefs: How Will That Affect U.S. Forces?
- The Phony Battle over the Self-Made Man
- Attention All History Buffs: You Can Own the Town Where Custer Had His Last Stand
- Persian Gulf Party Time!
- The Olympic Houses: Bringing the Games to Life
- How Chemotherapy May Trigger Tumors’ Resistance
- The Morning After: NBC Shoots, Scores With Live Soccer
- Differentiation: A Surprising Story of Sameness
- Do Facebook Ads Work?
- Midwest’s Wacky Gas Prices: Up 14¢ Per Gallon One Day, Down 25¢ on Another
- Erin Trieb’s Homecoming Project: Capturing War Through Veteran Tales
- London in Full Bloom: Wildflowers Are Breakout Stars at Olympic Park
- Mother Is Best? Why ‘Intensive Parenting’ Makes Moms More Depressed
- Stanching Syria’s Bleeding: Inside a Rebel Triage Unit
- Why Anna Hazare, Scourge of India’s Politicians, May Join Their Ranks
- Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Takes a Stab at Tablet Multitasking
- Military Psychiatrists at War: True Life and Death Decisions
- Can Telling the Truth Make You Healthier?
- Martian Vistas: A Look at Curiosity Rover’s New Home
- The New Suze Orman? Rapper Slim Thug Writes a Personal Finance Book
- Japan’s Women Reach Soccer Final, Aiming to Add Olympic Gold to World Cup Title
- Sikh Temple Shooter Identified, Had Ties to White-Supremacist Movement
- Must-Reads from Around the World, August 6, 2012
- Mock the Vote
- Hiroshima…
- Report: Why 40% of Donated Medical Equipment Goes Unused in Poor Countries
- New Study: U.S. Military Suicide Rate Now Likely Double or Triple Civil War’s
- Sinai Border Attack: What’s Behind the Unrest in Egypt’s Rogue Province
- Timeline: A History of Violence against Sikhs in the Wake of 9/11
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