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- It’s About to Get Easier to Unlock Your Phone
- Lie of the Year: Obama Quote on Keeping Your Healthcare
- Offspring of Disney Cartoon Villains to Get Live-Action TV Movie
- India’s Gay-Rights Movement Rises Up After Supreme Court Criminalizes Homosexuality
- Interpreter at Mandela Event: ‘I Was Hallucinating’
- Pilots Need Special Qualification to Land in Beijing Due to Smog
- Twitter Reverses Controversial ‘Block’ Function Change
- Instagram’s New Feature Might as Well Be Called ‘Direct Sext’
- Judd Apatow Goes on Golden Globes Twitter Rant
- Baseball is About to Get Even More Boring
- Democratic Divide on Social Security Spills Into Streets
- Late-Night Highlight: Susan Sarandon is One Poised Pothead
- N3twork Is a #Hashtag-centric ‘Internet of Interests’ for iPhone and iPad
- Watch Steve Carell Interrupt A British Weather Forecast
- Aereo Open to Supreme Court Bout With Broadcasters
- Senator Will Fast To Support Immigration Reform
- Today’s Movie Trailer: Edge of Tomorrow
- Stock Market Slumps for Third Day in a Row; Dow Falls Triple Digits
- Science Confirms James Bond Is an Alcoholic
- Artist Creates 88 Mind-Bending Versions of a Hotel
- Top U.S.-Backed Rebel Commander Flees Syria
- Scientology Officially a Religion, According to U.K. Supreme Court
- A Parental Plea: Don’t Make Me See “Smaug”!
- The Unlikely Secret to a Happy Retirement
- What If the Next PlayStation and Xbox Arrived in Two or Three Years Instead of Seven or Eight?
- 10 Greatest Christmas TV Specials From Your Childhood
- Understanding Schizophrenia: Fake Signer at Mandela Memorial Claims Mental Illness
- E.U. Official: Ukraine’s President ‘Intends’ to Sign Trade Deal
- Mexican Congress Votes to Open Oil Industry to Private Companies
- Fleksy Sort of Becomes a Third-Party iPhone Keyboard
- Feds Shut 52 Unsafe Bus Companies
- Film Taking Aim at Saudi Monarchy Opens in Syria
- Joel Stein: The Year of Not Trying Too Hard
- Wis. Man Gets 145 Years for Child Sex Assaults
- Government Glitch Gives Google Gas
- GTA: San Andreas Is Now Available for iOS — Other Platforms Coming Soon
- Q&A: America, Meet Your First Ganjapreneur Turned Mayor
- Should We Say Goodbye to the Stream?
- Rights Group: Nigeria Ignores Sectarian Violence
- Chromecast Revisited
- NextDraft: Welcome to Gun Country and Other Fascinating News on the Web
- Watch Grumpy Cat Hate on Christmas in New Music Video
- Meet America’s New Corporate Villain, Silicon Valley
- Brazil’s World Cup Raises Fear of Rampant Child Prostitution
- Bob Barker Does Something New For His Return to The Price Is Right
- Let There Be Light! Lasers May Make Your Flu Vaccine More Effective
- Spain Rejects Call for Catalonia Independence Vote
- SNL Is Finally Adding a Black Woman to Its Cast
- More Obamacare Deadlines Extended
- Drug-Resistant TB a ‘Ticking Bomb,’ Warns WHO
- Psy Tops Miley for Most-Watched Music Video of 2013
- Ted Cruz's 2013 — in Three Minutes
- Ted Cruz, The Barn Burner
- Detroit’s Water Drains Away From Ravaged Pipes
- DiGiorno Drops Dairy Supplier Over Cow Abuse
- A Escolha: O Papa Francisco é a Personalidade do Ano eleita pela TIME em 2013
- The 10 Absolute Worst Buzzwords to Put on a Resume
- Hospice Care Offered to Ill Pets, Grieving Owners
- Yes, People Still Want to Go to Disneyland
- Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Bundle Up Against Storm
- Harlem Gets Wired: Free Public Wi-Fi to Launch Early Next Year
- China Chides Comparisons Between Nobel Laureates Nelson Mandela and Liu Xiaobo
- Vatican: Pope Francis Named Person of the Year Is No ‘Surprise’
- Person of the Year 2013 Shortlist: Bashar Assad
- This Cafe Will Make You Pay More for Being Rude
- U.S. Public—and Taliban—See Eye-to-Eye on Shrinking U.S. Global Role
- This Is the Only Christmas Song You Really Need to Listen to This Holiday Season
- Questlove Is the Coolest Person of 2013
- ‘Well-Dressed Grandmas’ Stole 100 Cookies Meant For A Christmas Cookie Contest
- The Documentary Blackfish Is Still Creating Waves at SeaWorld
- Pivotal Senator Backs Out of Iran Sanctions Push
- Hewlett-Packard Is Not the Lost Cause Everybody Thinks It Is
- Delta CEO: Fliers Will Pay for Higher Security Fee
- WHO Reports Success in Malaria Efforts, Despite Less Funding
- 2013: An Amazing Year of Déjà Vu
- Bangladesh Halts Execution of Opposition Leader
- Person of the Year 2013: Why TIME Chose Pope Francis
- 2 Years and 900 Pages Later, the Volcker Rule Gets the Green Light
- Mike Tyson Banned From U.K. For Rape Conviction
- Snapchat Snaps Up $50 Million in New Funding
- These Are the 50 Best Places to Work for 2014
- Stocks Fall as Investors Fret Over Fed Stimulus Ending
- ‘She Was My Mandela’ — Famous Syrian Activist Gets Abducted
- South Korea Court: Apple Didn’t Violate Samsung Patents
- Hey 300 Steam Machine Beta Winners, Valve’s Shipping Your Systems on Friday
- What Wall Street Can Do to Avoid Overregulation
- A Moment Like This: Kelly Clarkson Shares a Very Awkward Family Christmas Photo
- Online Game Addiction Law Divides South Korea
- Bashar Assad, The Lethal Tyrant
- Elian Gonzalez Criticizes U.S. Embargo of Cuba
- Suit: Marine’s Body Sent Home to Pa. Without Heart
- Having a Negative Daily Horoscope Makes You More Likely to YOLO
- Slovenia Says No Need for E.U. Bailout
- When It Comes to Flu Shots, the More Influenza Strains, the Better
- Where Are the Women of the Year?
- Watch: Britney Spears’ New ‘Perfume’ Music Video
- Pope Francis, The People’s Pope
- Prosecutors Won’t Charge Zimmerman in Domestic Abuse
- International Space Station Suffers Mechanical Failure
- Health Care Enrollment Picks Up Steam As Troubled Website Recovers
- When Taking On More Debt Is a (Very) Good Thing
- Pope Francis: Person of the Year 2013
- Turns Out Michelle Obama Loves Selfies, Too
- Police Searching For Thief Who Stole Truck with $120K of Candy Bars Should Really Check Dentist’s Office
- U.S. Charity Revealed as Anonymous Hopi Bidder
- Even With Metastatic Breast Cancer, Some Patients Should Say No to Surgery and Radiation
- 2013 Person of the Year: Pope Francis Reimagines the Papacy
- Person of the Year 2013 Shortlist: Edith Windsor
- 30-Second Tech Trick: How to Unlock Android with Your Face
- Major League Baseball Set to Ban Home Plate Collisions
- Senate Aide Arrested For Possessing Child Pornography
- Pilot In Asiana Crash Was Worried About Automated System
- SUV Plows Into Starbucks, Injures 8
- Man Allegedly Killed Both Wife with Dementia and Sister in Vegetative State
- 2013 Person of the Year: Pope Francis Reimagines the Papacy
- 13 Holiday Gifts for People Who Spend Way Too Much Time on the Internet
- NextDraft: The Power of Google Maps and Other Fascinating News on the Web
- Lockheed Martin Supports Mars Colonization
- A Microsoft Android Phone: Unthinkable, but Maybe Not Impossible
- 15 Minutes of Fame
- U.S. Considering Sanctions on Ukraine
- NSA Borrows an Advertiser Trick to Track Hacking Targets
- Burglars Break into Desmond Tutu’s Home During Mandela Memorial
- The Case Against Wild, Last-Minute Holiday Shopping Sprees
- The Decider
- Damien Hirst Art Works Stolen From A London Gallery
- President Obama Gets Into the Christmas Spirit By Singing Jingle Bells
- Man Alleging Police Torture Released From Prison
- The Biggest Problem With Being CEO
- Mourning Madiba: South Africans Say Goodbye to Nelson Mandela
- Downton Abbey Butler Plays Christmas-Cancelling Santa In This Scary Greenpeace Video
- Late-Night Highlight: Tom Hanks Surprises Audience Member With Christmas Card
- The Most Watched Ad on YouTube This Year is Absolutely Terrifying
- Report: Younger Women Nearing Pay Equality With Men
- Shhhhh! Americans Don’t Want Phone Calls On Planes
- TIME's 2013 Person of the Year: Pope Francis
- Sign-Language Interpreter at Mandela’s Memorial Used ‘Made-Up Signs’
- Meet NASA’s ‘Superhero’ Valkyrie Robot
- Pope Francis, The Choice
- Gunmen Kill Libya Port Official, School Attacked
- So Much for GOP Unity in 2014
- Spotify Is Now Free on Tablets — and Sort of Free on Smartphones
- Prancercise Through The Year in YouTube with Screaming Goats
- FDA to Farmers: No More Antibiotics to Fatten Up Livestock
- If Apple Made a Laptop Desk, It Would Probably Look Like This
- Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer Reveals His Biggest Regret
- NTSB to Review Asiana Crash at Hearing Wednesday
- Sebelius Says Americans Should ‘Come Back’ To HealthCare.gov
- 30-Second Tech Trick: Unlock Android with Your Face
- Foreign Correspondents in China Do Not Censor Themselves to Get Visas
- Morning Must Reads: December 11
- Sebelius Asks for Investigation of Flawed Website
- Sebelius Seeks Probe of Flawed Health Care Rollout
- Ukraine Riot Police Withdraw From Protest Camp
- People Are Freaking Out About $8-a-Gallon Milk
- Google Sheets Is Finally a Serious Spreadsheet
- LeAnn Rimes Stuns At American Country Awards With Emotional Patsy Cline Tribute
- EL ELEGIDO: El Papa Francisco es la Persona del Año 2013 de TIME
- The Mandela-Memorial Coverage Just Got Even Dumber
- ‘Utah Is Weird:’ What the World Really Thinks of Every State
- Do, Re, Mi, Fa-get the Piano Lessons: Music May Not Make You Smarter
- NSA Uses Cookies to Pinpoint Hacking Targets
- Edith Windsor, The Unlikely Activist
- Budget Deal Is a Tipping Point for the US Economic Recovery
- World’s Ugliest Lamborghini On Sale for $3.25 Million
- Nairobi Mall Terrorists May Have Escaped
- Family of Six Rescued After Two Days in Subzero Temperatures in Nevada Wilderness
- U.S. and U.K. Cut Military Aid to Syria Rebels
- Person of the Year 2013 Shortlist: Edward Snowden
- Weinsteins Sue Warner Bros. Over ‘Hobbit’ Profits
- So Long, Free SugarSync
- Bubonic Plague Kills 20 in Madagascar
- Access to Basic Banking Is a Crisis for 40 Million Americans
- Behind the Person of the Year Cover
- Social Reactions to TIME’s Person of the Year
- Having Trouble Updating Your Xbox One? Me Too.
- Mandela’s Body Arrives for Viewing in South Africa
- New York Prosecutor Slams Cell Carriers for Rejecting Antitheft Switch
- Alan Alda’s Science Contest Asks: What is Color?
- New Greenhouse Gas 7,000 Times More Harmful Than Co2
- 12 Journalists Killed in the Philippines This Year, Says Human Rights Watch
- Spotify Offers Free Music on Mobile Devices
- Xbox One Tops Two Million Units Sold in First 18 Days
- Photographing Pope Francis, TIME’s Person of the Year in 2013
- Ex-Phoenix Officer Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter
- Working Parents in High-Powered Jobs—One Spouse Must Make Career Sacrifices
- The Downton Abbey Tea Truck: TIME’s Taste Test
- ‘Twerk’ Is Officially the Word You Want Banished in 2014
- Edward Snowden, The Dark Prophet
- Watch Kanye West Kick a Fan Out of His Show for Questioning His Scary Mask
- Edie and Thea: A Love Story
- No One Understands How Awkward You Feel at Parties Better Than This Dog
- U.S. Suspends Non-Lethal Aid to Northern Syria
- The Elder Scrolls Online Debuts in April on PC and Mac, PS4 and Xbox One in June
- Gulf Nations to Create Joint Military Command
- The Budget Deal Is Going to Jack Up Your Airfare
- ‘Same Old’ Burma Releases Political Prisoners Before Sports Event
- NY Mayor-Elect de Blasio to Live in Gracie Mansion
- Hunger Is Rising Across U.S., Say City Leaders
- Jerry, Hello! Now You Can Watch Seinfeld on Apple TV
- You Don’t Know Bernie: 5 Madoff Surprises 5 Years Later
- SAG Nominations: The Shoo-Ins, Surprises and Snubs
- High Court Clears Way for Execution of Mo. Inmate
- Man of Snow: How to Reboot Santa for Today’s Audiences
- Taliban Suicide Attack on German Forces Claims No Lives
- Senate Pulls All Nighter on Post-Nuclear Nominations
- Endless Love: Inside the Photo Albums of Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer
- Is Being Gay Protected Inside Sochi’s New Olympics Protest Zones?
- Homosexuality is Criminal Again as India’s Top Court Reinstates Ban
- Birds and Dinosaurs: Their Strangest Feature
- Man Who Refused Ride to People is Charged in Death
- Muhammed Muheisen: TIME Picks the Best Wire Photographer of 2013
- The Return of the Windows Start Menu: Good for Us, Good for Microsoft
- 11 Ways To Burn Calories With Holiday Cheer
- Men’s Fertility Should Be Scrutinized Too
- Here Are Lululemon’s Ex-Chairman’s Most Offensive Statements
- Things Obama’s New Advisor Doesn’t Like About the White House, Washington and the World
- New Sign That Mars May Have Supported Life
- China to Local Officials: Curb Debt or Face Demotion!
- Dear Beauty Brands: Stop Using Feminism as Your Marketing Strategy
- Mexican Officials Arrest Suspects Behind Radioactive Robbery
- What It’s Really Like to Be a Santa Claus for Hire
- Sound of Music Actress Eleanor Parker Dies
- Morning Must Reads: December 10
- 2013 TV in Review: The Rise of Craft-Brewed Television
- WATCH: The New ‘Godzilla’ Trailer Is Here
- What Is The Volcker Rule?
- Study: Viagra May Relieve Women’s Cramps
- GM’s New Boss Is a Woman, but the CEO Gender Gap Is Still Gaping
- You’ll Never Be as Awesome as This Christmas Tree-Delivering Helicopter Pilot
- The Ron Burgundy Effect: Will Ferrell’s Mustache Moves Units
- 4 Microconsoles that Offer Cheap Gaming Alternatives
- Mormon Church Explains Why It Used to Ban Black Priests
- Georgia National Guard Allows Military IDs For Same-Sex Spouses
- South Africans Celebrate First Black President, but Boo the Current One
- Mandela’s Memorial: Dozens of World Leaders Descend on Johannesburg’s Soccer City
- How Thailand’s Meddlesome Military Got Tired of Meddling
- 9 Shows (And Their Stars) That Should Be NBC’s Next ‘Sound of Music Live’
- Meet the Robot Telemarketer Who Denies She’s A Robot
- Volcker Rule Is a Puzzle That Will Take Years to Understand
- The Year in Quotes
- Norway Asks Sweden To Rent Vacant Prisons
- HIV Patients Asked to Pay More Under Obamacare
- Justin Bieber Arrives in the Philippines to Bolster Haiyan Relief Work
- JPMorgan May Create a Virtual Currency That Rivals Bitcoin
- Kerry Defends Iran Deal Before House Foreign Affairs Committee
- White House Touting Mental Health Funding After Sandy Hook School Shooting
- In Defense of Mandela’s Defense of Tyrants
- Sadly, the PC Industry Doesn’t Deserve a Place as Nice as the Microsoft Store
- The Most Overpaid Star in Hollywood Is…
- Witness: Madoff Cried When He Admitted to Ponzi Scheme
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