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Operation Swill: New Jersey's top-shelf liquor scam

The Garden State's liquor regulator just busted 29 bars and restaurants for passing off hooch — or worse — as high-end booze

 

Boy Scouts ends ban on gay scouts, but not gay leaders: Good enough?

The Boy Scouts of America got muted cheers from gay-rights supporters for changing part of its controversial, longtime policy

 

Why an I-5 bridge in Washington state collapsed

A heavily traveled freeway bridge over the Skagit River, north of Seattle, was old and "functionally obsolete"

 

How a Ghost Army of American artists helped defeat Hitler

A new documentary shines a light on an audacious WWII regiment of actors, painters, and other illusion-spinners

 

Did IRS official Lois Lerner waive her right to silence?

Republicans claim that the embattled IRS manager lost her Fifth Amendment rights by denying wrongdoing

 

WATCH: Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly spar over the Obama scandals

Stewart and his best frenemy talk the IRS, Obama's crackdown on a Fox News reporter, and racial profiling

 

Why Portland refuses to fluoridate its drinking water

For the fourth time since 1956, Oregon's biggest city just refused to add the anti-cavity compound to its famously clean tap water

 

Did Virginia Republicans just throw the 2013 governor's race?

A few thousand GOP activists pick controversial preacher E.W. Jackson to run alongside Ken Cuccinelli

 

WATCH: Stephen Colbert talks up the health benefits of marijuana

The honorary Dr. Colbert discusses the healing power of the sun, and the slimming magic of pot

 

Will Hillary Clinton's staff defections hurt her in 2016?

At least four of the top staffers from the Democrat's last presidential campaign won't re-up in 2016

 

Oklahoma City's ferocious tornado: What you should know

A massive tornado kills dozens of people in Moore — the second deadly tornado to ravage the Oklahoma City suburb in 15 years

 

WATCH: Jon Stewart hates everyone in Washington now

Looking at the White House, Congress, and the press, Stewart laments, "Can anyone do their job in that town?"

 

Will Hezbollah tip Syria's civil war to Assad?

The Lebanon-based Shiite militant group is getting very involved in the battle for a strategically valuable city in Homs province

 

Did the IRS break the law by targeting Tea Partiers?

Republicans are demanding jail time for IRS officials, while the IRS chief says no laws were broken

 

WATCH: Stefon's touching last hurrah on Saturday Night Live

Bill Hader and Seth Meyers throw a heartfelt farewell party for the beloved SNL character, and Fred Armisen gets his own big send-off

 
 

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