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Tech
Is this really your new "all-on-one entertainment system"?

Is the Xbox One the smart TV we've all been waiting for?

Several tech critics are skeptical

 
The Cloakroom
Taegan Goddard

The White House has a public relations mess on its hands

The administration's spokesmen are causing even more problems than Republicans

 
Politics
"I hope I get a second chance to work for you."

WATCH: Anthony Weiner announces New York mayoral run in new video

The disgraced former congressman appears with his wife and admits to making "big mistakes"

 
Politics

How the White House's war on media backfired

White House Correspondents Association President Ed Henry and President Obama at the annual gala on April 27.

The DoJ's journalist-snooping controversy is the one scandal that will cause the media to report aggressively on all the others

 
Entertainment
General Zod

WATCH: Zod attacks Earth in the final Man of Steel trailer

Superman takes a backseat to the villainous General Zod in this creepy trailer for next month's super-powered reboot

 
Politics
Obama's budget deficits may be shrinking, but the debt continues to rise.

America's exploding debt still poses a lethal threat

Liberals are delighted over new projections showing reduced deficits. This glee is incredibly shortsighted.

 
Lifestyle
Tony Kaye, director of American History X, was so dissatisfied with the film he that demanded Humpty Dumpty be credited as the director.

5 geniuses who denounced their work

It's tough being brilliant. It's even tougher when you hate your own masterpieces

 
Language

A linguistic dissection of 7 annoying teenage sounds

"Auuggghhh, get out of my room!"

Voiced alveolar stop and breathy-voiced low back unrounded vowel — better known as duhhh

 
World
"I don't have this burning, overriding desire to go out and run for office," said Anthony Weiner in April.

10 things you need to know today: May 22, 2013

A Senate committee approves immigration reform, Anthony Weiner launches his political comeback bid, and more

 
U.S.
President Nixon meets Russian President Leonid Brezhnev in Moscow on May 31, 1972. 

Today in history: May 22

In 1972, President Nixon arrived in Moscow, becoming the first sitting president to visit the Soviet capital

 
Politics
E.W. Jackson delivers his acceptance speech for the GOP nomination for Lt. Gov. in Richmond, Va. on May 18.

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

 
Health
Stephen Colbert takes the high road

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

 
Lifestyle

What I learned from the Sandy Hook moms

Mothers from Rye, N.Y., and Sandy Hook, Conn., pose for a group shot.

In the face of anything, we have the opportunity to choose love

 
Tech
The Xbox One is being billed as an "all-in-one" entertainment system.

How Microsoft is trying to reinvent the gaming console

Yes, the Xbox One will play games. But it will also let you Skype and surf the web at the same time

 
Politics
Speaker John Boehner is reportedly obsessed with Benghazi.

Is the GOP blinded by Obama hatred?

Republicans continue to hammer away at the president — perhaps to their own detriment

 
The Compass
Marc Ambinder

Did the world almost end in 1983?

Here's another extraordinary document release from Nate Jones of the National Security Archive at George...  More»

 
Lifestyle

Confessions of a trust-fund baby

Growing up wealthy is a double-edged sword.

Every month, money drops into my checking account. It's a solid middle class salary, untaxed, and it's contingent on nothing

 
The Compass
Marc Ambinder

Howard Stern is the best celebrity interviewer

Howard Stern has hosted a TV show or two, and I'm sure that several major networks have pitched him other...  More»

 
Entertainment
If not Seth, then who?

The daily gossip: Seth MacFarlane definitely won't be hosting the Oscars next year, and more

5 top pieces of celebrity gossip — from your big chance to buy Luke Skywalker's pants to ABC's inevitable celebrity karaoke show

 
U.S.
The deadly tornado that tore through Moore, Okla., has left behind a daunting recovery effort.

The massive response effort to Oklahoma's devastating tornado

Dozens of agencies at the state and federal level are working in tandem with numerous nonprofits to clean the rubble and aid survivors

 
 

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