Short sales: The answer to America's housing crisis?
February 8, 2012, at 1:40 PMTo sidestep the painful and expensive foreclosure process, lenders begin offering delinquent borrowers cash to sell their homes for less than they owe
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An L.A. school's sex-abuse scandal: The extreme fallout
February 8, 2012, at 1:32 PMThe entire staff at a low-income, heavily Latino grade school is replaced so investigators can dig into deeply unsettling accusations
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Petty controversy: The Oscars diss singing Muppets
February 8, 2012, at 11:44 AMAcademy Awards producers outrage Kermit lovers with a proposal to shorten the telecast by scrapping Best Original Song performances
Obama's birth control mandate: 4 ways it helps his campaign
February 8, 2012, at 11:24 AMThe Right is accusing the president of trampling religious liberty. But Democratic voters may not see it that way
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Is the Prop 8 ruling merely 'a limited win' for gay marriage?
February 8, 2012, at 10:23 AMA federal appeals court strikes down California's gay-marriage ban — but the ruling is so narrow, it might not have much effect outside the Sunshine State
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Only in America
February 8, 2012, at 9:50 AMA 6-year-old boy is accused of "sexual assault" for roughhousing with his best friend — and more in our collection of strange revelations about the nation
Tuesday's 'stunning' Santorum sweep: 6 takeaways
February 8, 2012, at 9:40 AM
Just when Mitt Romney was getting comfortable, Rick Santorum shocks the political world with wins in Colorado, Minnesota, and Missouri
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10 things you need to know today: February 8, 2012
February 8, 2012, at 8:30 AMA super-quick roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion
The 10 most expensive artworks ever sold
February 8, 2012, at 7:00 AMPaul Cezanne's "Card Players" may be on top now, but other venerable works blazed this increasingly pricey path before it
The world's first 3D-printed prosthetic jaw
February 8, 2012, at 6:15 AMA breakthrough transplant gave an 83-year-old the ability to eat and speak again after a chronic bone infection ate away at her lower jaw
The latest tweets about the GOP presidential contest
February 7, 2012, at 6:07 PMReal-time, unfiltered commentary from around the world
Can America's relationship with Egypt be saved?
February 7, 2012, at 5:55 PMEgypt's refusal to back down from its decision to arrest 19 Americans deepens a worrying rift between the longtime allies
5 CommentsProp 8 overturned: A guide to the landmark gay marriage decision
February 7, 2012, at 5:45 PM
A federal court rules that California's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, potentially clearing the way for the case to be heard by the Supreme Court
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How much do we love our cured meats? A whole lot, judging by our consumption of bacon-flavored alcohol, toothpaste, and, now, milkshakes
A Madagascar hissing cockroach named after your valentine — and more in our collection of bizarrely elite consumer products
Should the Plan B emergency contraceptive pill be sold in vending machines?
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- The Romney revolt: Has the GOP base turned on him?
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- The problem with outsourcing the military
Dana Liebelson
The problem with outsourcing the military
U.S. defense contracting is a mess of lax oversight, poor accountability, thin competition, conflicts of interest, and sometimes, grave misconduct
Edward Morrissey
Obama's boneheaded health-care fight with Catholics
The president desperately needs to woo Catholic voters in key swing states. So why on Earth is he picking a culture-war fight with them?
Daniel Larison
The brewing proxy war in Syria
As Western governments clamor for Bashar al-Assad's ouster, they roar toward a dangerous conflict with Syria's Russian and Iranian patrons
Robert Shrum
Nominating Mitt Malaprop
Romney has the GOP nomination wrapped up — but his serial verbal miscues will haunt him in November
Paul Brandus
Obama's 5 biggest mistakes
The president's Republican opponents will surely spend 2012 hammering away at his failures. So what exactly are they?
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