The Amazing Spider-Man's new trailer: 4 talking points
February 7, 2012, at 4:11 PMAn eagerly anticipated reboot features a brooding Spidey played by British star Andrew Garfield. How does he compare to Tobey Maguire?
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Are French moms better than Americans?
February 7, 2012, at 3:21 PMApparently, tiger moms aren't the only ones who are superior. Writer Pamela Druckerman insists French mothers raise better behaved youngsters, too
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Good day, bad day: February 7, 2012
February 7, 2012, at 3:18 PMHealthy shopping gets easier for Walmart patrons, while chagrined men learn that women are better at parking — and more winners and losers of today's news cycle
Is The River 'the scariest TV show ever'?
February 7, 2012, at 2:28 PMThe director of Paranormal Activity and Steven Spielberg partner to drum up screams — and ratings — with ABC's spooky new drama
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Obama's super PAC flip-flop: 'Hypocrisy or necessity'?
February 7, 2012, at 1:31 PMFaced with a potentially massive financial disadvantage, the president reluctantly embraces the same super PACs he once called a "threat to democracy"
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The Samsung Galaxy Note: Tiny tablet or giant smartphone?
February 7, 2012, at 12:51 PMA grandiose Super Bowl ad introduces America to a rather cumbersome new gadget — and its much-mocked stylus pen
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Ousting Syria's Assad: Whose responsibility is it?
February 7, 2012, at 12:14 PMMany world leaders agree that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has to go. But no one is eagerly volunteering to sweep him aside
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For those who have everything
February 7, 2012, at 11:41 AMRaspberry-scented scratch-and-sniff jeans for men — and more in our collection of bizarrely elite consumer products
Eli Manning: A better QB than big brother Peyton?
February 7, 2012, at 11:25 AM
After leading the New York Giants to a second Super Bowl victory in four years, Eli now beats Peyton in a key statistic: Championships
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Can Verizon and Redbox conquer Netflix?
February 7, 2012, at 11:08 AMThe telecom powerhouse and DVD rental kiosk giant are teaming up to offer a movie-streaming and DVD subscription service. Sound familiar?
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The Tea Party's waning influence: 4 theories
February 7, 2012, at 10:22 AMTea Party rallies were everywhere in 2010. But the small-government movement has slipped from view as Mitt Romney surges toward the GOP nomination. Why?
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Should Amazon build a brick-and-mortar store?
February 7, 2012, at 9:57 AMRumor has it that the premier online retailer is taking a page from Apple and opening a retail "boutique" in Seattle. Does that compute?
Can Rick Santorum roar back in the Midwest?
February 7, 2012, at 9:41 AMColorado, Minnesota, and Missouri are holding GOP presidential contests Tuesday — and surprisingly, Santorum has a real shot at winning the Midwestern pair
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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
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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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