1 boat, 145 water skiers: A record-breaking stunt
February 3, 2012, at 1:41 PMVery odd things have been known to happen off the coast of Tasmania. This is one
The dangers of quick thinking
February 3, 2012, at 1:38 PMOur intuition is often wrong, says Daniel Kahneman, especially when we're searching for patterns and causes
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Europe's unrelenting deep freeze: By the numbers
February 3, 2012, at 1:31 PMHundreds have died as a wave of cold air from Siberia pushes temperatures in many towns to their lowest point in a century
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Daniel Radcliffe in The Woman in Black: 'Life after Harry Potter'?
February 3, 2012, at 12:58 PMAfter 10 years of playing the heroic wizard in the highest grossing franchise of all time, the 22-year-old actor attempts a risky cinematic stretch
Would Jesus raise taxes on the rich?
February 3, 2012, at 11:57 AMYes, He would, suggested Obama at Thursday's National Prayer Breakfast. Is the president playing politics with scripture?
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Dissecting the Mayan apocalypse
February 3, 2012, at 11:25 AMDid the ancient Mayans really predict that the world would end in 2012, as millions of people believe?
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The 'unequivocally strong' January jobs report
February 3, 2012, at 11:19 AMEmployers go on an unexpected hiring spree in January, pushing the unemployment rate to its lowest point in three years. But is all the news good?
11 CommentsDid the Komen charity's Planned Parenthood diss backfire?
February 3, 2012, at 11:06 AM
The pink-ribboned Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity says it dumped Planned Parenthood to distance itself from controversy. Whoops
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The Nevada caucuses: 5 key questions
February 3, 2012, at 10:54 AMRepublican frontrunner Mitt Romney may seem like a sure bet in Nevada, but caucuses are difficult to poll and the Tea Party remains an X factor
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Robert Shrum: Nominating Mitt Malaprop
February 3, 2012, at 10:22 AMRomney has the GOP nomination wrapped up — but his serial verbal miscues will haunt him in November
Dylan Ratigan's 6 favorite books
February 3, 2012, at 9:47 AMThe passionately anti-"bankster" MSNBC host recommends authors who propose solutions for how Americans can improve their lives and nation
The mini flying robots that swarm like 'a 1980s arcade game'
February 3, 2012, at 9:42 AMA squadron of 16 quadcopters perform an array of advanced maneuvers, from stopping on a dime to picture-perfect figure-eights
5 CommentsIs Romney 'too perfect' to be president?
February 3, 2012, at 9:36 AM
On paper and on television, Mitt Romney looks like archetypal presidential material. Maybe that's why so many people don't like him
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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 Steve Jobs FBI dossier: 5 surprises
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- The 12-year-old who saved his grandmother from foreclosure
- Love bug
- 'Rape tag': The 'disgusting' new schoolyard game
- Will the culture war shape the 2012 race?
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- Bad Opinion Generator
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- 6 strange objects found in people's stomachs
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- 7 reasons voters are souring on Mitt Romney
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- The problem with outsourcing the military
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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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