Latest articles by Frances R. Catanio
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Anatomy of a campaign ad: 'Big Bird'
The Explainer The Obama campaign releases a goofy ad that mocks Mitt Romney's threats to PBS funding. But it may be the president who comes off looking petty
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The curious case of the uncrackable World War II code found on a dead pigeon
feature Britain's top code breakers, stumped by an encrypted message found on the leg bone of a bird, are looking to the public for answers
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HBO's The Girl: Was Alfred Hitchcock an 'evil' sexual deviant?
feature An upcoming HBO movie paints the director as abusive and vindictive towards his leading ladies, an account that Tippi Hedren — star of The Birds — corroborates
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10 things you need to know today: January 27, 2013
Daily Briefing A Brazilian nightclub fire kills more than 200, hundreds march for gun control, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion
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10 things you need to know today: February 24, 2013
Daily Briefing NASCAR accident injures 28 people, Pistorius' brother is facing a homicide charge, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion
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10 things you need to know today: December 19, 2012
Daily Briefing The NRA responds to Sandy Hook, a Benghazi report blames systemic failure, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion
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10 things you need to know today: February 5, 2013
Daily Briefing Alabama hostage standoff ends, Iran's Ahmadinejad makes historic visit to Egypt, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion
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10 things you need to know today: December 24, 2012
Daily Briefing India shuts roads and metro stations after protests, a GOP senator is arrested, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion
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Are EU sanctions on Assad's shopaholic wife merely 'symbolic'?
feature Officials ban Syria's globe-trotting first lady from continental Europe in an attempt to pressure the relentless regime to quit its brutal crackdown
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10 things you need to know today: January 21, 2013
Daily Briefing Inauguration day kicks off, the 49ers and Ravens head to the Super Bowl, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion
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10 things you need to know today: December 10, 2012
Daily Briefing Obama pitches his fiscal plan to workers, Morsi gives the Egyptian army power to arrest, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion
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10 things you need to know today: March 16, 2013
Daily Briefing Mitt Romney returns, Obama pushes clean fuel, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion
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10 things you need to know today: February 7, 2013
Daily Briefing Brennan heads to hearing for CIA post, Boy Scouts delay decision on gay ban, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion
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10 things you need to know today: May 27, 2013
Daily Briefing Obama visits tornado-ravaged Oklahoma, Tony Kanaan wins the Indy 500, and more
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A 14-year-old Pakistani girl's brave fight against the Taliban: A timeline
feature Young Malala Yousafzai began to rail against the Taliban's ban on girls' education when she was just 11. Just this week, she survived an assassination attempt
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10 things you need to know today: February 23, 2013
Daily Briefing Oscar Pistorius is released on bail, giant goldfish are discovered in Lake Tahoe, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion
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10 things you need to know today: February 2, 2013
Daily Briefing Scott Brown opts out, Iran's space-monkey stunt may be a hoax, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion
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10 things you need to know today: December 9, 2012
Daily Briefing Egypt's Morsi rolls back his power decree, Marquez knocks out Pacquiao, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion
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10 things you need to know today: December 2, 2012
Daily Briefing Egypt's high court shuts down indefinitely, Boehner says fiscal deal is "nowhere," and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion
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10 things you need to know today: February 17, 2013
Daily Briefing Rubio rejects Obama's immigration plan, Russia cleans up after meteor explosion, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion
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Is a major earthquake going to hit Oregon?
feature A new study forecasts that the Beaver State could be rattled by a massive earthquake as powerful as Japan's devastating 2011 temblor
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10 things you need to know today: December 30, 2012
Daily Briefing Snow blankets parts of New England, the Indian rape victim is cremated, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion
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10 things you need to know today: January 26, 2013
Daily Briefing A court rules recess appointments unconstitutional, new home sales decline, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion
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10 things you need to know today: February 8, 2013
Daily Briefing LAPD widens manhunt for suspected cop-killer, a storm descends on the Northeast, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion
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