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April 2011
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- April 29th
- The South's devastating tornadoes: By the numbers
- Why some Americans still see Obama as foreign
- Why was the Endeavour launch postponed?
- How to babyproof your marriage
- Remembering Michael Scott from 'The Office'
- Richard Schickel's 5 favorite books
- Joe DiMaggio: The end of the streak
- Petty controversy: Is it insulting to call animals 'pets?'
- The Long Goodbye: A Memoir by Meghan O’Rourke
- The origin of the birthers
- Book of the week: In the Basement of the Ivory Tower: Confessions of an Accidental Academic by Professor X
- Is Superman giving up on America?
- Richard Schickel's 5 favorite books
- The Escort
- War Horse
- New on DVD
- POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
- Water for Elephants
- Incendies
- For those who have everything: Notepad Clock
- Best websites for customized clothing
- Tip of the week: How to avoid scams on Craigslist
- The best...porch and patio furnishings
- The 2012 Lexus LFA
- The bottom line
- Issue of the week: Gas prices menace the recovery
- Charity of the week: Greater New Orleans Foundation
- What the experts say
- The news at a glance
- Gossip: Katie Couric
- Gossip: Brandon Marshall
- Gossip: Emma Watson
- Arnold Schwarzenegger's 'Terminator 5': Bad idea?
- Do girls like pink because of their berry-gathering female ancestors?
- The Week contest: Bible Update - May 6, 2011
- April 28th
- Gossip: Lindsay Lohan
- How Mel Gibson defends himself
- Alice Walker’s lifesaving injury
- Barry Manilow’s cornball success
- Why are more Walmart stores selling guns again?
- Best properties on the market
- Show of the week: Precious Life
- The economy trumps Trump
- Movies on TV
- The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
- The week at a glance...International
- The week at a glance...Americas
- John Paul II: Worthy of sainthood?
- Hell: A pastor argues that it doesn’t exist
- The iPhone: Tracking where you’ve been
- The wedding: Can Kate save the monarchy?
- Wit & Wisdom
- Irish whiskey: Single malts
- Why 'The Office' doesn't need Steve Carell
- Dining in Toronto: Top outposts in a city reborn
- Recipe of the week: A pesto variation: Cilantro and pepitas meet over warm ravioli
- Royal wedding: 4 rogue theories
- Pakistan: Where gang rapists walk free
- Can America pay its debts?
- Irony alert: China-bashing Trump has a made-in-China clothing line
- David Cameron's 'Calm down, dear': Sexist?
- The week at a glance...U.S.
- Penguin falls for zookeeper's black-and-white boots, and more
- China's 'heavenly palace' space station
- How Roe became irrelevant
- Why hipsters worship Bob Dylan but not Paul Simon
- Bernanke meets the press
- PETA says no to goldfish racing, and more
- Taxes: Should the rich—and the middle class—pay more?
- Editor's Letter: Retirement reconsidered
- Widening the war in Libya
- Syria’s bloody crackdown
- 9-year old saves 2-year-old sister, and more
- The inside story of Guantánamo, via WikiLeaks
- Health & Science
- Will Paul Ryan's budget cost the GOP the senior vote?
- The 'historic' Palestinian reconciliation: 4 predictions
- Sarah Palin's 'mean-girl' mockery of Katie Couric
- Exhibit of the week: Rooms With a View: The Open Window in the 19th Century
- Getting the flavor of...Canada’s Lake of the Woods
- This week’s travel dream: A road trip into Civil War history
- Grete Waitz, 1953–2011
- Norio Ohga, 1930–2011
- Tim Hetherington, 1970–2011
- Author of the week: Alexandra Styron
- Also of interest...in banking and other suspect pursuits
- April 27th
- Snoop Dogg's Four Loko rival: 'Binge in a can'?
- The PlayStation Network hack: 4 ways Sony screwed up
- The end of birtherism
- Mac people vs. PC people: Top 5 differences
- Why is Ron Paul running again? 5 theories
- Can Robert Pattinson be a movie star without 'Twilight'?
- Ford's unlikely comeback: By the numbers
- April 26th
- Saint for the ages
- The 'ObamaCare' lawsuits: 4 predictions
- The 'absolutely sickening' dog-fighting app
- The law-school lie
- Irony alert: Anti-marijuana lawmaker busted for marijuana
- Levi Johnston's tell-all, and 3 other Palin exposés
- The 'audacious' Taliban jailbreak
- Haley Barbour opts out of 2012: Winners and losers
- April 25th
- The high schooler who faked her pregnancy
- Top 5 controversial royal wedding invitees
- The 'mighty' robots of Fukushima
- How the 'Fast and Furious' movies are secretly progressive
- Ban college frats to keep young women safe
- Petty controversy: Battle of the 'Mommy' wines
- The secret Gitmo documents: 6 takeaways
- April 22nd
- How America is destabilizing Pakistan
- The electronic eyeglasses that could replace bifocals
- Will 'Viagra condoms' promote safer sex?
- Colin Thubron's 6 favorite books about Asia
- Then Everything Changed: Stunning Alternate Histories of American Politics by Jeff Greenfield
- Colin Thubron's 6 favorite books about Asia
- Book of the week: Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable
- Gossip: George Michael, Prince William, Kate Middleton, Stevie Wonder
- Is Morgan Spurlock's new movie any good?
- Gossip: Nicolas Cage
- Evan Rachel Wood’s return from rebellion
- The geologist who predicted Japan’s earthquake
- White Noise
- The Motherf**ker With the Hat
- New on DVD
- Britain's first family
- The Conspirator
- Scream 4
- Rio
- The bottom line
- Anatomy of a tragic error
- Issue of the week: Calling out the crash’s culprits
- Charity of the week: Return to Freedom
- What the experts say
- The news at a glance
- The Week contest: Trump Slogan - April 29, 2011
- April 21st
- Dennis Quaid’s rueful memories of a blown past
- For those who have everything: The iPong
- Best apps...For kids who play with iPhones
- Tip of the week: How to save on auto insurance
- Is America still a serious nation?
- The best...cubicle upgrades
- The new Ford Focus: What the critics say
- Why are the 'Happy Days' actors suing CBS?
- Best properties on the market
- Apple's 'dynamite' earnings report: By the numbers
- Glenn Beck vs. Mike Huckabee
- Getting the flavor of...The other Oklahoma City
- This week’s travel dream: France’s quiet Atlantic coast
- Brigham Young University's honor code revisited, and more
- Defense: On the chopping block
- Gulf oil spill: Lessons learned and ignored
- Greg Mortenson: Another fake memoirist?
- Kobe’s foul mouth: A fitting punishment?
- Wit & Wisdom
- Backing the uprising in Syria?
- Britain: Now a land of immigrants
- The New York Times profile of Obama's mom: 6 takeaways
- Depressed wombat pines for human contact, and more
- Health & Science
- A receipt for your taxes
- No more spin for barbers, and more
- Donald Trump: Is he really serious about running?
- Tanker driver hoses burning car with milk, and more
- Under siege in Libya
- Wake-up call for the FAA
- The stakes rise on resolving the budget
- Why Roe v. Wade no longer matters
- Editor's Letter: Fate's nonchalance
- 'Great Friday': Is Syria on the brink of revolution?
- The week at a glance...International
- The week at a glance...Americas
- The week at a glance...Europe
- The 'what's killing our dogs' study: 5 takeaways
- The week at a glance...United States
- Wine: Italy’s underdogs
- Petty controversy: Olive Garden's 'outrageous' cooking school sham
- Recipe of the week: Chicken thighs with mango, rum, and cashews
- Critics’ choice: New paths for Indian dining in New York
- Show of the week: Royal Wedding
- Movies on TV
- The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
- 'Mystery meat' lawsuit dropped: A victory for Taco Bell?
- The Wilderness
- Exhibit of the week: Chihuly: Through the Looking Glass
- Violet Cowden, 1916–2011
- Sidney Harman, 1918–2011
- Author of the week: Beverly Cleary
- Also of interest...in language arts
- April 20th
- Dmitry Medvedev's 'awkward' solo dance party
- Beyonce's 'exhausting' new single
- The 'over-the-top' Royal Wedding coverage: By the numbers
- Is your iPhone spying on you?
- Life in the real world
- Is online poker really dead?
- Balanced budget amendment: A trap for fiscal conservatives
- Another reason to lose weight: Improved memory
- April 19th
- Drive-thru funerals and 4 other strange drive-thru options
- Boston's record-shattering marathon winner: By the numbers
- 'Atlas Shrugged' the movie: Dismal failure or cult hit?
- Sharron Angle's 'tragic rendition' of 'God Bless the USA'
- Is Glenn Beck an idea thief?
- Do the super rich have a 'duty' to pay higher taxes?
- Nintendo's new Wii: 5 predictions
- April 18th
- The 'Three Cups of Tea' expose: The fallout
- Cuba's reforms: End of the Castro era?
- Nicolas Cage's 'boring' arrest
- Why the Libya conflict shows NATO at its finest
- Japan's 'Meat Monster' and 5 other outrageous sandwiches
- Parents vs Apple: The 'Zombie Cafe' lawsuit
- Portland Timbers fans' 'chillingly inspiring' National Anthem performance
- Will Apple really enter the TV business?
- Japan's 'ambitious' plan to end its nuclear crisis in nine months
- Is sugar a cancerous poison?
- April 15th
- Will Ferrell's 'Office' guest spot: 'Disappointing'?
- Is 'Rio' as good as a Pixar movie?
- Phantom quakes and Japan's 'earthquake sickness'
- Oops: New stamp features wrong Statue of Liberty
- Obama is 'rudderless' without Nancy Pelosi
- In defense of Christians
- The $6,400 toilet with its own tablet
- 'Game of Thrones': Has HBO done fantasy right?
- The power to declare war
- The first curl of smoke
- Jesse Ventura's 6 favorite books about conspiracies
- The death of soap operas: What does it say about television?
- Should Match.com screen for sexual predators?
- Bossypants by Tina Fey
- Jesse Ventura's 6 favorite books about conspiracies
- Should schools be required to teach gay history?
- Book of the week: The Pale King by David Foster Wallace
- The Other Place
- Why the GOP is stuck with its lousy candidates
- For those who have everything: Bushnell’s Weather Forecasters
- Best websites for buying bling on a budget
- Tip of the week: How to watch movies on a smart TV
- The best...traveling companions
- McLaren’s MP4-12C: What the critics say
- The bottom line
- Issue of the week: CEOs prosper amid the gloom
- Charity of the week: Action Against Hunger
- What the experts say
- The news at a glance
- The future of cellphones: Dialing with your thoughts?
- The man who created a fake army
- The Week contest: Avatar - April 22, 2011
- April 14th
- Good week, bad week
- Gossip: Benicio Del Toro, Kimberly Stewart, Rod Stewart
- Gossip: LeBron James
- Gossip: Nicolas Cage
- Gossip: Katie Couric, Matt Lauer
- James Frey’s life after Oprah
- The high priestess of the Himalayas
- Why Robbie Robertson broke up The Band
- Best properties on the market
- New on DVD
- Arthur
- Hanna
- Meek’s Cutoff
- Population decline in rural counties, and more
- Ryan’s plan: The morality of deficit reduction
- Natural gas: Fighting over fracking
- The Civil War: Why did the South secede?
- 'Scream 4': Is the franchise still relevant?
- Bob Dylan: Did he sell out in China?
- How they see us: Conceding to Colombia
- Wit & Wisdom
- France: The burka ban comes into force
- United Kingdom: A race that wasn’t meant to be safe
- Toddler given tequila by mistake, and more
- Romney will run
- Chicago school bans the lunchbox, and more
- Obama vs. the GOP: Who won the shutdown showdown?
- Editor's Letter: Privatizing Medicaire
- 11-year-old steers car to safety, and more
- Faltering resolve in Libya
- Obama’s long-term deficit plan
- The week at a glance...International
- Renault's spy 'fiasco' and 3 other corporate espionage scandals
- The week at a glance...Europe
- The week at a glance...United States
- The educational value of booze
- Getting the flavor of...The safe side of Iraq
- This week’s travel dream: The secret backcountry of southwest Colorado
- The best deficit fix: Do nothing
- Merlot: On the rebound?
- Lobster rolls: Now a national phenomenon
- Recipe of the week: Artichokes with fava beans: A taste of Rome—and spring
- Vija Celmins: Television and Disaster, 1964–1966
- Exhibit of the week: Kings, Queens, and Courtiers: Art in Early Renaissance France
- Show of the week: Treme
- Movies on TV
- The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
- Health & Science
- Jean Bartik, 1924–2011
- Sidney Lumet, 1924–2011
- Author of the week: A.C. Grayling
- Also of interest...in loves lost
- The phony GE tax apology: Did it accomplish anything?
- Why living longer destroys your faith
- April 13th
- Is Nicolas Sarkozy the 'new George W. Bush'?
- The gender pay gap: Why it's not about discrimination
- How Ryan set up Obama's comeback
- 8 states copying Arizona's immigration law
- Google and the world's largest solar power plant
- Natural gas: As bad for the environment as coal?
- The student loan 'financial disaster': By the numbers
- Obama's big budget speech: 6 predictions
- Gwyneth Paltrow's 'lazy' 'Over the Rainbow' cover
- April 12th
- Texas' out-of-control wildfires: By the numbers
- Why the Civil War matters now more than ever
- Why Cisco killed the Flip video camera: 4 theories
- The 'shocking' $713,000 gender pay gap: By the numbers
- Boehner stands alone
- A wandering eye: Good for your relationship?
- Yuri Gagarin's first manned spaceflight: By the numbers
- The Navy's 'scary' new laser gun
- The last-minute budget deal: What gets cut?
- A Google a Day: The trivia game that encourages cheating
- The geologist who predicted Japan's tsunami
- Will Gbagbo's arrest end the Ivory Coast crisis?
- Are we genetically predisposed to worship coffee?
- April 11th
- NATO's baffling Libya mission
- The role of race in Barry Bonds' prosecution
- Jeff Buckley... as played by Robert Pattinson?
- Lionel Messi, soccer's 23-year-old great: By the numbers
- Will Mubarak ever face criminal charges?
- The 17-day diet: A 'gimmicky' way to lose 12 pounds?
- Prince William's royal wedding: An instant guide
- Debt ceiling fight: 'The mother of all budget battles'
- Tina Fey's fart-joke feminism
- Government shutdown averted: Winners and losers
- Is China banning time-travel TV shows?
- The last-minute budget compromise: Who benefits?
- April 8th
- Showtime's 'Gigolos' reality series: Guilty pleasure or primetime porn?
- The brightest space explosion in history
- Does pollution cause brain damage?
- Why isn't it cheaper to raise kids?
- Russell Brand as 'Arthur': 'Toxic'?
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- Paul McEuen's 6 favorite books
- Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
- For those who have everything: Montblanc’s Personal Code Ink Set
- The best apps...For retail shopping
- Tip of the week: How to extend the life of a laptop
- The best...make-it-your-own projects
- The Audi A7 Sportback: What the critics say
- How senators spend 27 percent of their time taunting each other
- New on DVD
- Super
- Trust
- Source Code
- Radioactive fuel rods: The silent threat
- Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell
- Book of the week: Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India by Joseph Lelyveld
- The week at a glance...International
- The news at a glance...Americas
- Bath salts and fake pot: America's new drug war
- Gossip: Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi
- Gossip: Charlie Sheen
- Gossip: Billy Joel
- Gossip: Sean Penn, Scarlett Johansson
- Rob Lowe’s wild youth
- The Bushes’ life after the White House
- Christopher Hitchens’s stalwart atheism
- Charity of the week: City of Hope
- What the experts say
- Issue of the week: Wal-Mart vs. its female employees
- The bottom line
- The news at a glance
- Is meditation really a better painkiller than morphine?
- Have scientists unearthed the first 'gay caveman'?
- The Week contest: Baseball book - April 15, 2011
- April 7th
- Good week, Bad week
- Kaine decides to run
- Best properties on the market
- Should the West have intervened sooner in the Ivory Coast?
- Obama: The 2012 campaign begins
- Koran burning: Did Jones cause 24 deaths?
- The budget battle could be a defining moment for Barack Obama
- Libya: Are we siding with al Qaida?
- Testing scandal: When school reform is a fraud
- Wit & Wisdom
- Blind, like a bat
- Can Syria’s president survive the Arab Spring?
- Guatemala: Divorce is not the way to win power
- Turkey: Hopes and perils of the Arab Spring
- Portugal: Lessons from one who has been there
- Will classical music curb petty theft? and more
- Judges order captions for deaf fans, and more
- Ryan’s blueprint: How to cut $4 trillion by really trying
- How unemployment can kill you
- Editor's Letter: Gadzooks! The people have spoken!
- Obama’s tribunal reversal
- Ivory Coast’s turmoil
- Kids chase down a thief, and more
- Qaddafi looks for a way out
- The week at a glance...United States
- '30 Rock': Should next season be the show's last?
- Getting the flavor of...Connecticut’s picture-perfect coast
- This week’s travel dream: Malaysia’s ever-so-convenient rain forest
- Health & Science
- Show of the week: Game of Thrones
- Movies on TV
- The looming government shutdown: Federal workers weigh in
- The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
- Wine: Greatness, for less
- Dish Network's 'puzzling' Blockbuster Video buy: 4 theories
- Recipe of the week: Wild rice and edamame salad
- Critics’ choice: Three chefs who are raising the bar in Texas
- What's next for Glenn Beck: 5 theories
- German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse
- Exhibit of the week: Seeing Now: Photography Since 1960
- Gil Clancy, 1922–2011
- Manning Marable, 1950–2011
- Author of the week: T.C. Boyle
- Also of interest...praise for famous women
- Is plastic surgery the answer to bullying?
- April 6th
- Could the 'Bunga Bunga' sex trial topple Berlusconi?
- Will shareholders turn on Warren Buffett?
- Is Jay-Z's 'Life + Times' website as bad as Gwyneth's 'GOOP'?
- 'Bill and Ted 3': The wisecracks
- Why we should save NPR... and kill PBS
- Chaos in the Ivory Coast: 5 key questions
- A budget that can't budge
- Palin: The hot new baby name
- Is 'The Pale King' David Foster Wallace's 'finest work'?
- Could the world's biggest telescope help us find aliens?
- April 5th
- Why Koran burning deserves First Amendment protection
- Google's Larry Page returns as CEO: 5 predictions
- A breakthrough on Alzheimer's disease?
- Teachers oversharing on Facebook: 6 cautionary tales
- Marijuana without the high: A painkiller breakthrough
- Katie Couric's departure: Can anyone save the evening news?
- Obama's re-election: 5 reasons he's 'unbeatable'
- Is it safe for Fukushima to dump radioactive water into the sea?
- April 4th
- Elton John on 'SNL': The season's 'worst episode'?
- LCD Soundystem bids farewell: A critical roundup
- AMC's 'The Killing': A 'Twin Peaks' for a new generation?
- Obama's re-election: 6 obstacles he must overcome
- How bike lanes threaten democracy
- The all-Twinkie diet and 9 more single-item weight-loss plans
- Charlie Sheen bombs in Detroit: The best of the worst reviews
- Libya's rebels: Train them, don't arm them
- What's stopping a government shutdown?
- Acer's 'bizarre' two-screen laptop
- April 1st
- Weekend talking points: 5 top stories
- Unemployment is down... but here's the bad news
- Controversial gun bills: 4 states that are fueling debate
- Katy Perry's 'E.T.' video: A Lady Gaga rip-off?
- What would really happen if an asteroid was headed for Earth?
- Black swans
- The bottom line
- Jonathan Kellerman's 6 favorite books
- Jonathan Kellerman's 6 favorite books
- New on DVD
- Miral
- Potiche
- Is 'Insidious' the scariest horror film in decades?
- In a Better World
- The 12-year-old who is smarter than Einstein
- Girls Talk
- The Book of Mormon
- Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea by Donovan Hohn
- Are the Fukushima 50 doomed to death?
- Book of the week: Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
- Gossip: Katy Perry
- Gossip: John F. Kennedy Jr.
- Gossip: Natalie Portman
- Fey’s moment of terror
- The wrestler who overcame his disadvantage
- Stern’s driving insecurities
- For those who have everything: SmartSwipe
- Best websites for Web 2.0 shopping-assistance
- Tip of the week: How to prepare a will
- The best...gadgets for your smartphone
- Acura’s TSX Sport Wagon: What the critics say
- Issue of the week: The economy shows some muscle
- Book of the week: Peddling Protectionism by Douglas A. Irwin
- What the experts say
- The news at a glance
- The Kegasus: An appropriate mascot for the Preakness?
- The Week contest: Kid sign - April 8, 2011
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