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August 2012
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- August 31st
- Why is GM barring Obama and Romney from its plants?
- J.K. Rowling's $400,000 Harry Potter tree houses
- Good day, bad day: August 31, 2012
- Kofi Annan's memoir: Did Colin Powell doubt his own WMD claims?
- The battle over voter ID laws
- Does Lawless finally establish Shia LaBeouf as a serious actor?
- Twitter's new targeted ads: Will they trigger a backlash?
- The GOP convention: Winners and losers
- Is Apple wrong to ban an app that tracks U.S. drone strikes?
- The end of Jersey Shore: 4 takeaways
- Why Fox News is souring on Sarah Palin: 3 theories
- Nick Hornby's 6 favorite books
- Did a rambling Clint Eastwood ruin Mitt Romney's big night?
- Back to 1968: Re-enacting the Vietnam War
- Nick Hornby's 6 favorite books
- Gossip: Snooki
- Gossip: Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise
- Virtual Princeton: A guide to free online Ivy League classes
- Gossip: Lindsay Lohan
- The Photoshopping social climber who fooled Silicon Valley
- Mitt Romney's 'good enough' convention speech: 6 talking points
- The flesh-eating seagulls that are attacking whales
- August 30th
- The Week contest - The United Nations of America
- Yelp's soaring stock: 3 takeaways
- Gossip: Prince Harry
- Would Americans watch a Beverly Hills Cop TV series?
- Condi Rice for president? 6 predictions for the GOP star
- Good day, bad day: August 30, 2012
- The week at a glance...International
- Superman dates Wonder Woman: The worst hook-up in comic history?
- Brazil's groundbreaking three-person civil union
- Campbells' special edition Andy Warhol soup cans
- In defense of the big banks
- Charity of the week: Adopt-A-Classroom
- What the experts say
- Issue of the week: Apple’s patent victory over Samsung
- The media coverage of Paul Ryan's speech: 15 euphemisms for 'lying'
- Will S.H.I.E.L.D. be the first great superhero TV show?
- The news at a glance
- Barack Obama on Reddit: 5 takeaways
- 4 bizarre ways Shia LaBeouf is trying to prove he's a 'serious actor'
- The week at a glance...Europe
- The week at a glance...Americas
- Mitt Romney's acceptance speech: 5 things he needs to do
- The week at a glance...United States
- Wit & Wisdom
- Prime-time TV gets racier, and more
- Campaign 2012: Playing the race card
- The middle class: Why it’s struggling
- Abortion: Will Akin’s ‘rape’ blunder hurt Republicans?
- Editor's letter: Off to college
- Vladimir Putin's insane riches: By the numbers
- A muted battering from Hurricane Isaac
- Five siblings marry on the same day, and more
- The GOP’s effort to warm voters to Romney
- Lance Armstrong: Does cheating destroy his legacy?
- Why giving Syrian refugees safe zones is easier said than done
- Good week, Bad week
- U.S. raises bar on fuel efficiency
- Ban Ki-moon denies Texas invasion, and more
- Paul Ryan's convention speech: Did he pass his big test?
- August 29th
- No Easy Day: 5 revelations from a Navy SEAL's bin Laden book
- Phyllis Diller, 1917–2012
- Neil Armstrong, 1930–2012
- The reclusive Marlboro Man
- Lundgren’s tough act
- 4 racial controversies at the GOP convention
- Perry’s work ethic
- For those who have everything: The Bang lamp
- Best websites for free reading
- Tip of the week: How to avoid a shark attack
- The best…dorm-room gear
- The 2013 Cadillac ATS: What the critics say
- Best properties on the market
- Revealed: 4 secrets from Apple's Genius training manual
- Good day, bad day: August 29, 2012
- Getting the flavor of...Texas’s road to nowhere
- BIC pens 'for her': A roundup of hilariously sarcastic reviews
- This week’s travel dream: A Silk Road odyssey
- Island wine: An easy getaway
- Recipe of the week: Peppered collard greens
- 2016: Obama's America: A guide to the polarizing right-wing documentary
- Critics’ choice: Tasty offshoots of the gastropub revolution
- Show of the week: Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
- Movies on TV
- The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
- New on DVD and Blu-ray
- Premium Rush
- Sleepwalk With Me
- 100 orgasms a day: One woman's agonizing and rare medical disorder
- 2016: Obama’s America
- How Facebook's tanking stock is hurting Instagram
- The Grönholm Method
- Hurricane Isaac's wrath: Assessing the damage
- Quay Brothers: On Deciphering the Pharmacist’s Prescription for Lip-Reading Puppets
- Exhibit of the week: Silence
- Author of the week: Hope Solo
- Also of interest…in books on Mormonism
- Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation by Rachel Cusk
- Was Yasser Arafat murdered?
- Book of the week: Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep by David K. Randall
- Paul Ryan's GOP convention speech: 4 predictions
- What my doctor thinks of ObamaCare
- Health & Science
- Russia: Cracking down on musical dissent
- United Kingdom: Prince Harry does Vegas
- Norway: Not insane, but fully culpable
- Welcome to Alaska, and more
- GOP convention: Is the party's platform an albatross for Mitt Romney?
- Does smoking pot as a teen permanently damage your intelligence?
- Best Buy explores a buyout: Good idea?
- The GOP convention's opening day: 4 highlights
- August 28th
- The strange debut of will.i.am's new single... from Mars
- Good day, bad day: August 28, 2012
- Hurricane Isaac: 4 ways it could hurt Obama
- Should LeBron James star in Space Jam 2?
- How future criminals could hack your brain and steal your PIN
- The New Normal: Why a Utah ban won't hurt NBC's gay-friendly sitcom
- The GOP convention: A viewer's guide
- It's time to cancel all national political conventions
- Is it time to recognize a provisional government in Syria?
- What would happen if the U.S. went back to the gold standard?
- 5 crazy inventions from the mind of Nikola Tesla
- August 27th
- Will Hurricane Isaac rival Katrina?
- Mitt Romney's zero percent support from blacks: Can he still win?
- Good day, bad day: August 27, 2012
- Sleeping Beauty: The 'insane' art exhibit that forces people to get married
- A whistle-blowing ombudsman: Proof The New York Times has a liberal bias?
- The many threats facing the Navy SEALs' tell-all author: A guide
- Apple's massive patent victory over Samsung: Winners and losers
- Remembering Neil Armstrong: A humble hero and legendary astronaut
- Morning-after photos: The latest sexy wedding trend
- The Curiosity rover: The jaw-dropping HD footage of its descent to Mars
- The jet-pack wedding and 5 other extreme nuptials
- 7 factors that will make or break the GOP convention
- August 24th
- August 23rd
- What a Montana farmer could teach Romney and Obama
- Good day, bad day: August 23, 2012
- Why would Disney reboot its 1991 flop The Rocketeer?
- Are older dads more likely to have autistic kids?
- Why seniors aren't scared of Paul Ryan: 4 theories
- The lesbian who allegedly faked her own hate crime
- How Hannity, Rove, and Romney became the liberal elite
- Defending Todd Akin: 5 reasons right-wingers still support him
- What happens if Tropical Storm Isaac hits the GOP convention?
- How Obama and Mitt Romney's campaign apps invade your privacy
- Coming soon: A Star Wars-like speeder bike?
- August 22nd
- 6 reasons Mitt Romney's big money advantage is a big deal
- Good day, bad day: August 22, 2012
- Is Apple destined for a Microsoft-esque slide?
- Best Buy's massive losses: Can new CEO Hubert Joly save the company?
- The Office's final season: 4 predictions
- 5 reasons Todd Akin might actually still win in Missouri
- 4 reasons Michael Strahan will shine on Live! With Kelly
- Paul Ryan's hardline abortion views: Will they hurt Mitt Romney?
- Can Jimmy Kimmel topple Jay Leno and David Letterman?
- 8 ways dogs improve your health
- August 21st
- Fifty Shades of Grey: Barnes & Noble's saving grace?
- Mitt Romney's massive money lead: Time for Obama to panic?
- Good day, bad day: August 21, 2012
- The Curiosity rover's nuclear-powered laser
- Nicki Minaj as American Idol judge: A big mistake?
- The GOP convention: Will voters finally meet the 'real' Mitt Romney?
- Apple vs. Samsung: What the verdict might mean for you
- Trash-talking, back-biting, and turmoil: 4 revelations about the Obama campaign
- Why China and Japan are feuding over tiny islands
- Gaffe survival 101
- 4 reasons the GOP desperately wants Todd Akin to drop out
- Augusta National Golf Club: Does admitting Condi Rice solve its image problem?
- Should the U.S. legalize real-money gambling on your iPhone?
- 'Rape can't cause pregnancy': A brief history of Todd Akin's bogus theory
- August 20th
- Should skinny-dipping get you kicked out of Congress?
- Good day, bad day: August 20, 2012
- 4 reasons to remember Top Gun director Tony Scott
- Why Apple's stock is suddenly soaring: 4 theories
- Jay Leno's massive pay cut: Is The Tonight Show in trouble?
- Are Julian Assange and WikiLeaks really the victims of a witch hunt?
- Should Joe Biden apologize for his 'back in chains' quip?
- How the internet saved a dog stranded at 14,000 feet
- A male birth-control pill... that doesn't kill sex drive?
- Todd Akin's 'legitimate rape' claim: Will it cost Republicans the Senate?
- August 17th
- The return of West Nile virus: A guide
- Apple TV: Why the excitement is gone
- Good day, bad day: August 17, 2012
- 5 reasons Ecuador is protecting WikiLeaks' Julian Assange
- Molly Ringwald's 6 favorite books
- Can Obama hold on to the Latino vote?
- How evangelicals hear the voice of God
- Molly Ringwald's 6 favorite books
- 3 reasons Obama won't dump Joe Biden
- Gossip: Randy Travis
- Gossip: Rihanna
- Gossip: Kristen Stewart
- Gossip: Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux
- August 16th
- Record sales for the 2012 Paralympics, and more
- Good day, bad day: August 16, 2012
- The Downton Abbey season 3 trailer: 4 talking points
- Should an autistic man be denied a heart transplant?
- Martin Fleischmann, 1927–2012
- Robert Hughes, 1938–2012
- Helen Gurley Brown, 1922–2012
- Charity of the week: Be The Match Foundation
- What the experts say
- Issue of the week: Victory for a bank watchdog
- Obama's immigration power play: 4 takeaways
- The bottom line
- The news at a glance
- Should Ikea get into the hotel business?
- The 'feeding frenzy' bidding war over Michael J. Fox's sitcom
- The week at a glance...International
- The week at a glance...Europe
- The week at a glance...Americas
- Why didn't Romney get a poll bounce from his VP pick?
- The week at a glance...United States
- A civilian takeover in Egypt
- War talk in Israel
- Editor's letter: A plea for candor
- By picking Ryan, Romney shakes up the race
- Ryan: Is his budget plan ‘extremist’?
- U.S. allows drilling in half of Alaska reserve
- Good week, Bad week
- Oregonian gets jailed for collecting rainwater, and more
- The X-51A WaveRider: Will this Air Force jet revolutionize civilian air travel?
- The Family Research Council shooting: Was it a hate crime?
- The Week contest - Mars discovery headlines
- August 15th
- What is Donald Trump's 'big surprise' for the Republican convention? 3 theories
- The ballerina who survived a civil war
- Ferrell’s funny romance
- Danes’s solitary youth
- For those who have everything: Black Diamond Nail Polish
- Best websites for downloading free music legally
- Tip of the week: How to meditate
- The best...Saturday essentials
- The 2013 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta: What the critics say
- Best properties on the market
- 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together': Will Taylor Swift finally get her No. 1 single?
- Getting the flavor of...Tampa—host of this year’s RNC
- This week's travel dream: A tribal view of the Amazon rain forest
- Good day, bad day: August 15, 2012
- $20: Wine’s ‘sweet spot’
- America’s most unlikely gourmet hot spots
- Country-style ribs: A thrifty cut dressed for summer
- The mother who birthed five babies in five minutes
- Show of the week: Major Crimes
- Movies on TV
- The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
- New on DVD and Blu-ray
- The Campaign
- The Bourne Legacy
- Hope Springs
- Gustav Klimt: The Magic of Line
- Exhibit of the week: Century of the Child: Growing by Design 1900–2000
- Bullet for Adolf
- Does Google want to plan your vacations?
- Into the Woods
- Author of the week: Caitlin Moran
- Also of interest…in gay and lesbian studies
- Caveat Emptor: The Secret Life of an American Art Forger by Ken Perenyi
- Book of the week: The Mansion of Happiness: A History of Life and Death by Jill Lepore
- Health & Science
- Wit & Wisdom
- A per capita view of Olympic medals, and more
- 3 reasons Obama and Romney aren't talking about Afghanistan
- Terrorism: Are we ignoring the biggest threat?
- ‘Obamacare’: The impact on the price of pizza
- Campaign 2012: The ‘post-truth’ era
- The 2012 Olympics: A triumph for women
- NBC's historic Olympic coverage: By the numbers
- Egypt: Same as the old boss?
- United Kingdom: Basking in an Olympic triumph
- Spain: Can’t we just take Monday off?
- Drunk Oregonian falls asleep in a dumpster, and more
- Mitt Romney picks a fighter
- Coming to Saudi Arabia: The world's first women-only city
- 5 reasons GOP insiders are quietly panicking over Paul Ryan
- Talking politics on the hiking trail
- August 14th
- How NASA plans to top the Mars Curiosity voyage
- Good day, bad day: August 14, 2012
- Stars Earn Stripes: Should war be entertainment?
- Pedophilia panic: Barring single men from sitting next to kids on planes
- How Paul Ryan helps and hurts Mitt Romney
- The summer games' next stop: Will Rio be ready for the 2016 Olympics?
- Will the Medicare debate help Obama or Romney?
- Paul Ryan's brutal workout: A guide
- Google's controversial plan to fight piracy — except on YouTube
- Can Paul Ryan win Wisconsin for Mitt Romney?
- August 13th
- Should Olympian Ryan Lochte get his own reality TV show?
- Good day, bad day: August 13, 2012
- The first Twitter Olympics: By the numbers
- 6 curious facts about Paul Ryan
- Romney's veep pick: Was Paul Ryan a smart choice?
- Paul Ryan's foreign policy speeches: What they say about Mitt Romney's running mate
- London's bizarre Olympics closing ceremonies: 5 talking points
- Boudoir photography: The divisive new wedding trend
- Morsi's power play in Egypt: Will the military fight back?
- 6 ways Paul Ryan changes the presidential race
- 4 reasons Mitt Romney is slipping
- August 10th
- Peyton Manning's underwhelming Broncos debut: 4 talking points
- Good day, bad day: August 10, 2012
- NBC's 'porny' Olympian body-appreciation video
- The Bourne Legacy: Better with Jeremy Renner?
- Should Google include your own Gmails in search results?
- Almost perfect: One man's quest for a perfect bowling score
- The murder case roiling China
- Janet Groth's 6 favorite books by New Yorker writers
- 2012 Olympics ads: Winners and losers
- One family's 'horrifyingly awesome' backyard roller coaster
- Will Starbucks' deal with Square finally make mobile wallets happen?
- Is your cat a mass murderer?
- August 9th
- Editor's letter: Did you hate algebra?
- Gossip: Ryan Lochte
- Usain Bolt's prodigious speed: By the numbers
- Gossip: Jennifer Lopez, Casper Smart
- Gossip: Taylor Swift, Conor Kennedy
- For those who have everything: Paper Passion perfume
- Best apps: For finding new places to eat
- Tip of the week: How to spruce up an outdoor deck
- Good day, bad day: August 9, 2012
- The Olympic Village: One giant sex den?
- Go On: 4 reasons to watch Matthew Perry's sitcom (at least once)
- Charity of the week: The Dream Factory
- What the experts say
- Issue of the week: A regulator refuses to act
- The bottom line
- The news at a glance
- The brothel-owning Olympian
- Ocean’s gay admission
- McConaughey’s bongo madness
- Why Team Romney is suddenly embracing 'RomneyCare'
- Will Ferrell's The Campaign: No match for our real-life political circus?
- The week at a glance...International
- The week at a glance...Americas
- Todd Akin's nomination: Did Republicans just throw away a Senate seat in Missouri?
- The week at a glance...United States
- Marvin Hamlisch, 1944–2012
- Gore Vidal, 1925–2012
- A rise in jobs and in unemployment
- Olympian honors a fallen rival, and more
- A white supremacist’s murderous rampage
- Romney’s income taxes: Is Reid’s attack based on a lie?
- A spat over who can vote early in Ohio
- Good week, Bad week
- Can DreamWorks make a Broadway theater district in Shanghai?
- Burritos for bigots, and more
- The 7 most heartbreaking Olympic moments
- 5 reasons Paul Ryan shouldn't be Mitt Romney's VP pick
- The Week contest - Hot business ideas
- August 8th
- The best…ice cube trays
- The 2013 Ford Escape: What the critics say
- Getting the flavor of...Staying cool in eastern Tennessee
- This week’s travel dream: The Black Forest—an updated classic
- Pairings: Doughnuts and beer
- Recipe of the week: Grilled peaches and cream
- Critics’ choice: The spread of molecular gastronomy
- Show of the week: Copper
- Movies on TV
- Good day, bad day: August 8, 2012
- The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
- Olympian Lolo Jones' tearful Today interview: Has the media been unfair?
- New on DVD and Blu-ray
- Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
- Total Recall
- Celeste and Jesse Forever
- How to Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular
- The Tempest
- Who is NASA's 'Mohawk Guy'?
- Best properties on the market
- Josiah McElheny: Some Pictures of the Infinite
- How July was the hottest month in history: By the numbers
- Exhibit of the week: Ghosts in the Machine
- Author of the week: Karolina Waclawiak
- Are you 'suspicious' if you're not on Facebook?
- Also of interest…in literary rediscoveries
- Soulacoaster: The Diary of Me by R. Kelly
- Book of the week: Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies by Ben Macintyre
- Health & Science
- Why fringe conservatives are obsessed with Obama's college grades: 4 theories
- Wit & Wisdom
- Romney’s tax plan: Pie in the sky?
- Phelps: The greatest Olympian of all time?
- Breast-feeding: Bloomberg’s latest edict
- Education: The case against algebra
- Romney's VP pick: 4 reasons a 'boring white guy' would hurt the GOP ticket
- Bias against Chinese athletes?
- United Kingdom: Who failed a murdered girl?
- Finding time to find a wife, and more
- Can chemotherapy make cancer worse?
- Why the Sikh temple shooting got less coverage than the Aurora massacre
- What Mitt Romney's Israel fumbles say about his foreign policy
- August 7th
- Is pot an Olympic performance-enhancing drug?
- Are America's Olympic uniforms insufficiently patriotic?
- Good day, bad day: August 7, 2012
- Why Warner Bros. is delaying The Great Gatsby's release: 5 theories
- 3 reasons the iPhone is ditching YouTube
- Romney's negative image: 5 ways he can fix it
- Can Best Buy founder Richard Schulze save his former company?
- The Sikh temple shooter's white-supremacist ties: A guide
- The 'spray-on skin' that heals wounds
- The presidential plague of overpromising and underdelivering
- August 6th
- HBO's The Girl: Was Alfred Hitchcock an 'evil' sexual deviant?
- Does Romney need to 'fill in the blanks' of his tax plan?
- Good day, bad day: August 6, 2012
- 5 Apple secrets revealed in its legal battle against Samsung
- The stupidity of how the U.S. government classifies secrets
- World of Warcraft loses millions of subscribers in 3 months: 4 theories
- The hiker rescued after being stuck for two days at 10,000 feet
- Sikhism in America: A guide to the targeted religion
- August 3rd
- Is Total Recall better as a remake?
- Good day, bad day: August 3, 2012
- Is Gabby Douglas as marketable as Michael Phelps?
- Will Harry Reid regret his claim about Mitt Romney's taxes?
- Should Mark Zuckerberg step down as Facebook's CEO?
- The surprisingly strong July jobs report: 5 takeaways
- Dan Ariely's 6 favorite books about dishonesty
- America's invasion of Canada: A brief history
- The Massey mine disaster: One family's struggle to move on
- Dan Ariely's 6 favorite books about dishonesty
- Is a major earthquake going to hit Oregon?
- Can J.Crew find success in China?
- Could even mild anxiety shorten your life?
- August 2nd
- Gossip: John Mayer, Katy Perry
- Gossip: Janet Jackson, Paris Jackson
- Gossip: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson
- China's Olympics training program: Abusive?
- The military's porn problem: A national security threat?
- Best properties on the market
- Good day, bad day: August 2, 2012
- Is Vertigo the greatest film of all time?
- 5 ObamaCare provisions you can already take advantage of
- Harry Eisen, 1917–2012
- Ann Curtis, 1926–2012
- Sherman Hemsley, 1938–2012
- Would Mitt Romney actually raise taxes on 95 percent of Americans?
- Charity of the week: School on Wheels
- What the experts say
- Issue of the week: A former megabanker’s conversion
- Economic lessons from the Boss
- The bottom line
- The news at a glance
- Chick-fil-A vs. gay-rights advocates: Winners and losers
- The world at glance...International
- The media's obsession with political gaffes: 4 downsides
- The week at a glance...Americas
- The world at a glance...Europe
- The week at a glance...United States
- Editor's letter: Tech masters or tech slaves?
- Tepid economic growth
- Assad’s assault on Aleppo
- Daughter's new CPR skills save father, and more
- Romney’s mixed reception abroad
- Technology: Is it making addicts of us all?
- Good week, Bad week
- Congress strikes spending deal
- White church blocks marriage of black couple, and more
- Ann Romney's Olympic horse: A guide
- Is 'seal flu' the new swine flu?
- Would a President Romney kill the Arab-Israeli peace process?
- The Week contest - Business books
- August 1st
- 4 reasons the 'Fierce Five' are the greatest U.S. gymnastics team ever
- The reluctant lama
- John’s clean break
- What's behind President Obama's swing-state surge? 6 theories
- Renner’s other job
- The 2013 Audi Allroad: What the critics say
- The best of…babies on the go
- Tip of the week: How to load a dishwasher
- Best website resources for emotional issues
- For those who have everything: The Galileo
- Getting the flavor of...Utah’s most popular park
- This week’s travel dream: Sweden’s emergence as a foodie destination
- Wine: California’s Albariño
- Las Vegas: Finding the gems in a culinary maze
- Good day, bad day: August 1, 2012
- Mexican mashup: Carne asada that will raise eyebrows
- Show of the week: Hell on Wheels
- Movies on TV
- The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
- New on DVD and Blu-ray
- The Watch
- Searching for Sugar Man
- Killer Joe
- Moment
- India's massive, record-setting blackout: 5 talking points
- Warrior Class
- Snoop Dogg's high-minded transformation into Snoop Lion
- Exhibit of the week: Man Ray/Lee Miller: Partners in Surrealism
- Author of the week: Cheryl Strayed
- Also of interest…in electoral politics
- The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life That Follows by Brian Castner
- Book of the week: Bailout: An Inside Account of How Washington Abandoned Main Street While Rescuing Wall Street by Neil Barofsky
- Is Julian Castro the Latino Obama?
- Health & Science
- Wit & Wisdom
- Olympics: The backlash against NBC
- Violent movies: Do they inspire madmen?
- Obama vs. Romney: The ‘anti-election’
- Chick-fil-A: Culture war on a bun
- Twitter's censorship of Olympic critic Guy Adams: The fallout
- A rifle owner's near miss, and more
- North Korea: Kim sets a surprising new tone
- Romney offends the British
- Ted Cruz's Texas Senate primary victory: 4 takeaways
- Will athletes ever stop breaking world records?
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