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December 2011
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- December 26th
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- December 22nd
- The holiday season's 8 most anticipated films
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: 'Oscar-trolling 9/11 kitsch'?
- When Americans banned Christmas
- The mystery of expertise
- Are sleep-deprived cops putting you at risk?
- Other holiday releases
- New on DVD and Blu-ray
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
- The Adventures of Tintin
- War Horse
- How Wendy's beat Burger King: 5 theories
- The year in review
- Gossip: Lindsay Lohan
- Gossip: James Franco
- Gossip: Kobe Bryant
- Gossip: Britney Spears
- Viggo Mortensen’s allergy to stardom
- How did Kim Jong Il really die?
- Sandusky’s mistaken identity
- John Grisham’s formula for success
- The week at a glance...International
- The week at a glance...Americas
- The week at a glance...Europe
- The week at a glance...United States
- Editor's Letter: The discovery of extraterrestrial life
- Payroll tax cut in limbo
- Egypt’s women rise up
- The implications of Kim Jong Il’s death
- Issue of the week: Zynga’s disappointing debut
- Charity of the week: buildOn
- What the experts say
- Iraq: What was gained, what was lost
- Jury faults a baseball bat, and more
- The Jewish holiday the rabbis hated
- Should your dog get a flu shot?
- The Week contest - Unlikely headlines
- December 21st
- The Adventures of Tintin: 'An Indiana Jones for kids'?
- The best of the tabloids in 2011
- The bottom line
- The news at a glance
- Study shows high rate of youth arrests, and more
- Wit & Wisdom
- Cellphones: Banned behind the wheel?
- Apple's 'huge' smartphone patent victory: 3 consequences
- Christopher Hitchens: A combative writer’s complex legacy
- …and the critics’ favorite singles
- Critics’ choices: The best albums of 2011
- Should patients be allowed to see the notes doctors take?
- End-of-year quiz
- Exhibit of the week: Sherrie Levine: Mayhem
- Artist of the year: Ai Weiwei
- Best properties on the market
- Is the U.N. declaring 'war on Santa'?
- Carnage
- Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol
- The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
- The 'breathtaking' Hobbit trailer: 5 talking points
- God’s Plot
- Once
- Top North American ski resorts
- Does Twitter prove we're getting sadder?
- The best...fitness gear
- Show of the week: Masterpiece: Downton Abbey
- Movies on TV
- The HBO bloodbath: Why Hung, Bored to Death, and America were canceled
- The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
- Wines: Budget bubbly
- Recipe of the week: Chicken cutlets meunière
- Critics’ choice: 2011’s ‘best places to eat’—in five cities
- Will Kim Jong Il's death make Korean reunification possible?
- Iraq says good-bye to U.S. troops
- Czech Republic: Remembering Vaclav Havel
- Are loud toys damaging your kids' hearing?
- The big scientific breakthroughs of 2011
- …and some of the things we were told to avoid
- Some of the things they said were good for us...
- Farewell
- Books of the year: Nonfiction
- The 'cure' for the common cold: A timeline
- Books of the year: Fiction
- The software that identifies hit songs
- December 20th
- Kim Jong Il in pop culture: A video roundup
- AT&T and T-Mobile's failed merger: Winners and losers
- Dexter and TV's 'troubling' incest trend
- Streaming the Super Bowl: The future of football?
- Remembering David Hickman: The last U.S. soldier to die in Iraq
- The clothes that clean themselves in sunlight
- When Americans banned Christmas
- The 'incredibly impressive' Dark Knight Rises trailer: 5 talking points
- 'Christmas tree syndrome': An instant guide
- December 19th
- December 16th
- Is China to blame for pricier Christmas gifts?
- The Notebook and 5 other films bizarrely slated to become Broadway musicals
- Detecting bugs: Why humans have body hair
- Is Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol 'the best action movie of the year'?
- What we Googled in 2011
- Can Madonna make a comeback at 53?
- The airline that lets you choose a seatmate using Facebook
- For those who have everything: Holiday gifts
- Wade Davis' 6 favorite books about World War I
- We Need to Talk About Kevin
- Gossip: The Untrivial Pursuit by Joseph Epstein
- Book of the week: Howard Cosell: The Man, the Myth, and the Transformation of American Sports by Mark Ribowsky
- Holiday drama: A selection of innovative seasonal shows
- Death or victory at the Grand Prix
- Remembering Christopher Hitchens
- Stick Fly
- Gossip: Katie Couric
- Gossip: Charlie Sheen
- Gossip: Jessica Simpson
- Gossip: Lindsay Lohan
- Johansson’s naked truth
- Herman Cain’s other woman
- Sir David Attenborough’s trials
- Amy Winehouse: Lioness: Hidden Treasures
- The Black Keys: El Camino
- The Roots: Undun
- Viewpoint: Geoff Colvin
- Wal-Mart’s art of shame
- A double standard on default
- Dismal prospects for decent jobs
- Spotlight
- The bottom line
- The economics of spam Viagra
- The news at a glance
- How Apple really came to 'Think Different': 5 takeaways
- Discovered: The 'horrible' jumping cockroach
- December 15th
- Issue of the week: Europe’s latest crisis fix
- Charity of the week: The Wildlife Conservation Network
- What the experts say
- New on DVD and Blu-ray
- Young Adult
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Best properties on the market
- Jerry Robinson, 1922–2011
- Terrorist inmates in Federal prisons, and more
- 'If I were a poor black kid': 6 counterattacks
- Tebow: How faith leads to victory
- The Golden Globe nominations: How they affect the Oscar race
- Gay rights: The U.S.’s new foreign-policy goal
- Palestinians: An invented people?
- Wit & Wisdom
- Climate change: An agreement to make an agreement
- Indonesia: Persecuting a Muslim splinter sect
- East Africa: Not a lot to show for a half century
- The Iraq War's 'quiet' end: By the numbers
- The 'awesome' kitchen robots that prepare sandwiches
- Germany: Epidemic of rhino robberies
- The best alibi, and more
- Viewpoint: Tom Carson
- How to save the U.S. Postal Service
- Romney’s $10,000 mistake
- Coast Guard reduces passenger capacity, and more
- The peril of domestic drones
- Good week, Bad week
- Editor's Letter: America's black hole
- Iraq without U.S. troops
- The record-breaking Elizabeth Taylor jewelry auction: By the numbers
- The cops find a wedding dress, and more
- The battle over the payroll tax cut
- The week at a glance...International
- The week at a glance...Americas
- The week at a glance...Europe
- The week at a glance...United States
- Last-minute travel deals
- Hotel of the week: Hotel de l’Europe, Amsterdam
- Getting the flavor of...Oregon’s DIY city
- This week’s travel dream: Venice for the holidays
- Show of the week: American Masters: Charles & Ray Eames—The Architect and the Painter
- Movies on TV
- The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
- Health scare of the week: Toxins in apple juice
- Health & Science
- Wines: Three crowd-pleasers
- The year’s best new cocktails: American innovation lives on
- Can strep throat cause OCD?
- Holiday truffles: A can’t-miss method for candy novices
- Exhibit of the week: Caravaggio and His Followers in Rome
- Harry Morgan, 1915–2011
- Bill Tapia, 1908–2011
- Author of the week: Darcie Chan
- Also of interest...in pop music
- The 'miraculous' camera that captures the speed of light
- The Week contest - Coffee table books
- December 14th
- The 'behemoth' aircraft that could launch rockets into space
- Should parents go to jail when kids miss too much school?
- The first six minutes of Dark Knight Rises: 4 talking points
- The end of noisy commercials?
- Should America ban cell phones for drivers?
- America's 'bleak' child homelessness problem
- 'The Protester': Did Time pick the right Person of the Year?
- The deadly, 'inexplicable' grenade attack in Belgium
- Jimmy Kimmel's 'Terrible Christmas Presents' prank: Mean or hilarious?
- Why Facebook should 'unfriend' Wall Street
- The 'annoying' rise of U.S. women's 'growling speech'
- December 13th
- The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: 4 talking points
- The new, 'tantalizing hints' of the 'God particle'
- How Iraq will fare without U.S. soldiers: 4 predictions
- Chelsea Clinton's 'boring,' 'monochromatic' NBC News debut
- The Men in Black 3 trailer: 4 talking points
- Could killing cash save the economy?
- The FCC needs to open up about LightSquared
- Mikhail Prokhorov: The NBA owner who wants to oust Putin
- Modern Warfare 3's billion-dollar milestone: By the numbers
- The bone drug that boosts breast cancer survival rates
- Will New Year's Eve's poor box office kill ensemble rom-coms?
- December 12th
- Why colleges are buying .xxx web addresses
- Apple's 'stunning' Grand Central Station store: By the numbers
- Boardwalk Empire's 'mind-blowing' season finale
- Does Yaz birth control cause deadly blood clots?
- Alec Baldwin's 'hilarious' SNL spoof of his airplane controversy
- The Korean apartments that look like exploding Twin Towers
- Climate change: Forcing polar bears to become cannibals?
- Why nuns should go on birth control
- December 9th
- Twitter's 'major' redesign: 4 talking points
- The 'historic' economic deal to unite Europe — without Britain
- Community's 'brilliant' Christmas episode
- An American Psycho remake: Too soon?
- Dagoberto Gilb's 6 favorite books
- Holiday books: The season’s best gift titles
- The week’s other openings
- Burning Bluebeard
- Bonnie & Clyde
- The 'adorable' gay penguins who adopted a baby chick
- The critically-panned New Year's Eve: A roundup of jokes
- 7 'hardcore' schoolyard brawls... between parents
- Gossip: Charlie Sheen, Brooke Mueller
- Gossip: Lindsay Lohan, Courtney Love
- Gossip: Kris Humphries, Kim Kardashian
- Gossip: Scarlett Johansson, Blake Lively
- Lady Gaga’s bad romances
- A life wrecked by phone hacking
- Michael Fassbender’s cinematic love
- What Lindsay Lohan could learn from Snooki
- New on DVD and Blu-ray
- Coriolanus
- Dagoberto Gilb's 6 favorite books
- The latest deadly Virginia Tech shooting: 3 lessons
- Sleeping Beauty
- Shame
- One writer's journey from dyslexia to poetry
- Best holiday gifts...for kids
- Viewpoint: Felix Salmon
- Mall rats don’t foster prosperity
- The SEC’s losing battle against banks
- One CEO takes a noble stand
- Spotlight
- Issue of the week: Worries over China’s economy
- Charity of the week: Little Kids Rock
- What the experts say
- The bottom line
- Unpleasantness pays off big
- The news at a glance
- The 'unconventional' romance between a ram and a deer
- The sandwich with a two-year shelf life
- December 8th
- Show of the week: Great Performances: The Little Mermaid From San Francisco Ballet
- Movies on TV
- The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
- A record amount of carbon dioxide, and more
- Work: Life without email
- Should Ryan Seacrest replace Matt Lauer on Today?
- Cain: The lessons of an unusual campaign
- Europe: A ‘post-democratic’ future?
- Terrorism: Locking up suspects without trials
- Wit & Wisdom
- Best properties on the market
- Indonesia: The dark side of Bali’s blissful allure
- Chile: Repulsive honors for a murderer
- Russia: The beginning of the end of Putin?
- Slovakia: How not to fight corruption
- United Kingdom: Kicking God out of public services
- Lost motorist survives on frozen beer, and more
- Can J.C. Penney and Martha Stewart save each other?
- The curious hatred of Tim Tebow
- Facebook users should give up on privacy
- Our country’s true job creators
- How bad are the new charges against Jerry Sandusky?
- The week at a glance...International
- The week at a glance...Americas
- The week at a glance...Europe
- The week at a glance...United States
- Good week, Bad week
- What's that funny smell? and more
- Inbreeding: Why bedbugs are so hard to kill
- Cutbacks on mail delivery
- Three homeless men get a fixer-upper, and more
- Fragile signs of economic recovery
- The 'unfunny' Three Stooges trailer: 5 talking points
- Health scare of the week: Does Wi-Fi damage sperm?
- Health & Science
- Last-minute travel deals
- Hotel of the week: Ratua Private Island, Ratua, Vanuatu
- Getting the flavor of...The world’s largest Legoland
- This week’s travel dream: The thunder of Victoria Falls
- Where to buy...Lori La Mont
- Will Ferrell's 'hilarious,' Iowa-only Old Milwaukee beer ads
- Francesca Woodman
- Exhibit of the week: Diego Rivera: Murals for the Museum of Modern Art
- Sour beer: A promising trend
- The touchscreen that lets you feel textures
- Lafayette, La.: The ‘capital’ of Cajun country
- Pasta with apples: A ragu that breaks from convention
- Betty Haas Pfister, 1921–2011
- Jeno Paulucci, 1918–2011
- Jim Rathmann, 1928–2011
- Are left-handers more likely to have mental health problems?
- Author of the week: Miranda July
- Also of interest...in food pursuits
- The Week contest - Tech maladies
- December 7th
- Petty controversy: Alec Baldwin vs. American Airlines
- Queen Elizabeth's royal pay cut: By the numbers
- 'All I Want for Christmas Is You': The best viral videos
- The politics of TV: What Democrats and Republicans watch
- The Artist: Does a dog deserve an Oscar?
- America's unhealthiest states: 4 talking points
- Did Jane Austen die of arsenic poisoning?
- December 6th
- Fox's 'surreal' attack on The Muppets: The jokes
- The 'most expensive car crash in history': By the numbers
- The dating site that pairs singles by what's in their fridges
- Can sitting all day make your butt bigger?
- The man who replaced his lost thumb with his big toe
- Does Amy Winehouse's posthumous album live up to her legacy?
- How new periodic table elements get their names
- December 5th
- Is it smart to kill Dexter after two more seasons?
- Will Google Chrome kill Firefox?
- The record jump in global carbon emissions: By the numbers
- Slower mail: A guide to the Postal Service's cutbacks
- Are Russians getting sick of Vladimir Putin?
- The girl barred from flying because her purse was considered a lethal weapon
- Toygaroo: Will parents really rent kids' Christmas gifts?
- A bullied gay teen's 'heart-wrenching' video message
- Now hiring: A 'James Bond' with hacking skills
- December 2nd
- Lady Gaga's 'epically weird' 'Marry the Night' video: 5 talking points
- Michael Fassbender in Shame: 'Best performance of the year'?
- Space worms: The key to human survival on Mars?
- The 103-year-old woman saved from foreclosure
- Coca-Cola's white-can fiasco
- Irony alert: The inmate imprisoned in a jail named after him
- Dear Me: 8 celebrities' letters to themselves
- Jack Jacobs' 6 favorite books about war
- Jack Jacobs' 6 favorite books about war
- Gossip: Tobey Maguire
- Gossip: Anne Hathaway
- The 'happy holidays' jobs report: 5 takeaways
- Gossip: Miley Cyrus
- Gossip: Justin Bieber
- Johnny Depp’s wild years
- Anjelica Huston’s heartache
- Did Justin Bieber ruin Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas'?
- Rome: A Cultural, Visual, and Personal History by Robert Hughes
- Novel of the week: Ghost Lights by Lydia Millet
- Real estate crisis: America underwater
- Book of the week: And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life by Charles J. Shields
- Kate Bush: 50 Words for Snow
- Drake: Take Care
- Miles Davis Quintet: Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 1
- The week’s other opening
- Seminar
- Viewpoint: Tom McNichol
- Immigrants foster innovation
- Wall Street discourages drug R&D
- In defense of the 1 percent
- Spotlight
- The bottom line
- The Office comes to your office
- The news at a glance
- The world's first sex school: An instant guide
- The 'Gumby-like' robot that moves like a squid
- The Week Contest - Obvious passwords
- December 1st
- The Carrier IQ cellphone scandal: 'An insane breach of trust'
- Spotify apps: An 'underwhelming' new direction?
- My Week With Marilyn
- The Muppets
- A Dangerous Method
- Issue of the week: High-tech burnout
- Charity of the week: International Relief Teams
- What the experts say
- Show of the week: Appropriate Adult
- Movies on TV
- The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
- Best gifts...for skiers and snowboarders
- Best properties on the market
- The cost of Occupy Wall Street, and more
- ‘Climategate 2.0’: Scientists as advocates
- Barney Frank: Assessing a controversial legacy
- Wit & Wisdom
- An attack on Pakistani troops
- South Africa: A return to the days of censorship
- Canada: How to waste $1 billion a year
- Europe: The failure to tackle climate change
- The 'epic' John Carter trailer: 6 talking points
- United Kingdom: What you need to know to be a citizen
- Netherlands: Protect the rights of pedophiles
- A tattoo artist's revenge, and more
- Viewpoint: Thomas Sowell
- Why cops overuse pepper spray
- New on DVD and Blu-ray
- Our broken health-care system
- Good week, Bad week
- Black Friday: A frenzied celebration of consumer culture
- A chikin fight like no other, and more
- The astronaut who played baseball all by himself
- Editor's Letter: Advice from the older you
- Pakistan’s fury at the U.S.
- Turning an AK-47 into a cuff link, and more
- Euro zone on the verge of catastrophe
- Why do Iran's nuclear and missile sites keep exploding?
- The week at a glance...International
- The week at a glance...Americas
- The week at a glance...Europe
- The week at a glance...United States
- Last-minute travel deals
- Hotel of the week: Tune Hotel Westminster, London
- Getting the flavor of...A warship’s new life
- This week’s travel dream: The city where Japan found its groove
- Does Taylor Swift have the chops to star in Les Mis?
- The 80-year-old man who accidentally gave his life savings to Goodwill
- Where to buy...Billy Childish
- Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles
- Exhibit of the week: Clyfford Still Museum
- Recipe of the week: Curried chicken
- Wine: Keeping it in the family
- Critics’ choice: Getting past the fire of Sichuan cuisine
- Health scare of the week: The downside of staying slim
- Health & Science
- Lana Peters, 1926–2011
- Ken Russell, 1927–2011
- Tom Wicker, 1926–2011
- Author of the week: Stephen Sondheim
- Also of interest...in crime and punishment
- Does WiFi damage sperm?
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