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January 2012
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- January 31st
- Good day, bad day: January 31, 2012
- The X Factor bloodbath: 'An admission of failure'?
- America's Super Bowl feast: By the numbers
- Are teens ditching Facebook for Twitter?
- Game of Thrones 'intense' season two trailer: 4 talking points
- Sniffing smelly T-shirts: The new way to find a soulmate?
- Washington's sea lion murder mystery
- January 30th
- Good day, bad day: January 30, 2012
- A massive solar storm's 'spectacular' aurora borealis
- Born to Die: Lana Del Rey's 'polarizing' debut album
- Honda's 'merciless' Ferris Bueller Super Bowl ad
- Demi Moore's collapse: What exactly is a 'whip-it'?
- Petty controversy: Obama refuses to make a Super Bowl pick!
- The 'epic' six-hour Australian Open final: By the numbers
- Uggie retires: 6 tributes to The Artist's star dog
- January 27th
- Liam Neeson: 'The ultimate alpha male actor'?
- Good day, bad day: January 27, 2012
- The Office's Dwight spinoff: 'A terrible idea'?
- Why is Egypt barring 6 Americans from leaving?
- Good week, Bad week
- Christopher Bram's 6 favorite books
- HBO's Luck: For horse-racing fans only?
- Living with a brain-damaged ex-husband
- Gossip: Demi Moore
- Gossip: Heidi Klum, Seal
- Gossip: Johnny Depp, Vanessa Paradis
- Michelle Williams’s lost soul mate
- The end of Evert’s love match
- The trials of being the Hoff
- Europe's freakishly cute six-legged lamb
- The 'punishing' iPhone factories: Will Apple customers care?
- Christopher Bram's 6 favorite books
- In Our Prime: The Invention of Middle Age by Patricia Cohen
- Novel of the week: Hope: A Tragedy by Shalom Auslander
- Book of the week: Stephen Hawking: An Unfettered Mind by Kitty Ferguson
- The week’s other openings
- Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins
- Richard III
- Kathleen Edwards: Voyageur
- Craig Finn: Clear Heart Full Eyes
- Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez, Paul Motian: Further Explorations
- For those who have everything: Skypak airline trolleys
- Best apps for political junkies
- Tip of the week: How to save on your cellphone bill
- The best...vacuum cleaners
- The 2012 Prius v
- New on DVD and Blu-ray
- Iran: The showdown over the Strait of Hormuz
- Miss Bala
- Red Tails
- Haywire
- Viewpoint: Kevin Drum
- Regulations that coddle big business
- What is a 3D printer, anyway?
- Bacon: A 'surprising' cure for nosebleeds?
- January 26th
- A grim fate awaits brick-and-mortars
- Why the Fed missed the crisis
- Spotlight
- The bottom line
- The long lunch of Hong Kong traders
- The news at a glance
- Best properties on the market
- Issue of the week: The Kodak moment passes
- Charity of the week: Grassroot Soccer
- Making money: What the experts say
- The fate of NASA's moon rocks, and more
- Paula Deen: A Southern-fried hypocrite?
- Good day, bad day: January 26, 2012
- The Internet: The war over pirated music, movies, and books
- 4 ways NBC is ruthlessly 'milking' the Super Bowl
- Wit & Wisdom
- Turkey: Will these killers ever be punished?
- United Kingdom: Cameron’s not-so-nice welfare cuts
- Germany: It's time to demystify Mein Kampf
- Firefighters rescue a tiger, and more
- Viewpoint: Alan S. Blinder
- Why Rubio isn’t a hero to Latinos
- The end of the Christian Right?
- The week at a glance...Americas
- The week at glance...International
- 7 curious facts about the 2012 Oscar nominees
- The week at a glance...Europe
- The week at a glance...United States
- Ex-CIA agent charged in leaks to journalists
- Do smooth touchscreens discriminate against the blind? and more
- Transforming school lunches: The 'historic' new rules
- Homeless student a semifinalist for Intel's science award, and more
- Show of the week: Big Hits, Broken Dreams
- Movies on TV
- The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
- Last-minute travel deals
- Hotel of the week: Hôtel Americano, New York City
- Getting the flavor of...Lake Erie's ice dunes
- This week’s travel dream: Exploring the land of the Maya
- Hollywood's 'startling' behind-the-scenes gender gap: By the numbers
- Richmond: Getting better all the time
- Eisbock: Beer after a thawing
- Slow-roasted lamb: A marriage of flavors from Provence
- Health scare of the week: How headphones can kill
- Health & Science
- Exhibit of the week: Zoe Strauss: Ten Years
- Etta James, 1938–2012
- Joe Paterno, 1926–2012
- Author of the week: Elmore Leonard
- Google's new privacy policy: 'Evil'?
- Also of interest...in the ways of love
- The magnetic soap that could clean up oil spills
- 'Napoleonland': France's elaborate new amusement park?
- The Week contest - Paula Deen's new show
- January 25th
- Do women feel more pain than men?
- Good day, bad day: January 25, 2012
- Kiefer Sutherland in Touch: The 'anti-Jack Bauer'?
- Facebook's mandatory Timeline switch: 4 talking points
- Apple's 'unimaginable' quarterly earnings: 5 talking points
- Should the West just let Iran enrich uranium?
- Discovered: Man's oldest best friend
- Megan Fox's 'bizarre' Brazilian language school ad
- January 24th
- The West's inimical posturing on Iran
- China's 'Year of the Dragon' baby boom: A guide
- Good day, bad day: January 24, 2012
- 5 ways new CEO Thorsten Heins can save RIM
- The 'strongest solar storm since 2005': A guide
- Tax dodgers on the federal payroll: By the numbers
- Turning the dead into beads: South Korea's 'odd' new trend
- January 23rd
- 2012 Oscar nominations: 5 burning questions
- Good day, bad day: January 23, 2012
- The massive federal crackdown on Megaupload: A guide
- The mutant bacteria that turns seaweed into fuel
- 4 reasons to view Egypt's Islamists without fear
- Did Steven Tyler 'butcher' the National Anthem?
- 6,500-year-old popcorn and 5 other foods with ancient origins
- January 20th
- The Costa Concordia: Should captains always go down with the ship?
- Haywire: Finally, a believable female action star?
- Remembering Etta James, 'The Matriarch of the Blues'
- Good day, bad day: January 20, 2012
- Henry Alford's 6 favorite books
- Has Bruce Springsteen delivered another 'rousing political anthem'?
- Glock: The Rise of America’s Gun by Paul M. Barrett
- Novel of the week: The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson
- Did Rob Lowe really leak Peyton Manning's retirement?
- Book of the week: The Obamas by Jodi Kantor
- The week's other openings
- The Amazon's head hunters and body shrinkers
- Fruit Fly
- Henry Alford's 6 favorite books
- Outside People
- For those who have everything: Rika coffee sleeve
- Best websites for redeeming gift cards
- Tip of the week: How to keep a New Year’s resolution
- A tough homecoming for war veterans
- The best...phone gadgets
- The Grand Cherokee SRT8
- New on DVD and Blu-ray
- Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
- The Iron Lady
- Contraband
- Viewpoint: Rich Karlgaard
- In praise of the introvert
- When 401(k)s make us poorer
- 4 bizarre ways Apple guards its secrets
- The man who married his girlfriend at her funeral
- The NYPD'S infrared gun scanner
- January 19th
- Spotlight
- 6 'ridiculous' reasons moviegoers asked for their money back
- Gossip: Kris Humphries, Kim Kardashian
- Gossip: Elton John
- Gossip: Heather Locklear
- Keira Knightley’s battle with dyslexia
- The man behind Stephen Hawking’s voice
- Good day, bad day: January 19, 2012
- Merle Haggard’s work ethic
- Issue of the week: Europe gets downgraded
- Charity of the week: Pajama Program
- What the experts say
- The bottom line
- France’s other growth rate
- The news at a glance
- After the blackouts: What's next for SOPA?
- The week at a glance...International
- The week at a glance...Americas
- The week at a glance...Europe
- Meat consumption drops, and more
- Wit & Wisdom
- TV obscenity: Are FCC rules unconstitutional?
- Afghanistan: Desecrating the dead
- Bain Capital: Judging how Romney got rich
- Green-lighting assassinations of civilians
- Israel: Stop paying for subversive teachings
- India: It’s easier to move people than tigers
- Poland: History’s verdict is finally in
- France: Honoring a movie star is just tacky
- Drunk driver jumps into the ocean to evade cops, and more
- Joe Paterno’s side of the story
- American Idol's 'hopeful' return: 4 burning questions
- The week at a glance...United States
- Obama's rejection of the Keystone pipeline: Winners and losers
- Good week, Bad week
- School combats obesity with activity monitors, and more
- A death in Tehran: Is it moral to kill Iran's scientists?
- The groundbreaking plan to photograph a black hole
- An Italian cruise ship’s deadly debacle
- Veterans help Iraqi restaurant owners, and more
- Gingrich’s last-ditch effort to stop Romney
- Show of the week: Luck
- Movies on TV
- The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
- Best properties on the market
- Last-minute travel deals
- Hotel of the week: Mena House, Cairo
- Getting the flavor of...New York’s other Little Italy
- This week’s travel dream: A secluded gem in the Caribbean
- Health scare of the week: A binge-drinking epidemic
- Health & Science
- Recipe of the week: Ikan sumbat (Chili fried fish)
- Croatia: A legacy reclaimed
- Critics’ choice: Twists on Indian, both old and new
- Where to buy...Damien Hirst
- Buster Graybill: Progeny of Tush Hog
- Exhibit of the week: Damien Hirst: The Complete Spot Paintings 1986–2011
- William J. Janklow, 1939–2012
- Frederica Sagor Maas, 1900–2012
- Rauf Denktash, 1924–2012
- Author of the week: Pico Iyer
- Also of interest...in musical renegades
- The Costa Concordia disaster: How badly will it hurt the cruise industry?
- The Week contest - Hollywood blockbusters
- The 'mysterious' Tourette-like syndrome plaguing a N.Y. town
- January 18th
- Is the wrecked Costa Concordia an 'ecological timebomb'?
- Good day, bad day: January 18, 2012
- Are websites' SOPA blackouts an 'abuse of power'?
- Students panic over Wikipedia's blackout: The best jokes
- 3 ways The Great Gatsby could change 3D movies
- Irony alert: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak 'sings Android's praises'
- Justified's 'brilliant' season premiere
- 'If I Die': The Facebook app that posts your last words
- January 17th
- Good day, bad day: January 17, 2012
- The 'magic' iPhone case that repairs itself
- Bomb-detecting dolphins: The Navy's secret weapon against Iran?
- Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes: A 'letdown'?
- Betty White's 90th Birthday: 4 highlights
- Is Alcatraz 'the next Lost'?
- Are red wine's health benefits 'wishful thinking'?
- January 13th
- Joyful Noise: Is Dolly Parton's plastic surgery a problem?
- Scotland's 'explosive' push to secede from the U.K.
- Who will Ricky Gervais insult at the Golden Globes? 7 likely targets
- Good day, bad day: January 13, 2012
- Beyonce's baby backlash: An instant guide
- The Marines who urinated on Taliban corpses: What's a fair punishment?
- The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life by Robert Trivers
- Novel of the week: How It All Began by Penelope Lively
- Book of the week: Hedy’s Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World by Richard Rhodes
- Anthony Hamilton: Back to Love
- Guided by Voices: Let’s Go Eat the Factory
- The Weeknd: Echoes of Silence
- The week’s other opening
- The Enchanted Island
- Critics’ choices: The best films of 2011
- Haley Barbour's 'shocking' pardon spree: A guide
- 4 reasons critics hate Rob Schneider's new sitcom
- Gossip: Maria Shriver, Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Gossip: Elin Nordegren, Tiger Woods
- Gossip: Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel
- Gossip: Katy Perry, Russell Brand
- Daniel Craig’s years of rage
- The evolution of gossip: How dishing got dirty
- Trudie Styler’s tantric trials
- Could McDonald's become a leading book retailer?
- The German economic colossus
- For those who have everything: The Jetlev R200
- Elizabeth Hand's 6 favorite books
- Best websites for casual learning
- Tip of the week: How to defend a ‘1 percent’ lifestyle
- The best...carry-on items for travelers
- The 2012 Audi TT RS
- Viewpoint: Kevin Carey
- Why a wealth tax makes sense
- A deficit of insight about debt
- Chasing unachievable profits
- Spotlight
- The 'groundbreaking' workout you can inject
- January 12th
- 30 Rock finally returns: 4 talking points
- Good day, bad day: January 12, 2012
- Charity of the week: Children’s HeartLink
- What the experts say
- The bottom line
- Italian officials get la dolce vita
- The news at a glance
- Show of the week: Frontline: Nuclear Aftershocks
- Movies on TV
- The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
- The world’s richest 1 percent, and more
- Wit & Wisdom
- Electric cars: A disappointing start
- The 'disturbing' video of Marines urinating on Taliban corpses
- Movies: Why ticket sales are dropping
- Santorum: Viable conservative alternative?
- Defense strategy aimed at China
- Should there be national standards for sex ed?
- Israel: Everyone else gets Sunday off…
- United Kingdom: Does Streep’s film do Thatcher justice?
- The 'crazy' invisible coating that waterproofs your iPhone
- Serbia: Lessons from Yugoslavia’s demise
- Hungary: Persecuted for electing right-wingers
- Stolen car lands on rooftop, and more
- California can’t afford bullet trains
- The most entertaining drama on TV
- The truth about ‘secular’ America
- Good week, Bad week
- Nonsense, says angry dad, and more
- Obama: Did his appointments violate the Constitution?
- Editor's Letter: Lighten up, fellas
- A brightening jobs picture
- India's 'deplorable' 'human zoo'
- Rising tensions with Iran
- Is 2 Broke Girls really 'racist'?
- Swedish woman finds lost wedding ring, and more
- America's 'alarming' binge-drinking problem: By the numbers
- Romney’s rivals intensify their attacks
- Best properties on the market
- 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
- Where to buy...Elger Esser
- Harry Callahan at 100
- Exhibit of the week: Masters of Venice: Renaissance Painters of Passion and Power
- Last-minute travel deals
- The $1.2 million Rolls-Royce that's selling out in China
- Hotel of the week: Le Meurice, Paris
- This week’s travel dreams: Adventures inspired by fiction
- Road-food heaven: Oahu’s Route 83
- Beer: The South rises
- Recipe of the week: Shepherd’s pie: An American favorite with Old World roots
- Health scare of the week: Diabetes, poverty, and ADHD
- Health & Science
- Tony Blankley, 1948–2012
- Jerzy Kluger, 1921–2011
- Eve Arnold, 1912–2012
- Author of the week: Heather Donahue
- Also of interest...in dispatches from the new China
- Can your DNA predict when you'll die?
- The Week contest - Twitter death rumors
- January 11th
- 4 reasons why Google's 'Search, plus Your World' is a very big deal
- Is Apple's next tablet the 'iPad 2S'?
- Good day, bad day: January 11, 2012
- Is Chelsea Handler too 'crude' for prime time?
- Tim Cook's $375 million year: By the numbers
- The Artist: Can Hollywood dogs actually act?
- 10 years of Gitmo: The world's 'vortex of shame'
- Has climate change 'blocked' the next ice age?
- Are nicotine patches a waste of money?
- January 10th
- How 'The Phone Stack' is civilizing dinners out with friends
- Good day, bad day: January 10, 2012
- 'I'm not crazy anymore': 4 ways Charlie Sheen says he's changed
- Petty controversy: Did The Artist 'rape' Vertigo by stealing its music?
- The military's growing reliance on robot airplanes: By the numbers
- Microsoft's 'avoid ghetto' app: 'Racist'?
- Jay-Z's 'touching' song about his newborn
- Will Iran execute an American citizen?
- Does the Consumer Electronics Show still matter?
- The hunt for a real-life Avatar: Will we find life on another planet's moons?
- January 9th
- Can Vizio outsmart the big PC makers?
- Does yoga really 'wreck your body'?
- Good day, bad day: January 9, 2012
- Beyonce gives birth: The mass hysteria
- CBS This Morning's first episode: A 'snooze'?
- The 'post-apocalyptic' condo that can withstand a nuclear attack
- Does fast food cause brain damage?
- New York's 'horrific' supersoldier ants
- The Devil Inside's 'shocking' box office win: 4 theories
- The 'changing picture' of cancer deaths in America: By the numbers
- January 6th
- Does your dog actually know what you're thinking?
- Savannah Smiles: The Girl Scouts' 'underwhelming' new cookie
- Did Adele save the music industry in 2011?
- Good day, bad day: January 6, 2012
- Downton Abbey: Making PBS 'cool again'?
- The 6-year-old Down Syndrome model: A 'turning point' for fashion?
- The 'cumbersome' bodysuit that makes you feel 70
- Kanye West's astonishingly 'epic' Twitter spree: 4 takeaways
- The 'concerning' rise in twin births
- The 'heartening' December jobs report: 5 takeaways
- Japan's 'eye-popping' $736,000 bluefin tuna: By the numbers
- Discovered: Antarctica's underwater 'lost world'
- January 5th
- Good day, bad day: January 5, 2012
- Should it cost less to see indie movies?
- Casey Anthony's 'strange' video diary
- Did Yahoo pick the wrong new CEO?
- Is illegal file sharing a religion?
- The superiority of Stradivarius violins: Debunked?
- A Bridesmaids sequel without Kristen Wiig?
- The 'ultimate tribute' to Universal's shuttered Jaws ride
- China vs. Harry Potter
- Can stem cells slow the effects of aging?
- Searching a house based on a drug dog's sniff: Unconstitutional?
- January 4th
- Are sharks interbreeding to survive climate change?
- Good day, bad day: January 4, 2012
- Lilyhammer: Will Netflix's first original series succeed?
- The miracle 'spider silk' spun by genetically altered silkworms
- Demi Moore as Gloria Steinem: Can she pull it off?
- Apple's January 'mystery' event: 5 predictions
- The rising cost of Super Bowl commercials: By the numbers
- Georgia's 'grim' anti-obesity ads
- Nevada's Alien Cathouse: A sci-fi brothel for nerds?
- January 3rd
- January 2nd
- Good day, bad day: January 2, 2012
- Rupert Murdoch's 'smashing start' on Twitter
- The return of Arkansas' mass bird deaths
- Holiday box office: Winners and losers
- 4 ways to make your New Year's resolutions stick
- America's 'worrisome' ADHD drug shortage
- Americans' ton-a-year eating habit: By the numbers
- China's mysterious, 'bewildering' Octomom
- NASA vs. doomsday theorists: Why the world won't end in 2012
- 7 storylines to watch in 2012
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