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April 2012
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- April 30th
- Is Twitter censoring conservatives?
- Good day, bad day: April 30, 2012
- Uggie the dog's pop-culture takeover: A timeline
- Overestimating the effects of birth control: By the numbers
- Do wind farms actually cause climate change?
- Time to cap the workweek at 40 hours?
- Why are tech companies backing CISPA?
- Are government spending cuts slowing the recovery?
- How Apple dodges billions in taxes: A concise guide
- A student debt crisis that cannot be ignored
- Brogramming: The disturbing rise of frat culture in Silicon Valley
- The reality of recovering missing children: By the numbers
- April 27th
- Will banning marijuana sales to foreigners hurt Holland's economy?
- The Five-Year Engagement and 6 other films hailed as 'the next Bridesmaids'
- Good day, bad day: April 27, 2012
- Has Game of Thrones gone overboard with nudity?
- Why so few people are left-handed
- 30 Rock Live: Better than regular 30 Rock?
- Liberian strongman Charles Taylor's war crimes conviction: What now?
- 4 Shakespeare controversies
- The cost of overprotective parenting: Breaking children's legs?
- The tiny shark that glows in the dark
- NASA's dwindling budget: Why has America stopped reaching for the stars?
- Adriana Trigiani's 6 favorite books about artists
- Tsunami soccer ball drifts to Alaska, and more
- 3 ways to defuse the deadly Sudan conflict
- Adriana Trigiani's 6 favorite books about artists
- Stand Your Ground laws: Do they offer a license to kill?
- Gossip: Robin Gibb
- Gossip: Katy Perry
- Gossip: Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux
- Gossip: Mel Gibson, Joe Eszterhas
- Editor's letter: The pull of outer space
- The grocery cart that suggests better food choices
- April 26th
- For those who have everything: Divorce rings
- Best websites for spring cleaning
- Porter: A great baseball beer
- The month in Kurt Cobain news: 6 highlights
- The week at a glance...International
- Good day, bad day: April 26, 2012
- The half-life of software engineers
- Charity of the week: American Bird Conservancy
- What the experts say
- Issue of the week: A rebellion over CEO salaries
- The bottom line
- The news at a glance
- The Presidents Club: Inside the World’s Most Exclusive Fraternity by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy
- Book of the week: Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms: The Story of the Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind by Richard Fortey
- Are tablet-PC hybrids doomed?
- The Horse Whisperer’s cruel childhood
- Waters’s stylish rebellion
- Rihanna’s defiance
- The week at a glance...Europe
- The week at a glance...Americas
- The week at a glance...United States
- Could darker movies revive Pixar's fortunes?
- TSA pats down a 4-year-old, and more
- Good week, Bad week
- A Supreme test of Arizona’s immigration law
- Talking to yourself: The secret to finding your missing car keys?
- The Week contest - Gender-neutral books
- April 25th
- Tip of the week: How to get a car vacation-ready
- The best...clever recycling
- The 2013 Ford Taurus: What the critics say
- Levon Helm, 1940–2012
- Charles Colson, 1931–2012
- Dick Clark, 1929–2012
- Best properties on the market
- Getting the flavor of...The Texas shore
- This week’s travel dream: The surprising rewards of Easter Island
- Good day, bad day: April 25, 2012
- Recipe of the week: Butter bean and pea dip with mint
- Why is Germany republishing Hitler's Mein Kampf?
- Critics’ choice: Wine bars where food shares the limelight
- Show of the week: Masterpiece Mystery! Sherlock, Series 2
- Movies on TV
- The rekindled war in Sudan: 3 consequences
- The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
- New on DVD and Blu-ray
- The Lucky One
- Think Like a Man
- Coming soon: Waterproof magnetic paper?
- Marley
- Ghost Brothers of Darkland County
- One Man, Two Guvnors
- Is Facebook stock a bad investment?
- This World Is Not My Home: Danny Lyon Photographs
- Does school bullying cause young victims to age prematurely?
- Exhibit of the week: The Dawn of Egyptian Art
- Author of the week: Jenny Lawson
- Also of interest…in offbeat histories
- CISPA: A guide to the 'Big Brother' cyber security bill
- Health & Science
- Wit & Wisdom
- Tupac’s ghost: Resurrecting musical icons
- Facebook: Are social media making us lonely?
- How they see us: Secret Service scandal hurts Colombia
- France: The real winner is Marine Le Pen
- Norway: A sane killer is scarier than a psycho
- A brand new audience for TV, and more
- The first BP oil spill arrest: An instant guide
- Could studying brain freeze lead to a cure for migraines?
- April 24th
- Will California abolish the death penalty?
- Good day, bad day: April 24, 2012
- Samsung's Galaxy S III teaser: A lame jab at Apple?
- From baby to tween: One dad's incredible time-lapse video of his daughter
- Walmart's Mexican bribery scandal: What's next for the retail giant?
- Can Obama revive America's manufacturing industry?
- Medical mystery: The deadly skin disease perplexing Vietnam
- April 23rd
- Good day, bad day: April 23, 2012
- Are George Zimmerman's lawyers outsmarting the prosecution?
- 'Human Barbie' Sarah Burge: 5 reasons she's the 'worst mother' ever
- Fox's 25th anniversary: 5 ways the network revolutionized TV
- Asteroid mining: Is there money to be made in space?
- The new Afghan security pact: What happens when U.S. troops leave?
- Taylor Swift as Joni Mitchell: Could the country crooner pull it off?
- How Think Like a Man dethroned The Hunger Games: 5 theories
- Walmart's explosive Mexican bribery scandal: A concise guide
- Are jellyfish taking over the oceans?
- April 20th
- Veep: Can White House politics be funny?
- What happens if US Airways and American Airlines merge: 4 theories
- Good day, bad day: April 20, 2012
- The Lucky One: How to make a Nicholas Sparks cliché-fest in 6 easy steps
- George Zimmerman apologizes: 5 takeaways from his bail hearing
- Remembering Levon Helm: The rock legend's 5 greatest performances
- Etan Patz: The resurrection of a 33-year-old missing child case
- Parental paranoia in the social media era: By the numbers
- Does HBO's Girls have a race problem?
- India's long-range missile test: 4 takeaways
- The 'miracle chick' born without an egg
- Joseph Olshan's 6 favorite books
- Joseph Olshan's 6 favorite books
- South Korea's risque Oreo breast-feeding ad: Genius?
- How 401(k)s are failing millions of Americans
- Addicted to cola: Did soda kill a mother of eight?
- After the Revolution
- Tip of the week: How to sharpen hedge shears
- Marijuana-infused wine: The new high?
- The 'sharing economy': The next big business trend
- April 19th
- The Vatican's crackdown on 'radical feminist' nuns
- Gossip: Nicki Minaj
- Gossip: Frances Bean Cobain, Courtney Love
- Gossip: Pippa Middleton
- Gossip: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie
- Good day, bad day: April 19, 2012
- 'Welcome back to work' baby bonuses: Good for business?
- The sailor who kissed the Iron Lady
- Sarandon’s adventures in singlehood
- Statham’s rogue trading
- The week at a glance...International
- 'Subway chicken': The dangerous game teens are playing
- The week at a glance...Europe
- The week at a glance...Americas
- The week at a glance...United States
- E-books suit: Did the feds steal publishing’s future?
- Remembering Dick Clark: 8 video highlights
- Dangerous trend alert: Self-diagnosing illnesses with Google
- Book of the week: The Social Conquest of Earth by Edward O. Wilson
- Editor's letter: America's retirement savings
- Turmoil in Afghanistan
- Little Leaguer throws a perfect game, and more
- Good week, Bad week
- GOP picks businessman to vie for Giffords’s seat
- New Jersey renters sue over haunted house, and more
- Norway's Anders Behring Breivik prosecution: A model for U.S. terror trials?
- Charity of the week: Food Allergy Initiative
- What the experts say
- The implant that alerts you before a heart attack
- Is Argentina's Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner the next Evita?
- The Week contest - Pretentious microbrews
- April 18th
- Issue of the week: The return of the euro crisis
- The bottom line
- The news at a glance
- Best properties on the market
- Agustín Román, 1928–2012
- Jack Tramiel, 1928–2012
- Raymond Aubrac, 1914–2012
- Best apps for finding new literature
- For those who have everything: The Clarisonic Mia
- The best...spring florals
- The 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth: What the critics say
- Getting the flavor of...Vancouver’s very own Hong Kong
- The Bachelor's 'shocking' racial discrimination lawsuit: A guide
- Good day, bad day: April 18, 2012
- This week’s travel dream: Post-revolution Tunisia
- Wine for Millennials
- New Orleans: Where even the locals are drinking in hotels
- Resurrecting Tupac: The beginning of a disturbing hologram trend?
- Avocados and roasted carrots: A salad that makes them a team
- Show of the week: 30 Rock
- Movies on TV
- The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
- New on DVD and Blu-ray
- The Three Stooges
- Turn Me On, Dammit!
- The perfume that smells like a Macbook Pro
- The Cabin in the Woods
- Magic/Bird
- How Citigroup shareholders smacked down their CEO's massive bonus
- Coming soon: Augmented reality glasses for pro athletes?
- Exhibit of the week: John Chamberlain: Choices
- Author of the week: Jodi Picoult
- Also of interest…in heavyweight poets
- Wit & Wisdom
- Understanding the tax code, and more
- Will smartphones replace cash and credit cards by 2020?
- The NRA: Fighting to stay relevant
- Zimmerman: Can he get a fair trial?
- North Korea: Back to the future
- Health & Science
- 5 reasons Chelsea Clinton is bombing at NBC News
- Sweden: Purging gender from the language
- Presidential tax refunds: By the numbers
- Dead hamster comes back to life, and more
- The slippery slope of cohabitation
- Did Kurt Cobain record a solo album before his death?
- South Korea's mood-sensing robotic prison guards
- April 17th
- The space shuttle Discovery's bittersweet final flight over D.C.
- Good day, bad day: April 17, 2012
- Should the government do your taxes for you?
- Is Good Morning America really the new morning show king?
- Global warming mystery: Why are some glaciers growing?
- Is Tennessee trying to ban hand-holding?
- The next Samsung Galaxy smartphone: 5 rumored features
- 'Chinplants': What's behind the new plastic surgery craze?
- Coachella's 'astonishing' Tupac Shakur hologram: How they did it
- The Buffett Rule is a drop in the ocean
- The disturbing rise of the deadly childhood 'choking game'
- The soaring cost of prom: By the numbers
- Is the Buffett Rule fair?
- The N.J. couple suing their landlord over a 'haunted' house
- April 16th
- Good day, bad day: April 16, 2012
- Disturbing trend alert: The feeding-tube diet
- Are there human remains at the Titanic wreck site?
- The Office reboot: Should the struggling show get recast?
- Can natural gas drive the U.S. economy?
- 4 lessons from the Taliban's 'spring offensive'
- George Zimmerman and 10 other supposed 'trials of the century'
- How music improves the memory of dementia patients
- Kim Jong Un's surprise speech: 6 talking points
- April 13th
- 5 curious Titanic stories you may have missed
- Good day, bad day: April 13, 2012
- The Cabin in the Woods: The most original horror movie since Scream?
- Is HBO's Girls really a 'once in a decade' masterpiece?
- Sony's SmartWatch: An Android smartphone for your wrist?
- The rise of atheism in America
- Digital shadow: How companies track you online
- Jon Gertner's 6 favorite books about science and tech
- Jon Gertner's 6 favorite books about science and tech
- The week at a glance...International
- Trailers for movie trailers: A guide to the 'annoying' new trend
- The Ikea neighborhood: Wave of the future?
- Will George Zimmerman get a fair trial?
- The Week contest - Dumb bumper
- April 12th
- Gossip: Amanda Bynes
- Inside the secret world of America's top eavesdropping spies
- Gossip: Ashley Judd
- Gossip: Tim Tebow
- Gossip: Kim Kardashian, Kanye West
- The 2013 Infiniti JX35: What the critics say
- The Trayvon Martin trial: Is George Zimmerman doomed to be the next O.J. Simpson?
- Good day, bad day: April 12, 2012
- 'Strip for Likes': Has Facebook advertising gone too far?
- The stillborn baby who came back from the dead
- Charity of the week: First Book
- Soft-serve frozen foam: Can it keep beer colder longer?
- What the experts say
- Issue of the week: The $1 billion app
- The bottom line
- The news at a glance
- Best camera apps that are not just for iPhones
- For those who have everything: Real Fantasies collection from Prada
- Walmart vs. Amazon: Can brick-and-mortar stores hang onto shoppers?
- Tip of the week: How to keep your brain sharp
- The best...problem-solvers
- Winner of stair-climbing race loses title, and more
- The week at a glance...Europe
- The week at a glance...Americas
- The week at a glance....United States
- Good week, Bad week
- The Supreme Court: Did Obama try to bully the justices?
- Editor's letter: On top of Bear Mountain
- Nuclear talks with Iran
- Middle school student saves bus mates, and more
- Doubts about the economic recovery
- Minnesotan jailed over zoning laws, and more
- 'He-Wax': The below-the-belt beauty treatment for men
- 6 embarrassing walking-while-texting fails
- George Zimmerman charged with murder: Now what?
- April 11th
- The Olympian who raised a black power salute
- The enduring failure of democracy promotion abroad
- Quincy Jones
- Can yearly dental X-rays cause brain tumors?
- Ono’s lost family
- America's sharp drop in teen births: 4 explanations
- Thomas Kinkade, 1958–2012
- Mike Wallace, 1918–2012
- Getting the flavor of...Augusta, after the Masters
- This week’s travel dream: Cruising Namibia on a self-drive safari
- The Hunt for KSM: Inside the Pursuit and Takedown of the Real 9/11 Mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed by Terry McDermott and Josh Meyer
- The feds' price-fixing lawsuit against Apple: A guide
- Good day, bad day: April 11, 2012
- Book of the week: When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship With God by T.M. Luhrmann
- Is Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 too raunchy?
- Best properties on the market
- Beer: New import standouts
- Recipe of the week: Parmesan lamb chops
- Critics’ choice: Beyond sushi in Japanese-mad Chicago
- Movies on TV
- The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
- New on DVD and Blu-ray
- Ashley Judd's crusade against the 'sexist' media
- We Have a Pope
- Damsels in Distress
- Titanic 3D
- Rick Bayless in Cascabel
- The Best Man
- Faux Real
- Exhibit of the week: Yves Saint Laurent: The Retrospective
- Author of the week: Charlotte Rogan
- Also of interest...in tales from the ball field
- Health & Science
- Tom Hanks to play Walt Disney: An Oscar shoo-in?
- Wit & Wisdom
- A warm start to the year, and more
- Google glasses: A view of the future
- Augusta: Should women be members?
- The hopelessness of college waitlists: A guide
- Germany: Is Günter Grass an anti-Semite?
- The official Google tablet: 4 things we know
- April 10th
- Should school libraries ban The Hunger Games?
- Good day, bad day: April 10, 2012
- Could Facebook actually improve Instagram?
- The Dark Knight Rises' PG-13 rating: 4 talking points
- Driving with a dog on your lap: As dangerous as texting?
- Trend alert: Pedicures... for male athletes?
- Time for Kristen Wiig to leave SNL?
- Inside the super-sized life of TLC's Duggar family: By the numbers
- How the U.S. can find and train more great teachers
- The unsettling resurgence of rhino poaching: By the numbers
- April 9th
- Why you're wrong about gas prices and politics
- America's deadly painkiller addiction: A guide
- Why Facebook bought Instagram: 4 theories
- Good day, bad day: April 9, 2012
- The warmest March in history: By the numbers
- No grand jury for George Zimmerman: What does it mean?
- Can ranch dressing become 'the new ketchup'?
- Jennifer Love Hewitt's The Client List: 'Delicious trash'?
- The annoying rise of cell phone spam
- Magic City: 'Mad Men plus more sex'?
- Tulsa's serial murders: A hate-crime spree?
- 8 dogs who saved their owners' lives
- 'Tough but fair': Remembering 60 Minutes' Mike Wallace
- April 6th
- April 5th
- The news at a glance
- The bottom line
- Kony 2012 Part II: Better than the excoriated first installment?
- Gossip: Kris Humphries, Kim Kardashian
- American Reunion: Is there life left in the American Pie franchise?
- Gossip: Jerry Lee Lewis, Judith Brown
- Gossip: “Octomom” Nadya Suleman
- Gossip: Keith Olbermann
- Still mourning on E Street
- The lawyer who helped turn Lohan around
- How Elisabeth Moss was tricked by love
- Best properties on the market
- Ryanair's 7 most ridiculous cost-saving ventures
- Good day, bad day: April 5, 2012
- The week at a glance...International
- Scandal: An 'over-caffeinated' nighttime soap?
- Viewpoint: Allan Sloan
- Should your co-workers determine your bonus?
- Help others and get more done
- Project Glass: Google's 'terribly cool' augmented-reality glasses
- Charity of the week: Armed Services YMCA
- What the experts say
- Issue of the week: Thinking outside the big box
- Detroit: Shedding its ‘food desert’ image
- 1982 Bordeaux: Still the one
- Home-cooked pizza: The no-knead approach to a great crust
- Yahoo's massive layoffs: Only the tip of the iceberg?
- Newsies
- The Trayvon Martin controversy: Has the media gone overboard?
- The week at a glance...Americas
- The week at a glance...United States
- Sex worker blames McDonald's for her fate, and more
- Health care: Will the Supreme Court judge fairly?
- Editor's letter: Values, votes, and ‘Obamacare’
- Seeking facts in the Martin case
- Jadav Payeng's island forest, and more
- Do the world's coral reefs have herpes?
- April 4th
- The latest insane conspiracy theory: Obama plotted Chelsea Clinton's murder
- Earl Scruggs, 1924–2012
- Adrienne Rich, 1929–2012
- Rupert Murdoch's phone-hacking scandal: A timeline
- Getting the flavor of...Kentucky’s Derby countdown
- This week’s travel dream: Escape to Mafia Island
- New on DVD and Blu-ray
- Mirror Mirror
- Goon
- Bully
- The Sports Show
- Exhibit of the week: Keith Haring: 1978–1982
- Spain: A battered nation takes to the streets
- Show of the week: Titanic
- Movies on TV
- Good day, bad day: April 4, 2012
- Woody Allen's 'delightful' To Rome With Love trailer: 5 talking points
- Coming soon: A telescope that crunches more data than the entire internet?
- The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
- The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods by Hank Haney
- Instagram for Android: Worth the wait?
- Mary J. Blige's Burger King ad: 'Racist' or just 'hilarious'?
- Book of the week: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Coast Trail by Cheryl Strayed
- Author of the week: Rachel Maddow
- Are we underestimating how fat Americans are?
- Also of interest...in literary lives
- Wit & Wisdom
- Mad Men: The 'Fat Betty' backlash
- ‘Obamacare’: If it’s overturned...
- Young adult fiction: Not for grown-ups?
- Bullying: Is the crisis a myth?
- Will Apple be the world's first $1 trillion company?
- How they see us: Embarrassing bin Laden details
- Is al Qaeda publicizing a planned attack on New York?
- Should colleges charge more for popular classes?
- Tourist steals dollar bills off pub's wall, and more
- Health & Science
- 7 ways people will mark the 100th anniversary of Titanic's sinking
- The creepy poster that responds to being kissed
- April 3rd
- The Whitney Houston Sparkle trailer: 4 talking points
- Good day, bad day: April 3, 2012
- Will improved Foxconn conditions mean costlier Apple gadgets?
- Is Chevy Chase quitting Community?
- Divorce expos: A sign of the times?
- What would a Syrian peace look like?
- HBO's Newsroom trailer: The 6 most 'Sorkin-y' elements
- The Trayvon Martin case: 4 things the media got wrong
- April 2nd
- Broga: No-shame yoga for men
- Bully's planned PG-13 re-cut: So much for principles?
- Good day, bad day: April 2, 2012
- Mega Millions: Where are the winners?
- 'Girls Around Me': The controversial pickup-artist app
- Why conservatives increasingly distrust science: 4 theories
- The massive security breach at Visa and MasterCard: Are you at risk?
- Aung San Suu Kyi's win: Is Myanmar embracing democracy?
- How The Hunger Games made archery hot again
- Pic Nic Pants: The jeans that double as a picnic table
- 911 tape analysis: Is George Zimmerman's story falling apart?
- The amazing Paper app: Creating notebooks on the iPad
- Sony: How did the former gadget king lose its mojo?
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