How Fox blew it with Obama

Bret Baier was trying so hard to win, he forgot to ask any real questions

Dennis Kucinich speaks for me

A defeat on healthcare could be a fatal setback for covering the uninsured -- and for Obama's presidency

Tom the Dancing Bug: T-Rexes on Saturn!

8-year-old Brendan Flynn turns the scientific community on its ear with his startling new theory

Martha Stewart's frenemy tells all

The domestic icon's ex-BFF pens a book about her bullying and man troubles, but it's the author who gets skewered

Annals of outrageous health insurance evil

How to make a judge mad: After policyholders are diagnosed with HIV, find false excuse to cancel their insurance

Influential Big Star member Alex Chilton dies

The famed singer and guitarist passed away in a New Orleans hospital after experiencing heart problems

The public option falls short

Progressives may have overstated Senate support for a public insurance plan all along Video

CBO: Health bill cuts deficit by $130 billion

The score -- which also puts the cost of the bill at $940 billion -- means the House could vote as early as Sunday

Some Fargo residents refuse to move despite floods

As the Red River rises, a set of North Dakota denizens stubbornly stays put

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Annals of outrageous health insurance evil

How to make a judge mad: After policyholders are diagnosed with HIV, find false excuse to cancel their insurance

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CBO: Final health bill cuts deficit by $130 billion

The score -- which also puts the cost of the bill at $940 billion -- means the House could vote as early as Sunday

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Fox News' no-calories interview with Obama

Bret Baier was trying so hard to win, he forgot to ask any real questions

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Martha Stewart's frenemy tells all

The domestic icon's ex-BFF pens a book about her bullying and man troubles, but it's the author who gets skewered

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Influential Big Star member Alex Chilton dies

The famed singer and guitarist passed away in a New Orleans hospital after experiencing heart problems

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Some Fargo residents refuse to move despite floods

As the Red River rises, a set of North Dakota denizens stubbornly stays put

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Fighting a hate crime bill with hate

A "pro-family" group says a ban on gender discrimination means the rise of scary "men in skirts"

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The public option falls short

Progressives may have overstated Senate support for a public insurance plan all along

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Dennis Kucinich speaks for me

A defeat on healthcare could be a fatal setback for covering the uninsured -- and for Obama's presidency

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It's time for Wall Street to pay

We need accountability -- as in, jail time where warranted -- for those who created the financial disaster

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"Still Life": Taxidermy returns from the dead

How climate change sparked a renaissance of the strange, forgotten hobby

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T-Rexes on Saturn!

8-year-old Brendan Flynn turns the scientific community on its ear with his startling new theory

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The return of the MSG boogeyman

The Huffington Post carries on its tradition of bad medical advice with a post about the "killer" food additive

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How Petraeus could swing thinking on Israel

His belated recognition that U.S. and Israeli interests aren't always intertwined has particular impact

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Lady Gaga's "Telephone": A healthcare manifesto

Slide show: A frame-by-frame deconstruction of the video's secret insurance agenda

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Tina Fey goes "wild"

The funny lady sports a plunging neckline on the cover of Esquire -- and laughs about it

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"The Big Short's" rough Amazon reception

Kindle users pan Michael Lewis' new book -- because there's no digital version

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Fashion's bad boy perv goes too far

Models accuse photographer Terry Richardson of sexual harassment, but the industry still loves him

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Michael Kinsley's hyperinflation imagination

The pundit can't cite any evidence or economists for his thesis, but that doesn't stop him

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Fox News bites the hand that only just fed it

Immediately after exclusive with President Obama, cable net shows why White House is wary of it

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Calif. politics has short sellers facing big bills

California is stalling on a bill that would give state relief to short sellers who received federal relief

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Before you sext: MTV's crowdsourcing app

For teens who've had enough digital drama, the network introduces "Over the Line?"

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Obama predicts Jayhawks will win national title

The President chooses Kansas to prevail in his annual Madness bracket

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Arctic animals doing better, but not close to pole

Report states that Arctic animals are living well, with the glaring exception of those near the North Pole

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Wrong religion: Israeli ruins re-identified

Scholars say what was thought to be an ancient Jewish temple is actually an Islamic palace

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The friendly skies' great menace: Babies

A CNN story kicks up the old debate: Should kids be allowed on planes?

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Court: D.A. can't bring "sexting" charges

Court of Appeals says 16-year-old can't be prosecuted after sending topless picture of herself

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Lakeside Retirement Movie Club: "Leprechaun in the Hood"

A St. Paddy's special event: Ice-T and "lady-men" vs. the evil leprechaun -- and a mock-haggis recipe!

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Vatican unleashes exorcist for campaign of crazy

Rome responds to sex abuse scandals by letting its official Satan fighter speak. Turns out it's Satan's fault

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Irish soda bread scones for St. Patrick's Day and friendship

My friend's marriage fell apart at dinner, after the scones were gone. So I baked up another batch

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Healthcare reform hypocrisy goes supernova

The Bush appointee who hid Medicare Part D's true costs from Congress tells us why reform now is too expensive

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The impeccable bipartisan pedigree of "deem and pass"

Pelosi's plan outrages Republicans, but they used "deem and pass" well over a hundred times

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A hipster on food stamps responds

Readers attacked me for being spoiled, but the real travesty is our shaky economy and skewed values

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Dennis Kucinich gets to "yes"

The liberal from Ohio says he still doesn't like the healthcare bill much, but he won't be the one to stop it

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Lehman CEO: Gross negligence isn't so bad

Dick Fuld "feels vindicated" by the devastating report detailing his out-of-control investment bank

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Can't Congressional Dems do anything right?

Another failed attempt at messaging leads to trouble with process for passing healthcare reform

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"American Idol" recap: Sympathy for Mick Jagger

A reggae "Under My Thumb"? An off-key "Ruby Tuesdsay"? Even the Rolling Stones can't save this sinking ship

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Jeff Goldberg's blood-and-soil Israeli nationalist fantasy

Supporting a "two-state solution" isn't worth much, if you refuse to acknowledge any criticism of Israel

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Those authoritarian, torture-loving French

A new experiment reveals truths about submission to authority that ought to be obvious to all Americans

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Pakistani court charges 5 Americans with terrorism

Muslims from Washington D.C. suspected of plotting terrorist attacks, maximum sentence of life in prison

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