Currently in Salon

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  "Mentalist," "Lie to Me": The truth hurts
  Simon Baker and Tim Roth are charismatic and coy as TV mind readers, but the cheese is still spread a little thick
  By Heather Havrilesky
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  Stalk of shame
  Don't let that unused celery wither and yellow in your fridge. Show it a little respect for delicious results
  by Francis Lam
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  State dinner crashers met Obama
  A seriously shamed Secret Service apologizes
  LARRY MARGASAK
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  Police to talk to Woods
  Early morning crash raises questions, and revives tabloid speculation
  DOUG FERGUSON
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  Was derailment terrorism?
  Report: Traces of explosives at Russian train site
  IVAN SEKRETAREV
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  How dare you criticize wasteful defense spending!
  So you think it's only terrorist-appeasing lefties who are down on Pentagon profligacy? Think again
  By David Sirota
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  Palin, Prejean: Beastly treatment for beauties
  The governor turned author must fight what the pageant queen learned: Politics and hotness make strange bedfellows
  By Gene Lyons
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  Tom the Dancing Bug
  A lady from the East and a half-breed ripsnorter from Colorado duke it out at the Oklahoma roundup
  By Ruben Bolling
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  "The Road": Post-apocalypse now
  Director John Hillcoat and his star, Viggo Mortensen, improve on the mannered machismo of Cormac McCarthy's novel
  By Stephanie Zacharek
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  Last gasp for American foie gras?
  An environmental lawsuit threatens the U.S.'s biggest producer of a controversial delicacy
  By Thomas Rogers