Franzen's "Freedom" and the importance of fun

Job discrimination claims by Muslims on the rise

Ronald Reagan biopic planned for late 2011

Sharron Angle denies saying things she said

G.M. testing voice command to update Facebook status

The tortoise economy

Life after cancer

Obama wins the right to invoke "State Secrets" to protect Bush crimes

L.A. police move to quell more shooting protests

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Wednesday link dump: Drone doom

Fear. Debt. Money: I'm 45 and scared

The explosive power of the tiki punch

On the wrong side of a Craigslist ad

It's good to have this Obama on the campaign trail

Tiki Oasis punch recipe

The White House after Rahm?

The trouble with Google Books

Why charities should be political

Obama requests minister call off Quran burning

Planned Quran burning sparks Pakistan protests

A bogus tax-cut "concession"

Are Facebook users really more narcissistic?

The push to recognize "birth rape"

What's in a wine label?

Politico hires one liberal and one conservative to write columns

No, healthcare reform is not like the Kansas-Nebraska Act

A glimmer of hope in jobless claims?

New report upends "homegrown terror" assumptions

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The science of good dancing

Park51 financiers express regret over mosque

Gulf businesses weigh whether to sue or settle

How everyone got Orszag and Obama's tax cut positions completely wrong

Apple as a news censor: No way to run an app store