October 28, 2013 Archive October 2013

A day at the dog races

Remembering Lou Reed: 7 of our favorite songs

Urban Shield: The gun nuts weaponizing your city

"The Luminaries": A Gothic cathedral of plot

So much for my Yelp revenge

In Nazi Germany, women were killers too

I'm a jersey chaser

Jerry Ross on NASA Inspiration, and Apollo 13 Commander, Captain Jim Lovell

"Downton Abbey" actor Dan Stevens revives Frankenstein

Lou Reed's New York: Gritty, scary, seedy, human

MOOCs: Corporate welfare for credit

Here's how GOP Obamacare hypocrisy backfires

Republicans' new anti-Obamacare tactic: Class war

Renowned Reagan appointee disavows his own voter ID ruling

GOP prepares to question Sebelius over Healthcare.gov rollout

Will Obama block the Keystone Pipeline or just keep bending?

Ex-GOP senator unloads: A "total disconnect ... between reality and Republican Party"

"Homeland" recap: This week, history repeats itself

5 reasons cutting Social Security would be irrational

Must-see morning clip: On the ground at Benghazi

Illinois: America's biggest nuclear dump site

Pennsylvania law protects pregnant women from unwanted belly rubbing

After Sandy, only a lucky few getting buyouts

Krugman: GOP wants to turn Medicare into Obamacare

Scandal may cause South Korea to abandon nuclear power

Musicians remember Lou Reed

Rick Santorum dings Ted Cruz for government shutdown

On "The Walking Dead," Tyreese mourns and quarantine begins

Another EU country under heavy NSA surveillance

NOAA partners with children's show to spread ocean awareness

Marco Rubio walks back support for comprehensive immigration reform

It's not just Jay Z: Luxury brands need to fight racial profiling too

Lindsey Graham issues Benghazi-related nominations threat

Calamity is already upon us

Scientist Paul Mayewski on climate change, and what scares him the most

What would happen without the Amazon?

College librarian denies LGBT student use of school laptop because he looked feminine

Kanye West: "I control the media"

Marco Rubio: The next John McCain

"Riots always begin typically the same way": Food stamp shutdown looms Friday

Drone victim family will be first to testify before Congress

Could tight mortgage practices be worse than loose lending?

The "Dirty Dozen"

The 12 hardest-to-avoid chemicals that mess with our hormones

Sesame Street parodies "Homeland"

A foolproof illustrated guide to Obamacare

U.K. threatens to punish NSA leak publication

Dean Wareham on Lou Reed: "Velvet Underground seemed to appear fully formed, beyond influence"

Actually, everyone is telling college women not to drink

NSA review panel to present findings to president

The latest offensive breast cancer meme: Mamming

Harry Reid: Senate to vote on ENDA before Thanksgiving

Silicon Valley dreams of secession

Never-before-seen "Star Wars" blooper reel surfaces