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- The media’s Michelle Obama problem: What a selfie says about our biases
- Shows that went on way too long
- “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”: Jackson leaves Tolkien behind
- 12 shows that went on way too long
- How to tell which Republicans care about their constituents’ health
- Depressed? Climate change could be to blame
- Mountain goats defy death in alpine avalanche
- Corporate Democrats freak out over Elizabeth Warren threat
- Time names Pope Francis 2013 “Person of the Year”
- Lipstick’s steep price: Africa’s vanishing forests
- Retirement crisis grows as cities raid pension and health plans
- China bans shark fin soup at official dinners
- Iowa Medicaid expansion plan gets federal approval
- India’s Supreme Court just made it a crime for gay people to have sex
- Researchers discover a new greenhouse gas that’s 7,000 times worse than CO2
- Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart scolds media for inciting controversy during Nelson Mandela memorial
- Alan Grayson surprisingly calm in response to losing $18 million due to fraud
- Undercover video exposes alleged cruelty at DiGiorno dairy supplier
- Obamacare enrollment tops 1 million
- John Goodman and Taran Killam scream terrible carols in new “SNL” promo
- Ted Cruz manages to get even more repulsive
- Time’s fitting choice: The “people’s pope” as Person of the Year
- The Ryan-Murray budget deal: The right reacts
- Voucher-mania: Why the right is diseased (and out of ideas)
- FDA cracking down on antibiotics in meat
- Why not Miley Cyrus for Person of the Year?
- Tea Party’s ignorant, empty threat: Why Paul Ryan will be just fine
- FIFA: 2014 World Cup will have an enormous carbon footprint
- Not so fast! Massive giveaway to Exxon and Pharma hits road bump
- Video games’ race problem goes all the way to the top
- The real Obama story at Mandela’s ceremony the U.S. media missed
- GOP senator’s chief of staff put on administrative leave amid child porn allegations
- Amazing photo features George W. Bush showing off his paintings to Hillary Clinton and others on Air Force One
- Oil is now flowing through the southern leg of Keystone XL
- Hidden disaster in new budget: Demonic plot to raid pensions
- Racism in the classroom: When even our names are not our own
- R. Kelly’s #AskRKelly publicity stunt unsurprisingly backfires
- GOP congressman: U.S. shouldn’t have lowered flags for Mandela
- PA’s new environmental chief said he was unaware that there are “adverse impacts” of climate change
- Corporations’ greedy motive to oppose surveillance: Profits!
- “Stretched resources” blamed for all hell breaking loose at the National Zoo
