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- The stories my family wouldn’t tell: Living through war in Lebanon
- Orwell & Ed: Snowden saga shows the one thing “1984” missed
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- Hack List No. 4: David Brooks
- Top 10 biggest Internet pranks and hoaxes of 2013
- Psychology helps explain why Louis C.K. is so funny
- Step away from the Christmas lights!
- Elizabeth Warren’s bold new crusade: Keep employers out of your credit history
- Why this week’s anti-NSA court ruling could backfire
- Pussy Riot to finally walk free this week
- Arctic 30 to be set free
- Must-see morning clip: Who needs food stamps, anyway?
- Mississippi school district sued for pervasive anti-LGBT harassment among students and administrators
- New bird flu claims its first victim
- Bee-killing pesticides may also harm human brain development
- Stephen Colbert sings “Let It Snow” with Cyndi Lauper and Alan Cumming
- Watch: Mitt Romney plans his concession speech in trailer for new campaign documentary
- BP strikes oil in the Gulf of Mexico
- How to fight sexism in the toy aisle
- Rob Ford apologizes to reporter for implying he’s a pedophile, later dances in City Hall
- Gun activists have a new craze — and it’s more dangerous than you think
- Why George Zimmerman’s painting went viral: America’s fascination with infamous artists
- “Duck Dynasty” star’s homophobic comments evoke the worst of the Bush era
- Justin Bieber is quitting music, says Justin Bieber
- Conservative Twitter hate-loves Organizing for Action’s new Obamacare meme
- China just opened its first official smog clinic
- The modern GOP’s fundamentalist godfather
- Jamie Dimon’s perp walk: Why it could be this year’s Christmas miracle
- The “real” Santa: Sometimes it’s a woman!
- Hack List No. 3: Benny Johnson
- Japan’s newly created island is actually growing
- Tapered! Fed unexpectedly announces slowdown of stimulus measures
- Hack List No. 2: Mark Halperin and John Heilemann
- “Fear and concern” keeping MSNBC hosts quiet in union dispute, AFL-CIO suggests
- Samuel L. Jackson and Tobey Maguire star in awkward “Between Two Ferns” holiday special
- Whole Foods dropping Chobani to make room for organic and GMO-free brands
- BBC interviews random man on the street who turns out to be the Fonz
- Senate passes Murray-Ryan budget deal
- The year’s biggest climate report, in haiku form
