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Toronto Film Festival
Stephanie Zacharek
Two very different movies about the Iraq war from De Palma and Haggis. Plus: George Clooney finesses his way through a grueling press conference.
The killing of Jamie Dean
Julia Dahl
Police in rural Maryland staged a military stakeout and shot a troubled Army vet. As his family plans to sue, they are asking how a soldier being treated for PTSD could be shipped to Iraq.
In the closet? Or just a bathroom stall?
Catherine Price
U.S. Sen. Larry Craig was arrested in June for trying to initiate "lewd conduct" with an undercover police officer in an airport bathroom.
The family jeans
Katherine Ozment
Since high school, I'd battled my curvy body into "skinny" jeans. But it wasn't until I wrestled my young daughter's round belly into stylish, slim pants that I knew the fashion madness had to stop.
Fantasy island
Sidney Blumenthal
Karl Rove calls himself Moby Dick. One speechwriter sees himself as St. Francis. Another sees him as Iago. All regard Bush as Abraham Lincoln. In Washington, reality is a myth.
“Smooth as old satin”
Dana Cook
Jay Leno, Della Reese, Mike Douglas, Miles Davis, Betty White and others on their impressions of Merv Griffin, the late talk show host, game show producer and mogul.
Now romancer
Dennis Lim
William Gibson has been hailed as a prophet and a futurist, but his eye is on the present moment. He talks to Salon about virtual readings, emerging technology and his new novel -- set in 2006.
High on the Tour de Dope
Der Spiegel staff
This year's chaotic, scandal-ridden Tour de France was the best ever -- because it exposed the truth about cycling today.
I’ve got a stupid racist ditty playing in my head
Cary Tennis
When I was a kid I learned this obnoxious song, and now I can't get rid of it.
“Real Estate Rookie” tells all
Helaine Olen
Newbie home flipper and broker Alison Rogers talks about bad agents, selling schemes and why it's impossible to predict the housing market.
Ask the Pilot
Salon Staff
Tough questions after a deadly catastrophe in Brazil. When is a runway "too short"? And, are some of our busiest airports unsafe?
Why the Republicans don’t like their candidates
Thomas F. Schaller
The GOP front-runner isn't Fred Thompson or Mitt Romney. It's "none of the above."
Bob Novak is not one of the popular kids
Edward McClelland
The prickly right-wing columnist, covert-agent outer and all-around "Prince of Darkness" explains how he rose to the top of D.C.'s journalistic heap.
In the wonderland of ruins
Gary Kamiya
Turkey's history is even more rich and complicated than its convoluted present.
What George Tenet really knew about Iraq
Thomas Powers
Unraveling the former CIA chief's cover story about bogus intelligence -- and the grand scheme that launched the war.
Wedding trashers
Izzy Grinspan
America may be in the midst of full-on wedding mania, but a new craze for gown wrecking has tapped into a rich vein of bride rage.
The body electric
Ann Bauer
Our son's condition kept getting worse, and everything we tried to help him failed. Then we discovered there was one final option: Electroshock therapy.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
From free Wi-Fi, great haircuts and massage service to two-mile walks, aggressive loiterers and $10 burritos: Readers name the best, worst and weirdest airports in the world.
Spirit of success
Ada Calhoun
Christine Ebersole feels a deep spiritual connection to the women she portrays in Broadway's "Grey Gardens." Will the Tony gods smile on her?
Potterpalooza
Rebecca Traister
For the Quidditch players, wizard rockers and would-be witches who gathered at a New Orleans Harry Potter convention, this is the dawning of their summer of love -- and loss.
Apple hearts Microsoft
Scott Rosenberg
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates take the stage at a tech conference and come off more like old pals than business rivals.
Inside the Creation Museum
Gordy Slack
Adam and Eve frolic amid the dinosaurs in the new $27 million museum that demonstrates Darwin has nothing on the Book of Genesis.
A Summer Shack feast
Jasper White
Jasper White shows you how to turn your kitchen into a seafood haven with these recipes for clam chowder, lobster rolls, lobster salad and whoopie pie.
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