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Is there such a thing as an “Oscar curse”?
Daniel D'Addario
Actresses' careers languish after Oscar shows up. Is it just coincidence -- or proof Hollywood's tough on women?
Art world speaks out against drones
Jillian Steinhauer
Artists are following in local government's footsteps by fighting drone surveillance
Ron Paul sues supporters for control of RonPaul.com
Jillian Rayfield
Paul asked the U.N. for help claiming control of his domain name
Are radical Christians finally ceding on gay marriage?
Tom Bartlett
The New Calvinist movement pairs a traditional take on the Bible with a softer image -- and smarter rhetoric
Naked if I want to: Lena Dunham’s body politic
Soraya Roberts
Critics can't stop cringing, but the "Girls" star's prolific nudity harks to a decades-old feminist art tradition
Evangelism’s secret history of racial discrimination
Jonathan Dudley
The movement's founding moral outrage stemmed not from Roe v. Wade, but from the prospect of desegregation
Must-see morning clip: Director Behn Zeitlin on “The Colbert Report”
Prachi Gupta
The "Beasts of the Southern Wild" director says if the film gets one Oscar, he wants Quvenzhané Wallis to win it
When patent trolls attack
Jacob Sugarman
Lawsuits targeting Adam Corolla's network and other podcasters shed light on the dark side of Silicon Valley
Must-see morning clip: Lawrence Wright talks Scientology on “The Colbert Report”
Prachi Gupta
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author explains how the religion is "a prison of belief"
Everything you think you know about breakfast may be wrong
Ari LeVaux
New research suggests that skipping our morning meal may not have the kind of deleterious effects we believe
Sci-fi writer makes $50,000 for charity off of his “troll”
Daniel D'Addario
When his online nemesis called him a rapist and a "gamma male," John Scalzi mobilized his readership for charity
Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart mocks Facebook envy and Vine
Prachi Gupta
Sure, technology has advanced society, but it can be creepy, too
Legal win for strippers
Tracy Clark-Flory
Or is it? The Kansas Supreme Court rules that dancers have a right to unemployment -- but not all are celebrating
Science’s epic win of a week
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Richard III, Mary Ingalls and the Black Dahlia all make headlines thanks to new discoveries
18-year-olds can buy handguns
Alex Seitz-Wald
Federal law says you need to be 21 to buy a handgun, but a little-known loophole lets young people stock up
The return of Bridget Jones
Daniel D'Addario
She defined a decade for single women — but can Bridget Jones recapture the zeitgeist?
Bill O’Reilly speaks for the babies
Mary Elizabeth Williams
When I took on the topic of abortion, the Fox blowhard went after me
Must-see morning clip
Prachi Gupta
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor discusses her new book, "My Beloved World"
Archbishop letter on sex abuse read at LA churches
Roger Mahony
Archbishop Jose Gomez's letter called the newly released files on clergy sex abuse "terribly sad and evil"
Dear Internet: Sorry about that motherhood post
Janine Kovac
When my open letter to a childless friend went viral, the blogosphere attacked. The worst part? They were right
Obama’s shameless finance reform flip-flopping
Justin Elliott
Turning his campaign into a nonprofit that accepts unlimited donations is just the president's latest reversal
Must-see morning clip
Prachi Gupta
The NRA argues that universal background checks would be ineffective because "criminals will never submit to them"
11-year-old autistic boy receives controversial medical marijuana treatment
Katie McDonough
An Oregon couple has been using medical-grade tincture to treat their son's autism-related self-injury and rages
Jon Stewart destroys Glenn Beck’s utopia
Lauren Kelley
Tuesday's "Daily Show" covers Glenn Beck's most recent utopia, "the Citadel" and its predecessor, "Freedomtown"
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