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Colbert to auction his artfully doctored portrait

Jake Coyle
Proceeds from the portrait -- which depicts Colbert as Hitler, holding Emmy -- will go to DonorsChoose.org
Actress Halle Berry and model Gabriel Aubry pose as they arrive at the 2009 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in West Hollywood, California February 22, 2009. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok (UNITED STATES) (OSCARS-PARTY) (© Danny Moloshok / Reuters)

Halle Berry’s heartbreaking custody battle

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Her fight with Gabriel Aubry turns uglier and uglier -- and is a reminder of the legacy of abuse
The Ibn Tulun mosque in Cairo

Prague as theme park. Plus: Cairo!

Patrick Smith
Even without the riots, there is simply so much of everything in that ancient city, where the imagery doesn't stop
The author and her husband

Mourning a husband who has not yet passed

Lillian B. Rubin
As Hank disappears into dementia, I have to admit the unbearable: His death would be easier than this
(Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

AIG CEO: Liberals are deadbeats

Andrew Leonard
The head of the government-owned insurance company claims "culture" explains why business is better in red states

DiGiorno frozen pizza and cookie dough, together at last

Francis Lam
Supermarket pizza giant's new combo pack serves up 3,500 calories of pure nostalgia for ... your non-cooking mom?

Planning your CPAC 2011 weekend

Alex Pareene
No other event has ever featured quite so much Newt Gingrich
Women walk past a damaged shopping center in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. Police and garbage collectors appeared on the streets of Cairo Monday morning and subway stations reopened after soldiers and neighborhood watch groups kept the peace in many districts overnight. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) (AP)

Answers to basic “where” questions about Egypt

Peter Finocchiaro
Where have the Egyptian protests been the fiercest? Where are the key areas of unrest?

What women want: For you to want them

Tracy Clark-Flory
New York magazine's porn package gets to the heart of women, smut and lust
Coca leaves and refined cocaine

Coca: The next health food craze that won’t be

Aviva Shen
Non-cocaine coca leaf products are all the rage in South America, but the War on Drugs is going to kill our buzz
FILE - This Jan. 28, 2009 file photo shows Charlie Sheen in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File) (AP)

How Charlie Sheen remains a TV superstar

Matt Zoller Seitz
The "Two and a Half Men" star is the golden goose as wife-beating drunk. And CBS needs the eggs
In this image taken from Egypt State TV, showing Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, as he swears in General Mahmoud Wagdy as the new interior minister, front left, during a ceremony to swear in the new government Cabinet as broadcast on Egypt State TV, Monday Jan. 31, 2011. State TV has announced that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has sworn in a new Cabinet, replacing the Cabinet which was dissolved as a concession to unprecedented anti-government protests.( AP Photo / Egypt State TV) MANDATORY CREDIT - TV OUT - EGYPT OUT (AP)

Egypt President Mubarak announces new government

Hamza Hendawi, Maggie Michael
After a weekend of continued and persistent protest, Mubarak attempts to appease crowd with new administration

The NFL: An indictment of America

Ethan Sherwood Strauss
We keep watching the carnage, which says something awful about us
Heather Havrilesky

A childhood of mud pies, TV and an awesome divorce

Sarah Hepola
Heather Havrilesky talks about her memoir of growing up sensitive and strange in the suburbs of the '70s and '80s
Clockwise from left: "The Exorcist," "The Rite" and "The Last Exorcism"

The right-wing agenda of the exorcism movie

Alex Mar
"The Rite" is the latest film in a genre with a surprisingly conservative message about power and faith
Young woman getting injectables. (Katja De Bruijn-govorushchenko)

Plastic surgery’s wicked triumph

Genevieve Walker
The recession was supposed to end our nip-tuck obsession, but an expert explains why it's only getting worse
A still from "From Prada to Nada"

Why are so many films for Latinos bad?

Alonso Duralde
"From Prada to Nada" is the latest entry into a film genre filled with cheesy, awful flicks. Will it ever change?
FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2010 file photo, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin talks during a book signing in Columbia, S.C. This month's early under-the-radar campaigning by potential Republican challengers to President Barack Obama is a reminder of something too easily forgotten: Running for president is harder than it looks, and Obama ultimately will stand against a flesh-and-blood nominee certain to make mistakes along the way. (AP Photo/Virginia Postic, File) (AP)

Tracy Morgan objectifies Sarah Palin

Ethan Sherwood Strauss
The "30 Rock" comedian calls Sarah Palin "great masturbation material" on live TV
A still from "Kaboom"

Pick of the week: Your favorite teen soap — on drugs!

Andrew O'Hehir
Pick of the week: Gregg Araki's hilarious, delirious "Kaboom" blends queer cinema, "Twin Peaks" and "The O.C."
Ted Haggard (L) and his wife Gayle answer questions during the HBO panel for the documentary "The Trials of Ted Haggard" at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Los Angeles January 9, 2009. Haggard, the powerful U.S. evangelist who fell from grace in 2006 amid a gay sex scandal, returned to the spotlight on Friday saying his faith was stronger but he wished people had been more forgiving. REUTERS/Phil McCarten (UNITED STATES) (© Phil Mccarten / Reuters)

Making sense of Ted Haggard’s “bisexuality”

Tracy Clark-Flory
Could the pastor's (kind of) confession in GQ pave the way for a more nuanced understanding about men and sex?
fashion victim little princess girl humor portrait crown and hearth shape glasses (Tono Balaguer)

“Cinderella Ate My Daughter”: The evil reign of pink princesses

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Peggy Orenstein talks about the insidiousness of girlie-girl culture and how Hannah Montana leads to bullying
*FILE* In this undated file photo providd by the Department of Defense, the F-117A Nighthawk Stealth fighter from the 49th Fighter Wing, 9th Fighter Squadron, from Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. flies during a training mission over the New Mexico desert. Holloman Air Force Base will say farewell to the F-117 Nighthawk, which the nation is retiring from its arsenal after 27 years. The last F-117s scheduled to fly will leave Holloman on Monday, April 21, 2008, then stop in Palmdale, Calif., for another retirement ceremony before arriving at their final destination _ Tonopah Test Range Airfield in Nevada, where the fighter made its first flight in 1981. ( AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Staff Sgt. Andy Dunaway/HO) (Associated Press)

Why military spending remains untouchable

Andrew J. Bacevich
Despite extraordinary expenditures, it's clear that Americans just aren't getting much for their money
Sibel Kekilli in "When We Leave"

“When We Leave”: A Muslim wife breaks away

Andrew O'Hehir
In the gripping melodrama "When We Leave," a Turkish-German woman straddles tradition and modernity
President Barack Obama gestures on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, prior to delivering his State of the Union address in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio applaud at rear. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

Do Republicans really want to run against this guy?

Steve Kornacki
For two years, the GOP has claimed that Obama can't do optimism, but now he's proven them wrong
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