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The odd world of men pretending to be lesbians

Emma Mustich
After "Gay Girl in Damascus" is unmasked, one of "her" online colleagues admits: I'm a married man, too
A Palestinian family waits before crossing into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, May 28, 2011. Egypt officially and fully reopens its passenger crossing with Gaza at the town of Rafah, after a long period of restrictions aimed at isolating the Hamas militant group that rules the Palestinian coastal strip which could ease the isolation of 1.4 million Palestinians there. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) (AP)

The real winner in Israel’s Gaza blockade: Hamas

Natasha Lennard
A new UN report finds that the 5-year-old blockade has ravaged Gazans' everyday lives -- and empowered Hamas
A Syrian refugee woman brings laundry to an irrigation canal in a camp, in Boynuyogun, Turkey, Tuesday, June 14, 2011. According to the Turkish Prime Minister's office the number of Syrian refugees in Turkey stands at more than 8.500 people.As the government expands its crackdown on dissent, activists report tanks entering the northern town of Maaret al-Numan on Tuesday and other villages near Jisr al-Shughour.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) (AP)

Tanks, troops move to snuff out Syria resistance

Selcan Hacaoglu, Elizabeth A. Kennedy
Embattled president has abandoned most pretenses of reform, is sealing off strategic areas in the north and east
Actress Cynthia Nixon, left, and New York Rangers' Sean Avery talk with reporters after asking lawmakers to pass legislation to legalize same-sex marriage in New York at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., Tuesday, June 14, 2011. The New York state Senate's Republican majority is facing an all-out effort by Democrats to legalize gay marriage in the last days of the session and reinvigorate the national movement. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink) (AP)

NY gay marriage bill now in hands of GOP Senate

Michael Gormley
No sign of wavering among Senate Republicans who led the defeat of the measure two years ago
42nd street, New York City

What’s the dirtiest city in America?

Emma Mustich
It's not New York, Philadelphia or L.A. ...

Tracy Morgan is ready to make nice

Mary Elizabeth Williams
After a slew of homophobic remarks, he's working with GLAAD. Is his about-face to be believed?
Businessman Herman Cain waves as he takes the stage before the first New Hampshire Republican presidential debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., Monday, June 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia) (AP)

Cain vs. Romney on Muslims

Justin Elliott
Herman Cain still wants to apply special scrutiny to Muslim appointees, while Romney won't endorse Shariah fears
Attorney Theodore Boutrous, right, speaks next to Chad Griffin, Board President of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, during a news conference at the Phillip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco, Monday, June 13, 2011. A retired federal judge's long-term relationship with another man was the subject of an unusual and possibly unprecedented court hearing that began Monday involving California's same-sex marriage ban. Lawyers for the sponsors of the voter-approved ban asked the chief federal judge in San Francisco to vacate a decision issued by his predecessor last year that declared the same sex marriage ban an unconstitutional violation of gay Californians' civil rights. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) (AP)

Judge to decide Calif. gay marriage case Tuesday

Lisa Leff
Impartiality of judge who ruled Prop 8 unconstitutional is in question
Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich talk during a break in the first New Hampshire Republican presidential debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., Monday, June 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia) (AP)

Michele Bachmann’s coming-out party

Steve Kornacki
In the first real GOP debate, the Minnesota congresswoman puts on a performance tailor-made for the Tea Party
Beer being poured during a tour of Sprecher Brewery in Glendale, Wis.

A new low for Wisconsin politics: Beer wars

Andrew Leonard
Targeting public sector unions is bad enough -- but craft brewers? Does the state have no shame?
From left, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and businessman Herman Cain stand on stage before first New Hampshire Republican presidential debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., Monday, June 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Jim Cole) (AP)

Romney, Bachmann win; Americans lose

Joan Walsh
Republicans' economic idiocy will likely doom their presidential dreams. Unless voters feel Obama's not much better

Neocon flack: Weiner may have converted to Islam

Justin Elliott
A neoconservative public relations operative argues the Jewish congressman may have converted to Islam
Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe’s anti-circumcision rant blows up

Mary Elizabeth Williams
The actor calls it "barbaric" and tells Jews to "stop cutting" -- and learns a crucial lesson about Twitter
Anti-government protestors, chant slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, June 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) (AP)

Yemeni factions consider power transfer deal

Ahmed Al-haj
Discussions to begin on how to ease President Saleh out of power
Israeli soldiers, left, take their position in the Israeli border side, as a poster of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, right, is seen set at the Lebanese-Israeli border at Kfar Kila village, southern Lebanon, on Friday May 20, 2011. The Israeli army is beefing up its security apparently in anticipation of rallies of Palestinian refugees on the Lebanese-Israel border like the one the accured on Sunday. The Arbic words in the poster read:"you are the truthful pledge".(AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari) (AP)

New Lebanese Cabinet gives Hezbollah more power

Zeina Karam
Hezbollah has seen a steady rise from a resistance group fighting Israel to a powerful military and political force
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Behind the selective Weinergate outrage of Democrats

Steve Kornacki
Nancy Pelosi and other top Democrats are piling on now -- but they've been quiet about much worse in the past

The thoroughly American soul of John Brown

Glenn W. LaFantasie
His use of violence at Harpers Ferry may have been abhorrent -- but it wasn't necessarily aberrant
An Egyptian prays on an Arabic slogan reads " Jerusalem for us, Palestine is an Arabic land " during a protest against Israel's closure of Gaza at Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising, in Cairo, Egypt Friday, May 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) (AP)

Hamas rejection bodes poorly for unity talks

Josef Federman
Reconciliation between rival Palestinian factions hits a major snag

The Week in Uppers

Peter Finocchiaro
Because there were plenty of notable stories this week that didn't involve dirty photos
AU peacekeepers take cover behind sandbags, right, as AU tank standby during clashes with Islamist insurgents in southern Mogadishu's Bakara market neighborhood on Friday, May 27, 2011. The U.N. Security Council is warning Somali leaders that they risk losing financial support if they can't agree on how to carry out upcoming elections. Somalia's government depends on international support for almost everything, including the salaries of soldiers and lawmakers. Around 9,000 African Union troops are stationed in Mogadishu to prevent the government from being overrun by militants. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) (AP)

1998 U.S. Embassy bomber reportedly killed

Associated Press
Somali government says the man responsible for two deadly bombings was shot to death at a police checkpoint
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley

Alabama’s harsh new immigration law explained

Justin Elliott
Alabama's Republican governor signs the harshest immigration law in the country
Muammar Qaddafi, the Libyan chief of state, attends the 12th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Feb. 2, 2009. Qaddafi was elected chairman of the organization. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jesse B. Awalt/Released) (Cjtf-hoa/pao)

In a pure coincidence, Gaddafi impeded U.S. oil interests before the war

Glenn Greenwald
WikiLeaks cables reveal the dictator was increasingly devoted to the "Libyanization" of the country's resources

When liberal groups promote corporate mergers

Natasha Lennard
GLAAD, the NAACP and others have taken big money from AT&T. Is it OK for them to endorse the AT&T-T-Mobile merger?
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley signs into law, what critics and supporters are calling the strongest bill in the nation cracking down on illegal immigration, on Thursday, June 9, 2011 at the state Capitol in Montgomery, Ala. The bill allows police to arrest anyone suspected of being an illegal immigrant if they're stopped for any other reason. It also requires public schools to determine students' immigration status and makes it a crime to knowingly give an illegal immigrant a ride. (AP Photo/Montgomery Advertiser, Mickey Welsh) (AP)

Ala illegal immigration law tougher than Arizona’s

Bob Johnson
Alabama schools will soon have to check if students are in the country legally
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