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Are Apple's New China Auditors Toothless Tigers?

Dispatching "independent" inspectors in Chinese factories dodges Apple's fundamental problem.

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Calculator: How Expensive Is Birth Control?

Rick Santorum claims it's "just a few dollars." Time for a reality check.

—Ben Breedlove, Maya Dusenbery, and Tasneem Raja
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Rick Santorum's Beer Money

Was the former Pennsylvania senator under the influence of the beer lobby?

—Tim Murphy
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I Couch-Surfed Across America—and Lived to Tell

How I used CouchSurfing.org to crash with perfect strangers and see the country on the cheap (without getting killed by an ax murderer).

—Tim Murphy

Charts: The Crazy Cost of Becoming President, From Lincoln to Obama

In 1860, it took $2.8 million to win the White House. In 2008 it took more than 260 times that. Is the presidency overpriced?

—Dave Gilson

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The Secret City of Vivian Maier

Photos from one of America's greatest unknown street photographers—now on cleaner, larger photojournalism pages.

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—Michael Mechanic

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Listen to these 44 songs about our 44 presidents—and today's otherwise ho-hum holiday might just blow your mind.

—Tim Murphy

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—Adam Weinstein

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A controversial land deal by the presidential candidate robbed a vets' home of tens of millions of dollars.

—Andy Kroll

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The new shoot-'em-up romantic comedy starring Reese Witherspoon is dumb, annoying, and soporific.

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—Aaron Ross

The Inside Story on Climate Scientists Under Siege

Michael Mann reveals his account of attacks by entrenched interests seeking to undermine his "hockey stick" graph.

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Bombs Away

Obama is considering ditching most US nukes. Conservatives say it's "reckless lunacy"—but military strategists think it's smart.

—Adam Weinstein

The .0000063% Election

How American politics became the politics of the superrich.

—Ari Berman

Wendell Pierce Goes to Market

The "Treme" and "The Wire" actor on his career, launching a supermarket chain in New Orleans, and why Americans shy away from reality on television.

—Elizabeth Gettelman

Maps: Red States Take More From Washington Than They Put In

Even as Republicans gripe about deficit spending, their states get 30 cents more federal spending per tax dollar than their Democratic neighbors.

—Dave Gilson

What War on Religion?

If Obama is hell-bent on waging battle with religious institutions—as his critics allege—he sure has a funny way of showing it.

—Stephanie Mencimer

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