Politics & Current Events

The uproar over new breast cancer screening guidelines.
| Wed Dec. 2, 2009 10:22 AM PST
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Security guards in Afghanistan are trigger-happy, heroin-addict mercenaries.
| Tue Dec. 1, 2009 3:56 PM PST
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The president is sending more troops to Afghanistan—and mixed messages on his policy.
| Tue Dec. 1, 2009 1:02 PM PST
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The American home-owning dream on life support.
| Mon Nov. 30, 2009 9:58 AM PST

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As Washington talks Iraq withdrawal, the Pentagon builds up bases in the region.
| Mon Nov. 23, 2009 11:16 AM PST
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Former Afghani parliament member Malalai Joya talks warlords and women's rights.
| Tue Nov. 17, 2009 4:58 PM PST
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Recovery.org is getting a lot of flak. Should it be?
| Thu Nov. 19, 2009 11:54 AM PST
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(But won't.)
| Thu Nov. 19, 2009 10:27 AM PST
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Anatomy of an Afghan culture of corruption.
| Tue Nov. 17, 2009 10:12 AM PST
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The good news: GM will begin paying back TARP funds next month. The bad news: They'll be using TARP money to do it.
| Mon Nov. 16, 2009 1:25 PM PST
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Sarah Palin made herself indispensable while destroying the Republican party.
| Mon Nov. 16, 2009 11:02 AM PST
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The administration has moved to block the release of detainee abuse photos.
| Fri Nov. 13, 2009 9:17 PM PST
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How America's wars are systematically destroying our liberties.
| Thu Nov. 12, 2009 9:36 AM PST
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Why military dreams fail—and why it doesn't matter.
| Tue Nov. 10, 2009 1:28 PM PST
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Why Bart Stupak's last-minute amendment to the health care bill is even more radical than you think.
| Mon Nov. 9, 2009 12:08 PM PST
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Preparing undeployables for the Afghan front.
| Mon Nov. 9, 2009 11:57 AM PST
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The Republican Party and the Tea Party movement are increasingly one and the same.
| Thu Nov. 5, 2009 2:51 PM PST
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Breakfast at Fuddruckers, headstone straightening, and toilet purchases: Just a few things provided by your stimulus bucks.
| Thu Nov. 5, 2009 2:39 PM PST
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The Pentagon's building boom in Afghanistan indicates a long war ahead.
| Thu Nov. 5, 2009 10:03 AM PST
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| Wed Nov. 4, 2009 11:46 AM PST

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