Tuesday, October 6, 2009

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Who's Running the Afghanistan War, Anyway?

By MARK THOMPSON / WASHINGTON

Conflict over military officers weighing in on policy debates over how to fight the war reflect the competing pressures on the Commander in Chief

Dollar Stores: A Great Price for the Recession

By SEAN GREGORY

At the Dollar Tree discount stores, everything costs a buck or less. That price is paying off now, but will consumers trade up in a recovery?

Why Did Texas Gut Its Forensics Commission?

By HILARY HYLTON / AUSTIN

Governor Rick Perry has suddenly decided to replace several of this own appointees, just as they were about to review a controversial arson-murder case

Get Homeowners Off Welfare

By JUSTIN FOX

Washington loves to throw money at those who purchase houses. A lot of good that's done

Adios, Juan and Juanita: Latin Names Trend Down

By JEFFREY KLUGER

One sure sign that the U.S. Hispanic population is becoming increasingly more assimilated is the overall downward trend in traditionally Latin-sounding baby names

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Swampland

By JOE KLEIN

It is always good to remember that our troops — and those of our allies — in Afghanistan are fighting a new sort of war, according to a strategy that emphasizes humanity over brutality.

Special Package

Heroes of the Environment 2009

From saving wild mountain rivers in China to measuring the Arctic's icy expanse, from protecting the lush forests of Africa to conducting a feisty online debate, our green heroes are informed by this simple notion: We can all make a difference

Quotes of the Day

"If they don't want to believe carbon dating done by some of the world's best laboratories, they certainly won't believe me."
LUIGI GARLASCALLI,
an Italian organic chemist, remarking on the criticism he expects to receive over his reproduction of The Shroud of Turin. He's aiming to prove that the cloth bearing an image of Christ's face at the Crucifixion is a fake
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Indonesia's Islamic Schools: More Female Friendly

By Carla Power / Cirebon

While domestic suicide bombers and radicals have been traced to a few notorious schools, others have been incubators for a more benign trend in the world's most populous Muslim nation: the development of feminist readings of the Quran and Islamic traditions

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