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Ari Melber: About nine percent of the U.S. population is checking into convention coverage, according to Nielsen . The share is higher among African...

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Face Of The Day

An Afghan elder from the Korengal Valley speaks during a meeting with U.S. and Afghan military officials October 30, 2008 at the Korengal Outpost in...

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Face Of The Day

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange September 15, 2008 in New York City. In afternoon trading the Dow Jones Industrial Average...

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Face Of The Day

A pilgrim looks on during the Papal Welcome Ceremony at Barangaroo, on Sydney Harbour on July 17, 2008 in Sydney, Australia. Organised every two to...

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Is Obama's Spending Out Of Control?

No.

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The Tehran Shuffle

Is the Bush administration's decision to engage Iran without suspension of uranium enrichment another North Korea model move?

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Yglesias Award Nominee

"Obama's opposition is right along the lines of the National Education Association, and the teachers union is a reliable and powerful Democratic...

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McCain's Fading Money Problem

But his gains may be the GOP's loss. Domenico Montanaro notes: McCain really doesn’t have a money problem. In fact, as Rick Davis bragged last...

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Hewitt Award Nominee

"Barack Obama's recent call for "civilian national security force" that is "just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded" as the nation's...

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Walkableness Mapped

How walkable is your neighborhood?

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Poetry News

Kay Ryan, an openly lesbian poet, has been named the new poet laureate. From the Atlantic's archives, one of her poems: "Hailstorm" Like a storm of...

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A Bright Future For Nuclear Power?

Bradford Plumer thinks not.

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