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"The Colony": "Survivor" meets the apocalypse

Discovery's new TV experiment simulates life after a cataclysm -- and may be the bleakest reality show ever made
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Patricia Clarkson, the sultriest character actress

The 50-year-old "Cairo Time" star talks TMZ, starlet burnout, and why she distracted an Egyptian film censor
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This week's winner: Michaele Salahi

The White House party crasher and "Real Housewife" claims Whoopi Goldberg hit her. And the lies just keep coming! Video
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Weapons-grade ratatouille

With flavor so deep it'll drop your voice an octave, this stuff is, well, the bomb

Why do novelists hate being interviewed?

Under pressure from the publicity machine, writers are told to talk to journalists. Now they're hitting back

WikiLeaks to publish new documents

The international government secret purveyor declares an intention to leak more information, despite Pentagon pleas
The Week in Pictures

The Week in Pictures

Naomi testifies, Wyclef campaigns, nations clash over a tree, and the Gay Games take to the ice

Schwarzenegger: Allow same-sex marriages to resume

In a role reversal, the California governor exhorts a judge to sign off on gay weddings

Cartoon Saturday: 2012 Survival Guide

Life after the world implodes

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"The Colony": "Survivor" meets the apocalypse

Discovery's new TV experiment simulates life after a cataclysm -- and may be the bleakest reality show ever made

Topics: The ColonyOur Picks: TV 4 Comments

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How to make weapons-grade ratatouille

With flavor so deep it'll drop your voice an octave, this stuff is, well, the bomb

Topics: Eyewitness Cook 7 Comments

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Patricia Clarkson, the sultriest character actress

The 50-year-old "Cairo Time" star talks TMZ, starlet burnout, and why she distracted an Egyptian film censor

Topics: Cairo TimeInterviews 6 Comments

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Why do novelists hate being interviewed?

Under pressure from the publicity machine, writers are told to talk to journalists. Now they're hitting back

Topics: Writers and Writing 9 Comments

Schwarzenegger: Allow same-sex marriages to resume

In a role reversal, the California governor exhorts a judge to sign off on gay weddings

Topics: Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.CaliforniaGay marriage 8 Comments

WikiLeaks to publish new documents

The international government secret purveyor declares an intention to leak more information, despite Pentagon pleas

Topics: Afghanistan War LogsWikiLeaksIraq 10 Comments

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This week in crazy: Michaele Salahi

The White House party crasher and "Real Housewife" claims Whoopi Goldberg hit her. And the lies just keep coming! Video

Topics: The Real Housewives of DCThe ViewThe Real Housewives 18 Comments

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Cartoon Saturday: 2012 Survival Guide

Life after the world implodes

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America's stadium-mob mentality

One man's constitutional rights are trampled, and thousands of fans cheer

Topics: Baseball 64 Comments

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Israel's "Lebanon generation" -- in the movies

Director Samuel Maoz on his hypnotic, terrifying "Lebanon" and the war that became Israel's Vietnam

Topics: LebanonInterviewsMiddle East 18 Comments

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The hot young teacher they hired instead

I have decades of experience in the classroom, but when I went up against Alex for a job, I knew how it would end

Topics: Life storiesEducation 167 Comments

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Iranian facing death: "It's because I'm a woman"

The Guardian exclusively interviews the 43-year-old sentenced to be executed for adultery

Topics: Muslim WomenIran 50 Comments

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"It's like the damn Planet of the Apes!"

Yes, that's Glenn Beck talking about the Obama administration. Discuss. Update: Beck's favorite white nationalists! Video

Topics: RaceGlenn BeckFox News 166 Comments

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Camden, N.J., preparing to close all its libraries

One of the nation's poorest cities plans to shut down its three branches, blaming a lack of funding

Topics: Libraries and librariansNew Jersey 10 Comments

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The new miscarriage mandate

Conceiving soon after a lost pregnancy may improve chances of success -- but what about emotional readiness?

Topics: MotherhoodPregnancy 18 Comments

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Your favorite dumb comedies

Slide show: Last week, we picked the best stupid films to make you laugh -- now it's your turn

Topics: Slide Shows 20 Comments

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Anthony Weiner's profile in cowardice

He finally breaks his silence on the "ground zero mosque" -- but still won't say if he's for it or against it

Topics: Ground Zero MosqueAnthony Weiner, D-N.Y. 45 Comments

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Actually, Obama couldn't have done much better than Kagan

The soon-to-be Supreme Court justice was probably the most liberal pick that could have gotten through the Senate

Topics: Elena KaganSupreme Court 55 Comments

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Megan Fox sexes up domestic violence in Eminem's video

The music video for Eminem and Rihanna's "Love the Way You Lie" ends as a cautionary tale -- but will teens buy it? Video

Topics: Violence Against WomenMegan Fox 17 Comments

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Lesbians are fat, ugly and can't get a man

In the bigoted household of my childhood, dating women was unthinkable. Then I grew up -- and did the impossible

Topics: Real FamiliesLife storiesGender 43 Comments

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The Fed is Obama and the Dems' best bet for '12

It's actually huge news that one of Obama's picks for the Federal Reserve Board was blocked this week

Topics: Ben BernankeFederal Reserve2012 Elections 13 Comments

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Will Republicans echo the AFA's campaign to impeach Prop. 8 judge?

A right-wing group wants Vaughn Walker off the bench. What will Newt and Sarah say?

Topics: Proposition 8CaliforniaGay marriage 39 Comments

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Bill Clinton is not the Democrats' 2010 panacea

Let's not get too excited about "the Comeback Kid's" latest resurgence

Topics: 2010 ElectionsBarack Obama 11 Comments

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What collapsing empire looks like

Cities are forced to turn off streetlights and slash school days while the wealthy thrive and wars drone on

Topics: Economics 395 Comments

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We're even deeper in the hole

The unemployment picture isn't getting better and the need for another major stimulus is urgent

Topics: Great Recession 70 Comments

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Airport security run amok

Given all the checkpoints I've been subjected to, I thought I'd seen everything. And now this

Topics: Air Travel 86 Comments

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Sympathy for Christopher Hitchens

The famously hard-living writer contemplates dying -- and becomes human again

Topics: Cancer 63 Comments

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Why politicians are right not to trust the public

There's a reason why politicians don't cut the defense spending even when polls tell them they should

Topics: 2010 Elections 44 Comments

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Swedish Web hosting firm confirms WikiLeaks link

Internet company says it helped the group release classified documents from a basement in the Stockholm suburbs

Topics: WikiLeaks 10 Comments

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Unemployment and Obama's original sin

One of Obama's first major achievements as president may actually have been his undoing

Topics: Great RecessionUnemployment2010 Elections 49 Comments

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Dollar, stocks slide as U.S. jobs data disappoints

Investors fear that recession recovery is grinding to a halt

Topics: U.S. Economy 3 Comments

Romer, key Obama economic aide, resigning

The departure comes as White House labors to convince the public that the economy is rebounding

Topics: White House 2 Comments

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Lady Business: The inappropriate boss

He's always scratching his crotch in front of me. Is it sexual harassment, bad manners or a medical condition?

Topics: Lady Business 28 Comments

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The Israel debate and the failure of J Street

The liberal alternative to the right-wing "pro-Israel" lobby is missing its chance to change the debate

Topics: Israel 43 Comments

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The alleged political benefits of moderation

Despite being the "safe" choice, Kagan is confirmed with fewer votes and less public support than Sotomayor

Topics: Elena Kagan 89 Comments

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My ironic "Eat, Pray, Love" romance

Women flock to Bali to live out Elizabeth Gilbert's love affair. I made fun of them -- then I became one of them

Topics: Eat, Pray, LoveLife storiesCoupling 50 Comments

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How do I not take sides in my brother's divorce?

I want to talk to my brother's wife but I'm afraid he'll think I'm siding with her

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"The Other Guys": A late-summer cop-comedy surprise

Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg play a pair of dunderhead cops in this off-kilter, often hilarious farce

Topics: The Other GuysDwayne JohnsonOur Picks: Movies 18 Comments

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How to choose cantaloupes

A ripe, sweet melon is truly tantalizing. Here's how to pick one of those, and not a glorified cucumber

Topics: Food Advice 16 Comments

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Senate approves $600 million for border security

Money will be dedicated to unmanned aerial drones and 1,500 new agents across multiple agencies

Topics: Immigration ReformImmigration 12 Comments

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