October 17, 2013 Archive October 2013
"The Luminaries" author: Male writers "get asked what they think, women what they feel"
Want better sperm? Study says eat less bacon and more fish
GOP congressman smacks down Tea Party
Grover Norquist goes off on Obamacare "defunders"
How race affects who audiences forgive
The beep that's driving me insane
That's how you treat a bully!: Democrats win -- and learn a huge lesson
Senate votes to reopen government, avoid default
Congress passes bill to reopen government, lift debt ceiling
Born to Blaze Trails: China Machado.
No, women wouldn't have solved the shutdown sooner!
Right-wing nuts nab new way to sabotage Obamacare
GOP's huge Tea Party mess has only just begun
Snapchat is handing your private messages to police
Karl Lagerfeld's cat can has cheezburger
Amnesty urges Egypt to stop detaining Syrians
Daredevil stunts proving worth for networks
Study: Women drink faster when music is playing
States enact laws to stock epinephrine at schools
5 ways Noah Webster Americanized the English language
No, America is not a Christian nation
Special prosecutor requested to re-examine Maryville rape case
Air pollution is officially a carcinogen
Prince is holding an all-night pajama dance party at his house this weekend
Pollution may force Vatican to limit visits to the Sistine Chapel
A possible Supreme Court challenge to wiretaps
Creator of Gummy Bear dies at 90
The best "Jeopardy!" answer of all time
Mary Queen of Scots, feminist icon?
Gitmo detainees take force-feeding to court
Facebook fiddles with public posts to attract more teenagers
Maine loses offshore wind chance
GOP is "crazy and awful": The Josh Barro Republicans are displeased
Dollar drops and pound gains amid bets that Fed won’t slow stimulus
House stenographer's unhinged outburst: No crazier than the right's shutdown talk
Putin’s billionaire ally buys up Russian telecom operator
What was "essential" and what wasn't?
How to track airborne microbes with drones
Searching for Avonte Oquendo: How racial suspicion hurts missing black kids
Finally, there is a yogurt just for men
Watch the colorful trailer for Wes Anderson's "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Post-shutdown, right-wing media assigns blame
Oregon will now recognize the marriages of gay couples who wed in other states
Revealed: NSA close involvement in drone killings
New York's horse-drawn carriages may soon be a thing of the past
Robots are already figuring out your personality
"Calvin and Hobbes" creator Bill Watterson gives rare interview
"The Signature of All Things": Adventures of a lady scientist
Discovery reveals we may we more like forebears than thought
Keep the Replacements out of the Rock Hall
U.S. infrastructure found to be vulnerable to hacking