Apple's media empire expands

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Unmanned Air Force Reaper crashes in Mojave Desert

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U.S. forces still in fight at end of Iraq combat mission

Treasury Secretary Bloomberg? Not a chance

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Discovery Channel gunman James J. Lee's manifesto

Wednesday link dump: Before and after science

Conan O'Brien announces new show title, debut date

John Walker Lindh seeks prison prayer ruling

Big Ten splits up Michigan and Ohio State

Glenn Beck launches a website and some people care

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Did U.S. airport security get it right this time?

Glenn Beck's religious rally nothing new

The last days of my mother, the control freak

The GOP's new fake racial history

The ever-expanding tentacles of the Glenn Beck brand

Some flee, others dig in as Hurricane Earl nears U.S.

Sex workers: To protect or punish?

Burger King agrees to $3.26B buyout by 3G Capital

The profound mystery of the "enthusiasm gap"

When the stock market doesn't matter

Elizabeth Warren bails out of Harvard

Giuliani consulting firm winds down

E-reader revolt: I'm leaving youth culture behind

New Gulf oil rig explosion off Louisiana coast

Earl threatens East Coast with weekend pounding

Jan Brewer: Bumbling politician of the year

Rapper T.I. and wife "Tiny" snatched up on drug charge

Paris mosque slams burger chain's Muslim outreach

Discovery hostages planned escape as gunman was killed

Chris Christie picked the wrong guy to call a liar

Oil sheen spreading from new Gulf platform explosion

The Discovery Channel gunman hated "Jon & Kate" too

The Gulf oil rig fire: What we know

Earl weakens, but still a threat with 115 mph winds