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Obama's crash course with Iran

A hard-hitting Politico interview with "ideas machine" Newt Gingrich

Hip-hop insider found dead

"2016": Dinesh D'Souza's demented anti-Obama crusade

Sci-fi short "Loom" shows off new technology

Big story you missed: South Africa

Cheating scandal rocks Harvard

Foster Friess on Obama's Indonesian roots

Weird news: Gay couple sues airline over dildo

Mitt Romney, man of mystery

Dumb tweet of the day

Quote of the day: Sikh Temple

Am I having too much sex?

Pick of the week: Jewish-exorcist movie of the year!

Romney: Bain a "small company"

Some of Mitt's best friends are women

Don't say "immigration"

Clint to chair: Get out of Afghanistan!

Mitt's humor: Tampa will be under water in a century

Mitt Romney: Upstaged by an empty chair

Jan Brewer loves Clint Eastwood

Romney's Carter delusion

Ten ways Americans have lost their freedom

Prince Harry, popular as ever?

Must-see morning clip

A knack for screwing up the easy stuff

The climate bites back

Teen heroin use on the rise

Romney drops $100K on Twitter

Philippines quake sets off tsunami

Don't sleep on the Hugo Awards

Paul Ryan's bogus budget rules

China goes long

The gold standard delusion

10 lessons from a billionaires' battle

Eastwood's imaginary friend

Harvard slideshow

America's vanishing middle class