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Reactions to Romney's tax returns

Charity isn't always praiseworthy

Dumb tweet of the day: AARP "puppets"

Final "surge" troops leave Afghanistan

Democracy for sale

Lynyrd Skynyrd decides it's finally time to stop using the Confederate flag

Weird news: Chef accidentally killed wife, then cooked her

I married a Republican

Terry Williams: A victim might be executed

Dr. Dog's getting old for this

The Week in Pictures

Should the terminally ill control their deaths?

Blame Fox News, not Mitt

Feingold: "Even worse than we expected"

The trillion-gallon wastewater loophole

Romney-Ryan Medicare: No love for students, seniors

How AIDS activism changed America

Ten dumbest drinking games

Where are the brave athletes?

Invasion of the faux cities

How choice won