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May 21, 2013
  
  
Politics-U.S.
TED RALL, 1138 WORDS
The Republicans aren't anywhere close to achieving a coherent -- much less popularly appealing --ideology. On the other hand, neither are the Democrats.
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Politics-U.S.
NORMAN SOLOMON, 600 WORDS
The applicant, U.S. Pentagon, seeks to purchase a wide variety of firearms in vast quantities. This background check has determined that the applicant has a long history of assisting individuals, organizations and governments prone to gun violence.
Second electronic and all other rights available.

International
MICAH HALPERN, 731 WORDS
Destroying illicit tunnels between Gaza and Egypt can be a way for The Muslim Brotherhood to become a realistic political governing force. Otherwise, it will fail and fail miserably.
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Film & TV
KATE HAHN, 791 WORDS
If you're looking for horned-helmet-wearing, pillaging barbarians, you won't find them here in the new series Vikings.
Second U.S. and all other rights available. Electronic rights not available.

SportsTechnology
Android apps are big business, but the native development tools aren't exactly beginner-friendly. Happily, you don't have to use native tools.
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Life
JASON ZASKY, 1161 WORDS
At the U.S. Metric Association, progress is measured in millimeters, meters, and kilometers.
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MusicBooks
PAUL WILNER, 1075 WORDS
It's hard to pick and choose from these tales of wildness and woe -- there's just too much juiciness and care involved -- but the common denominator is Stanley Booth's identification with, friendship, appreciation and concern for the wellbeing of the musicians who create America's only indigenous art form.
Second electronic and all other rights available.

Health
AMY PATUREL, 2618 WORDS
While there's certainly a genetic component to cardiovascular disease, more than 80 percent of coronary heart disease -- the kind that causes heart attacks -- is preventable. That means eight out of 10 people with heart disease could be heart healthy by implementing a few simple lifestyle strategies.
Second rights available. Not available in Australia.

LifeHealth
ANNA MAGEE , 1949 WORDS
Whether you want a slow, static practice or an energetic, flowing workout, there's a style of yoga to suit your goals.
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Music
GEOFFREY HIMES, 4048 WORDS
Instead of sounding like cats and dogs in heat, Harris and Crowell now sound like two old friends who have traveled a long road.
Second electronic and all other rights available.

  
Food & Wine
TAYLOR EASON, 749 WORDS
Super affordable, tasty wines to pair with dinner or to scratch that end-of-the-work-day relaxation itch we all have.
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Politics-U.S.Books
CATHY YOUNG, 1040 WORDS
Betty Friedan didn't necessarily have the right answers -- she was, for instance, a strong advocate of institutional, government-subsidized day care -- but she raised the right questions.

Books
FATIMA SHAIK, 1137 WORDS
A new book traces the hidden story of a mixed-race community.
Second U.S. and all other rights available.

BooksPolitics-U.S.Art
GREG BEATO, 1481 WORDS
If there was any entity that believed in the power of comic books to indoctrinate, it was the U.S. government.
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Food & Wine
YVONA FAST, 1353 WORDS
Although cabbage has long been common in Ireland, corned beef only began to be associated with the holiday about a century ago, when Irish immigrants living in New York City's Lower East Side substituted corned beef for bacon because it was the cheapest meat available.
Second rights available in New York. All other rights available.

International
TAYLOR DINERMAN, 796 WORDS
The toxic after effects of the 1971 Bangladesh War on Independence are wrecking the country's chance to break away from the cycle of political corruption, violence and poverty in which the people of the region once known as East Bengal have long been trapped.
Second electronic and all other rights available.

BooksScience
CHRISTOPHER SHEA, 1938 WORDS
A mathematician says the quest for elegance leads too many researchers astray.
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Politics-U.S.
TED RALL, 1164 WORDS
As America continues to degenerate into unapologetic authoritarianism, prosecutions for thoughtcrime are increasingly common.
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Film & TV
AMY LONGSDORF, 1236 WORDS
As far as Garcia Bernal is concerned, the overwhelmingly positive response to "No," which received a nomination for the Best Foreign Language Film, proves that a good movie can by made by anyone, anywhere for any amount of money.
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Technology
NITASHA TIKU , 1074 WORDS
How a conversation about race in tech got co-opted by white dudes.
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