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Political Football: May The Best Teams Play in the BCS
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Soccer Punch: How Qatar Came to Host the 2022 World Cup
FIFA has taken heat for its decision to hold its main event in a small emirate with big money.
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Merry Christmas! Join the Breadline!
Unless Congress continues unemployment benefits, the new year is going to be tough for millions of jobless Americans.
Tigers, Tigers, Burning Bright: College Football Could Use a Few More Team Names
Of the 126 schools that play at the Football Bowl Subdivision level, 48 of them have the same team nickname as someone else.
Two Numbers: Bitcoins From Heaven
Speculators are bidding up a piece of computer data with no intrinsic value.
A Hard Lesson from Motown: They Will Steal Your Pension
Like Detroit firemen and policemen who paid their full pension dues, many Americans will be rewarded in old age by poverty.
Obama Leads World in Mourning Mandela
Barack Obama and Jacob Zuma pay tribute to the freedom fighter who spent three decades in jail for defying apartheid.
Photo Essay: Storms Hammer Europe
Winter storm Xaver battered Europe, hitting England with its most serious coastal tidal surge in more than 60 years.
Assad’s Poison Pill May Help Him Survive the Civil War
To destroy Syria’s chemical weapons, the U.N. needs the autocrat to stick around and help.
Going to That Great Cocktail Lounge in the Sky
A colorful history of Northwest Airlines and flying’s more glorious days.
Should a Sick Child Be Allowed to Choose Death? Belgians Think So
Belgian lawmakers are set to let children decide whether they should die for their own good.
The Newtown Massacre: Inside. Out
Police said last week that the Sandy Hook massacre could not have been prevented. But the signs were unmistakable.
