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The NSA whistleblower may have killed the U.S.'s only shot at reining in China's voracious theft of corporate, government, and military secrets
Wikipedia's Wobbling (Citation Needed)
Can the crowdsourced know-it-all get smart about standards and its lack of diversity?
In Focus
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Released French hostage Daniel Larribe, right, is surrounded by his wife and two daughters as French President, Francois Hollande, left, and defense minister, Jean-Luc Le Drian, second left, look on after Larribe's arrival at Villacoublay military airbase, outside Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013. Four Frenchmen held hostage by al-Qaida militants have landed in France on Wednesday after three years in captivity in the punishing African Sahel. AP Photo/Michel Euler
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Periscope
The budget negotiations are a conspicuous test of faith for the former conservative darling
Was Chevron Scammed for $19 Billion?
In Ecuador, a judge hit the oil major with an eye-popping class-action payout. In New York, the company is suing to get it back
Did The U.N. Herald a New Age of Cholera?
A lawsuit demands the organization admit culpability and compensate victims
See You, Banksy. Hello, Invader
The Paris street artist tries to make it in New York as Banksy packs up his spray cans
Horizons
A website as elaborate as Obamacare is too important to leave to the people that brought us the TSA and the 1040 tax form
Can Cannabis Cure Cancer?
New study suggests that several cannabinoids slow or kill malignant cells
The Most Popular Kid You've Never Heard Of
He's bigger than Will Ferrell on YouTube, and he doesn't know it
Downtime
The creatures of the Uncanny Valley prove that 'lifelike' can give us deathly chills
Diana: Hunted or Huntress?
A new movie about Princess Di is getting slammed for telling the truth
Surviving the Hemingways
Barbara Kopple's new film goes deep into the harrowing and hopeful story of one of America's most famous and troubled families
