"Shop in your own closet!"
As the economy lurches, glossy magazines scramble to downsize a luxury-living message for an anxious readership
An Alaskan village's food-supply problems; how to fix New York's subways; middle-age dating horror stories; much more.
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009
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Stanford Prof. Wants to Link Smart Meter Data to Online Game
Get the insider view from the GigaOM Network, bringing you industry-leading news and analysis on the intersection of tech and business
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"Shop in your own closet!"
As the economy lurches, glossy magazines scramble to downsize a luxury-living message for an anxious readership
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How to write a poem for the president
Elizabeth Alexander has been commissioned to write a poem for Inauguration Day. But the checkered history of the form suggests it's an almost impossible task
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Downsizing hits Sundance
I'm off to the mysteriously non-cold Utah slopes to see Jim Carrey go gay, Ashton Kutcher play a gigolo and Paul Giamatti sell his soul. Did somebody say recession?
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Get money into the economy now
Is there danger that the stimulus could become nothing more than an appropriations bill? And can green jobs save the economy?
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Is the Army lying about friendly fire deaths?
The military claims fratricides in Iraq and Afghanistan are down 90 percent from previous wars -- but experts call the figures suspect
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Why the U.S. has already lost in Afghanistan
Rampant corruption by U.S. contractors has left the country in shambles
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Since you asked ...
I'm wandering the halls of life on a visitor's pass
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Tom the Dancing Bug
Super-Fun-Pak Comix: The Epic/Brutal Report, in Dudespeak; Hillbilly Billy; and more!
Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009
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Video of the day
Don't ever make a bet with Florida Sen. Bill Nelson
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Treasury secretary nominee blamed for letting Citigroup run wild
As president of the New York Fed, Tim Geithner was the superbank's No. 1 regulator. So are the bank's woes his fault?
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Bullying women into maternity leave
A French minister is condemned for returning to work five days after giving birth
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Tom Friedman offers a perfect definition of "terrorism"
The New York Times war cheerleader urges that Hamas be "educated" by "inflicting heavy pain on the Gaza population"
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To Hillary, with love
Hillary Clinton's Senate confirmation hearing to become Barack Obama's secretary of state turns into a group hug
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Greening the stimulus
Environmentalists push for a sustainable recovery plan. But one economist warns against trying to do too much
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Obama's early stumbles
Readers ask, Camille dishes: On Democratic woes, the Weather Underground, Kanye West, Freud, alleged gay genes and "the long sleep"
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Since you asked ...
My mom has halitosis!
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Polygamy gets ugly
In its third season, "Big Love" abandons its sugarcoated take on plural marriage for a far darker picture
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Alcoholics, sexaholics, shopaholics
America is a country in recovery. Two new books illustrate the paradoxes and contradictions in our current notions of addiction
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Bateman: How bad is the economy?
New ways to survive these tough times
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Girlish, moody fiction? No thanks
What readers really want is dastardly deeds by dark, despicable men, or saucy wenches with pert breasts displayed like fresh fruit on a platter
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Sundance downsizing: Even the snow's been cut back
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