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The Best of the Beast

Murdered for Her iPhone

by Michael Daly

READ MORE The Saudi Beauty Robbing Twin City Banks

Megan Boken was one of many slain by thieves going ‘Apple picking.’ But momentum is building to force manufacturers to install ‘kill switches’ that render stolen phones inoperable.

X-Men Sex Abuse Lawyer Says It Happened to Him, Too

READ MORE A Supreme Religious Injustice

by Tim Teeman

In a candid interview, Jeff Herman, the Florida lawyer suing director Bryan Singer and other Hollywood power players, reveals his own, very personal experiences of sexual abuse.

READ MORE Is Sex Assault a Crime on Campus?

Exclusive: CIA Falls Back in Afghanistan

by Kimberly Dozier

READ MORE Don’t Cry for Johnny Football

A Bishop’s Decision to Divorce

by Gene Robinson

READ MORE Lewinsky Media Circus Now Commonplace

All of us sincerely intend, when we take our wedding vows, to live up to the ideal of ‘til death do us part.’ But not all of us are able to see it through.

The intelligence agency’s irregular forces have been key to the fight against the Taliban since 2001. Now they’re being withdrawn—just as a bloody fighting season heats up.

READ MORE Scandal at ‘Friday Night Lights’ School

The Volcano That Rewrote History

by William O'Connor

READ MORE Bodies in Blake Mansion Shot Dead

Thomas Jefferson went broke, Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein, and Arctic exploration got a new life, all because a massive volcano erupted in 1815.

So Many Jihadists Are Flocking to Libya, It's Becoming ‘Scumbag Woodstock’

READ MORE How Monica Changed the Media

by Eli Lake

Leaders from at least three of al Qaeda’s most virulent affiliates are now in Libya. What are they planning there?

READ MORE Whole Foods Is Getting Its Lunch Eaten

The Sultan of Brunei Violated His Sharia Law With Me

by Jillian Lauren

READ MORE South Carolina's Clowney First NFL Pick

As a teenager, I was the mistress of his brother—who ‘gave’ me as a gift to the sultan. And in just one night, we committed at least two offenses under his newly implemented penal code.

God Save This Honorable Court

READ MORE The Day Monica Refused to Snitch

by Geoffrey R. Stone

The five justices in the majority in Monday’s First Amendment ruling showed no empathy for residents of a New York town who might not be Christian. But that shouldn’t surprise us.

READ MORE House Committee to Investigate Benghazi

The Elf Whisperer of Iceland

by Kevin Fallon

READ MORE Apple Nearing $3.2B Deal for Beats

From the wild weather to the harsh landscape, Iceland has its fair share of mystifying phenomena. But none is more fascinating than the elves. They’re real. And this woman will save them.

Everything You Know About Fat Is Wrong

READ MORE Vermont Signs GMO Label Bill Into Law

by Daniela Drake

Think a low fat diet is the key to health? Think again.

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