While the storm devastated the popular vacation spot, it also unearthed a decades-old schooner buried beneath the sand dunes.
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5-Hour Energy Cited In 13 Deaths and ‘Spontaneous Abortion’
New reports implicate an additional brand of energy drinks in deaths.
The Many Ways Your Taxes Could Go Up in 2013 (Even If You’re Not Rich)
The No. 1 issue on Capitol Hill these days is the so-called “fiscal cliff,” or the set of tax increases and spending cuts that will go into effect Jan. 1, 2013.
Residents from Every State Sign Secession Petitions
One of the many great things thing about America’s grand experiment in democracy is that people are free to object to it.
Paula Broadwell, David Petraeus’ Biographer and Alleged Mistress
As the tawdry — but still hazy — details surrounding David Petraeus’ alleged affair continue to leak, there’s a key figure in the scandal who, so far, has remained silent: Paula Broadwell.
Gas Prices Are Finally as ‘Cheap’ as a Year Ago
We’ve come a long way. For much of 2012, drivers have been paying 10¢, sometimes 25¢ more per gallon than the same time in 2011—which was the priciest year ever for gasoline.
New York’s Emergency Management Chief Fired
Acts of kindness abounded in the aftermath of the destructive Superstorm Sandy, but that communal spirit didn’t enter every soul, it seems — including some of the ones most responsible for rendering aid.
Viewpoint: Will Family Issues Finally Get Addressed?
Women did a great deal for Democrats in this election.
Chris Christie Wept over Springsteen Hug
Has the New Jersey governor’s love finally been requited?
Did University of Mississippi Students Really ‘Riot’ over Election Results?
Two students were arrested in a disturbance at the University of Mississippi’s campus in Oxford, Miss. Tuesday night following Obama’s re-election.
How the Gay-Marriage Victories Are (Slowly) Transforming the Notion of Family
On Wednesday, Colleen Ozolitis, and her wife, Lee Ann Martinson, drove together to their son’s Seattle preschool to share their family’s good news.
NaNoWriMo: Is National Novel Writing Month a Literary Threat or Menace?
Now that the U.S. Presidential election is out of the way, it’s time to turn our collection attentions to the true purpose of November.
California Fails to Pass GM Foods Labeling Initiative
At every election, California‘s ballot is filled with initiatives, but none received more attention this year than Proposition 37.