Superstorm Sandy may have ended, but rescue efforts are far from over.
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Sorry About That, Chief: A Class in Classification
Dark Money: The Rise of Outside Spending in 2012
About a week before election day, a young girl, maybe 10 years old, confronted Colorado House candidate Sal Pace in a pew at his Pueblo church.
“Fill ‘er Up!”
A Navy volunteer refreshes competitors at mile marker six of the Marine Corps Marathon Forward — at Camp Leatherneck in Helmand province — Oct. 28. The 26.2-mile marathon is paired with the 37th annual Marine Corps Marathon …
Amherst Rape Scandal: What We Get Wrong About Sexual Assault on Campus
The recent media swarm around an anguished report of rape at Amherst College, in Massachusetts, is understandable, especially when every day seems to bring another grotesque proclamation from a political figure appearing to …
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With Wars Winding Down, Time to Cut the Fat
You may recall that for several years after 9/11, the Army issued waivers so that wanna-be soldiers could enlist despite minor crimes, like drug offenses, in their past. They’ve clamped down on such waivers recently, and now …
At Least $800 Million
— How much of the $1 billion a week being shipped out of Iraq that is "laundered" -- being transferred out of the country illegally, under false pretenses, according to a recent audit of the Central Bank of Iraq. A top bank official tells the Pentagon that there is "a triangle of sectarianism, corruption, and violence, in
which each element feeds of the others in a dynamic that threatens the well-being of the state."
After Sandy, Returning to Ruins in Breezy Point
When Hurricane Sandy hit, the tranquil beach town of Breezy Point erupted in fire and floods. As residents returned two days later, some discovered they had lost everything
Red Hook Apocalypse: How Sandy Undid an Up-and-Coming New York City Neighborhood
The hurricane wreaked havoc among the restaurants and businesses in the historic but long ignored Brooklyn area. Now it has to rebuild
Thousands of Historical Treasures Missing from National Archives
If you’d like to see the Wright brothers’ original airplane patent, documents signed by Voltaire or some of the photographs taken by the first astronauts on the moon, you’re out of luck: these irreplaceable documents, along …
Hurricane Sandy Scuttles Halloween Plans
This year, Halloween is nothing if not flexible. Storm-affected towns do their best to keep a soaked holiday still spooky.
Sandy’s Other Storm Clouds
The damage caused by Hurricane Sandy was shockingly widespread and severe. It will be days before we fully understand the actual cost to those communities most directly affected—and weeks before we can estimate the cost to our …
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Rumor Boards of War
Major Charlie Wilson deployed twice to the Iraq war: first, into Kuwait in 2003 and 2004, and then to Balad in 2005 and 2006, both times as an S-1 — personnel officer.
In that slot, he got to see a lot about what makes …