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If Petraeus runs, history may not be on his side

Salon Staff — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:01:00 PDT

Slide show: How many of these political campaigns from military men do you remember?

Obama gives the finger

Ethan Sherwood Strauss — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:01:00 PST

Slide show: He may be the world's finest speechmaker, but the finger wagger in chief has one small weakness

How Arlen Specter solved his Sestak problem

Mike Madden — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:01:00 PST

Arlen Specter was supposed to be vulnerable in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary. But it hasn't played out that way

Meet MSG's little-known brother

Sara Breselor — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:01:00 PST

Recent massive snack recalls are turning attention to HVP, a "substitute" for MSG that's basically the same thing

Amazon shuts out Colorado affiliates for collecting sales tax

David Sirota — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:20:00 PST

Online retailer sends message to states seeking to make up millions in lost tax revenue

Anti-bully law stalls as toughs pummel lawmaker

Con Chapman — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:20:00 PST

"I was a bully, and I want my kid to be a bully too"

Clinton urges new fight for women's equality

EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:22:05 PST

Secretary of state gives speech on closing the gender gap

This week in crazy: Eric Massa

Mike Madden — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:20:00 PST

The Democrat's scandal roped together dark conspiracy theories, Glenn Beck and a naked Rahm Emanuel

Renewed Massa probe cannot vindicate Boehner

Joe Conason — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:13:00 PST

GOP leader John Boehner hopes to embarrass Nancy Pelosi with the Massa scandal -- but his revenge may prove bitter

Sen. Reid's wife has surgery after serious crash

Associated Press — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:42:00 PST

Landra Reid is in serious condition after breaking her neck and back

91-year-old finishes shift after being punched

Associated Press — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:37:00 PST

Cashier refuses medical attention and goes back to work because she didn't want to be "bored"

Judge invites comment on 9/11 health settlement

Associated Press — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:59:00 PST

Ground zero workers have three months to decide whether to accept the $657 million payout

Devotees of Fla. man drank snail mucus in ritual

Associated Press — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:25:00 PST

The man claims to practice a traditional African religion and says snails are used in healing ceremonies

Clinton slams Israel on housing announcement

MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:09:00 PST

Secretary of State calls Netanyahu and questions Israel's commitment to peace negotiations

States scramble on campaign spending limits

TOM BREEN and LAWRENCE MESSINA, Associated Press — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:01:00 PST

Supreme Court ruling sparks quick action by state legislatures seeking more disclosure from corporations, unions

The Week in Pictures: Mar. 6-12, 2010

Salon Art Staff — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:13:00 PST

Elections and aftershocks, a miracle elephant birth, gay marriage in Mexico City, buffalo racing and more

In defense of Dennis Kucinich

Heather Michon — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:13:00 PST

Why I'll be cheering if his vote kills healthcare reform

Women on birth-control pill may live longer

MARIA CHENG, Associated Press — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:08:00 PST

Study participants who continue using method have greater longevity

I was a QVC junkie

Ann Nichols — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:40:00 PST

Our family didn't watch much TV. Then I discovered the sublime joys of miracle doo-dads and the Micro S'more Maker

Austrian gov't finds mass graves of Nazi victims

Associated Press — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:03:00 PST

Wartime photos used to locate burial sites

No .xxx yet: Internet agency delays porn decision

Associated Press — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:33:00 PST

Fourth attempt to create "red light district" on the web held up by global oversight organization

Dems fight to attach student loan reform to budget

Jenn Kepka — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:13:00 PST

But will the president's proposed overhaul make it past the GOP (and six holdouts from his own party)?

Michael Jackson's custom-made furniture for sale

Associated Press — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:09:00 PST

Extravagant pieces from Jackson's London home to be sold at auction

N.Y. cashier, 91, punched trying to fend off thief

Associated Press — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:58:00 PST

If she saw the thief again she would "smack him"

Israel moves to change law after Biden "mishap"

MATTI FRIEDMAN, Associated Press — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:37:00 PST

New regulations aim to keep Prime Minister informed of important decisions

Obama wants Yellen as Fed vice chair

JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:22:00 PST

Source says president of San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank will be nominated for vacant seat

Life during wartime

James Lee — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:01:00 PST

Portraits of Afghans as the war grinds on

Confessions of a call bear

Rusty McMann — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:20:00 PST

I'm just an average, slightly paunchy 40-something guy. And you might be surprised at how I make a living

Once-revered S.C. lawmaker freezes to death alone

SEANNA ADCOX, Associated Press — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:27:00 PST

Goggins was the first black woman in the S.C. Legislature and helped transform the American education system

GOP finance chief's background in dubious "charity"

Joe Conason — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:01:00 PST

Rob Bickhart, the finance chief whose weird anti-Obama PowerPoint embarrassed the GOP, has a strange resume