Friday, July 16

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A war correspondent decides to rent a house in Baghdad to save money. Complications ensue.

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It costs $40 and could save your life. What do cyclists have against bike helmets?

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An awkward journalist-Russell Crowe friendship turns even more awkward.

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How Christopher Hitchens, a former socialist, became one of the most vigorous defenders of the war in Iraq.

Thursday, July 15

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The battle to contain the Asian tiger mosquito–one suburban, above-ground pool at a time.

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In January 1966–the same month In Cold Blood was first published–Truman Capote sat down with George Plimpton to discuss the new art form he liked to call “creative journalism.”

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The story of the most secret underground society in Paris.

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A trip to a lobster festival leads to an examination of the culinary and ethical dimensions of cooking a live, possibly sentient, creature.

Wednesday, July 14

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The 19-year-old “Barefoot Bandit”—on the run since 2008 and famous for stealing Cessnas without flying lessons, among other feats—was captured this week in the Bahamas. Here, the view of Colt from his hometown.

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The champ is now a vegan, claims to be broke, and says he feels freer than ever before. “I have this uncanny ability to look at myself in the mirror and say, ‘This is a pig. You are a fucking piece of shit.’”

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Admiring evangelicals are helping David Berkowitz, the imprisoned serial killer who murdered six people in NYC during the summer of 1977, with an unusual image makeover.

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Sandinista, reverend, and president of the U.N. General Assembly.