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Manny Pacquiao, possibly the greatest boxer of his era and still in his fighting prime, on the campaign trail for a congressional seat in the remote, untamed Southern province of the Phillipines that spawned him.

Inside a chess master’s fiefdom.

The anatomy of a bungled, massively expensive undercover sting conducted by the Seattle Police Department.

On Haiti and why apocalypse, by definition, must include revelation.

What happened to Air France Flight 447?

On tragedy, mythology, and the spectacular crash of the Spider-Man musical and its creator, Julie Taymor.

The demise of an NFL player.

Confessions of a yellow journalist:

Let me say that I did very little faking, although there was no special prejudice against it, so long as the fake wasn't libelous.

Nearly 10,000,000 men were killed in the conflict, 65 million participated, and now we are left with two.

A bank robber tells the story of a successful heist.

In June, 1942, a German submarine dropped four young Nazi agents off on a Florida beach. Their mission was to blow up bridges, factories, and Jewish-owned department stores. Among them was Herbert Haupt, the 22-year-old son of a German-American family in Chicago.

The social rituals of the pansexual, bi-queer, metroflexible New York teen.

The story of the 1969 murder spree by Charles Manson and “Family” as told by those close to the case.

On recommitting to the Knicks after “a decade of dysfunction and delusion.”

On internships at Disney World, where “labor is meant to have an almost invisible quality.”

Bernard Peters and his son, Scott, robbed and shot a Salvation Army worker in 1996. Since then, they’ve been sharing a cell at Elmira Correctional Facility.

A profile of Larry Garrison, the man who “gets paid to bring tabloid stories to TV news programs.”

All told, the military acknowledged this summer, 14 soldiers from the base have been charged or convicted in at least 11 slayings since 2005 — the largest killing spree involving soldiers at a single U.S. military installation in modern history.

How slot machines snuck into the mall, along with money laundering, bribery, shootouts, and billions in profits.

The author came late to basketball. A profile of his favorite player:

He creates a sense of danger in the arena and yet has enough wit in his style to bring off funny ideas when he wants to.

A profile of Werner Herzog.

Basketball is considered one of the most difficult sports to effectively bet on, therefore gamblers like Haralabos Voulgaris who make a handsome living on NBA lines are a rare breed, whose knowledge of the game and personal statistical databases rival most of the league’s front-offices’.

An essay on music and family, sparked by the author’s realization that his speakers sucked.

A profile of Steve Carell, whose last appearance as Michael Scott in The Office airs tonight.