The long, happy, surprising life of 77-year old Donald Gary Triplett, the first person ever diagnosed with autism.

A profile of computational biologist Eric Schadt, the guy who’s figuring out what comes next after the Human Genome Project.

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

Kevin is the only surviving Von Erich brother, born into a wrestling family that lived and died by the code of the ring.

A profile of Ayman al-Zawahri, the Egyptian doctor who became Bin Laden’s #2 and has now taken over Al-Qaeda.

On the difficulties of holding Oakland’s thin blue line accountable.

On the combined force of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Virginia, a Tea Party stalwart.

21,000 words on the watchers and watched.

The death of the journalist who exposed dark secrets about Islamic extremism in Pakistan’s military.

In a campaign supported by the Koch brothers, Republicans are working to prevent millions of Democrats from voting next year.

A blow-by-blow account of Howard Unruh’s slow, deadly walk through Camden, New Jersey – filed an hour before deadline.

On the lifestyle of a fugitive retiree, and how it came to an end.

The story of the Delmar family, told through what they watch on TV.

An excerpt from a new oral history of MTV.

On the increasing tension between the pleasant, thoughtful indie rock of car commercials and those who insist on something weirder.

The father of the first kid featured on a milk carton thinks he knows who kidnapped the him 30 years ago:

For years now, Stan has had a face to concentrate on; twice a year, in fact, on Etan’s birthday and on the anniversary of his disappearance, Stan sends one of the old lost child posters to a man who’s already in prison. He won’t be there much longer, however, unless the successor to Manhattan district attorney Robert Morgenthau can keep him in jail. In the meantime, Stan’s packages serve notice that someone is still paying close attention. On the back of the poster, he always writes the same thing: “What did you do to my little boy?”

Kevin Wheatcroft owns the world’s largest collection of Nazi memorabilia. And he’s suddenly eager to show it off.

What it’s like to be a first responder amid the rise of synthetic marijuana.

The Runaways, their manager Kim Fowley, and the rape of the band’s bassist, long kept a secret.

Right now, never-ending technological progress feels inevitable. It isn’t. And that’s a good thing. A talk on the future of the internet.

The life of Phyllis Frye, a pioneer in the fight for transgender rights.

The former governor of Massachusetts wants to remove the stigma from electric shock treatments. They saved Kitty’s life.

The story of a sudden death amid a high school recruiting scandal in Texas.