“I guess what you post on Facebook matters.” An 18-year-old faces 10 years in jail for a sarcastic threat on Facebook.

In Hollywood’s new blockbuster economy, the actors who portray superheroes are as interchangeable as the costumes they wear.

On the post-prison lives of several men in West Baltimore.

A profile of 21-year-old Dan Cates, who made $5.5 million playing 145,215 hands in 2010.

An investigation into the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests in Alaska Native villages.

On 20-somethings in America, or:

My screwed, coddled, self-absorbed, mocked, surprisingly resilient generation.

On H.H. Holmes “an old hand at corpse manipulation and insurance fraud,” who built a house of death in 1890s Chicago.

Pavel Galitsky, 100 years old, blogger and Skyper, survivor of 15 years in Stalin’s Siberian Kolyma mines.

On Manoj Bhargava, who says he’s “probably the wealthiest Indian in America,” and his ubiquitous product.

“In the very near future, the act of remembering will become a choice.”

A chronicle of the 2010 wildfire that burned down 169 homes in Colorado, told via the people who lived through it.

How group of misfits in Texas including Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings snubbed Nashville and brought the hippies and rednecks together. An oral history of outlaw country.

Scientists quarrel about the fate of animals living in the 1,600 square mile exclusion zone.

Margaret Profet, evolutionary biologist and MacArthur grant recipient, disappeared in 2005. She has neither been seen nor heard from since.

The story of Trina Garnett, “one of approximately 470 prisoners in Pennsylvania serving life without parole for crimes they committed as teenagers.”

On Jenny Craig’s European expansion and how dieting differs in France and the States.

His book panned in the New York Times after being misread by the critic, an author responds.

The author interviews her mother about life as a secretary at Playboy in 1960s New York City.

The legalizing of euthanasia is usually seen as a advancement in human rights. But is it appropriate for cases of non-terminal illness?

He may not be the surest bet for the Presidency, but Bernie Sanders might be the most interesting candidate in the race.

When Jeb Bush married his wife, it was the bravest thing he’d ever done. Her role in his life is still a mystery.

Personalized medicine may one day deliver routine medical miracles. But it wasn’t ready in time for Stephanie Lee.

Life at a roadside zoo with ligers, orangutans, and an elephant in Florida.

The first sports bra was invented in 1977. It was two jockstraps sewn together.

In what will likely be his last political act, Willie Nelson declares war on corporate marijuana.