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Salon: The right's favorite new quack: Terri Lynn Weaver's dangerous baby "science"

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July 17th, 2014
Terri Lynn Weaver

The right's favorite new quack: Terri Lynn Weaver's dangerous baby "science"

Doctors say a new Tennessee law targeting pregnant women is nuts. But this GOP lawmaker has her own ideas

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GOP's sales-pitch swindle: Why Dems need to push Obamacare harder

When Republicans do something, they sell it big time. With the left tentative on the ACA, here's what's at stake

Ann Coulter

Let's all annoy Ann Coulter! Seven things to irritate the conservative performance artist

We know -- Coulter hates soccer. With the World Cup over, here's what her ludicrous column might rail against next

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7 useless items that aren't worth the money

Looking for ways to keep your budget from spinning out of control? You can start by passing on that expensive GPS

Rupert Murdoch, Lord Business

What's really behind Rupert Murdoch's grab for Time Warner

Even the mightiest lords of the media business are afraid of a future in which Comcast holds all the cards

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Drug trafficking and gmail: Now our email is needed to fight common crime?

Government's new power grab extends beyond intelligence gathering to stopping basic crime. Here's who's resisting

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Robert Reich: Deadbeat 1 percenters endanger U.S. democracy

The former secretary of labor on the threat of dynastic wealth and how we can avoid a permanent aristocracy

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A giant hole appeared in Siberia, and no one's sure what caused it

Scientists think global warming might have something to do with it VIDEO

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I was poor, but a GOP die-hard: How I finally left the politics of shame

I hated government -- even as it was the only thing trying to save me. Here's how, one day, I finally saw the light

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Dawson's Creek is flooded with raw sewage

The idyllic North Carolina waters, home to eagles and ospreys, face an unprecedented ecological disaster

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"Las Patronas": Meet the women helping child migrants as they make their way to the U.S.

While the U.S. tries to figure out what to do with its refugees, one group has been quietly aiding them for years VIDEO

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Study: Virginity pledges don't work — unless you're super religious

Surprise! Morality-based abstinence education only works for people with those beliefs (and it harms everyone else)

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From "True Blood" to "The Strain": Vampire-ifying stories is ruining perfectly good plots

We get it--pop culture is obsessed with the undead. But it's time to drive a stake through the bloodsuckers at last

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Empathy, gentleness, patience: The right way to respond to parents who accidentally leave kids

We have all made wrong decisions in the moment. Losing a child that way is grief and judgment enough

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"Sex Tape": Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel's R-rated Apple infomercial

A crazy cameo by Rob Lowe can't quite rescue this cheerful, clueless and thoroughly non-sexy sex farce

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors

Elon Musk is changing the course of electric cars with the Model 3

Not only is this Tesla more affordable, but it means a proliferation of charging stations and more competition

Barack Obama

Obama says U.S. working hard to secure Israel cease-fire

Speaking from the White House, the president said on Wednesday he was working to end the conflict

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"The Cold Lands": New music by Dub Gabriel, set to bonus footage from the film

Our "Cold Lands" series continues with amazing exclusive music from Dub Gabriel VIDEO

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Teenage boys just want to be loved

A new study shows that adolescent boys aren't as sex-crazed as they're made out to be -- they just crave intimacy

Jill Abramson

Jill Abramson: Government repeatedly told us we'd have "blood on our hands"

The former executive editor of the New York Times says Washington often played the terrorism card to spike stories

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