* Obama launches PR campaign to avoid the fiscal cliff, escalating an already tense negotiating atmosphere. * Anti-semitism of senior Hungarian politician viewed as "old school" compared to more contemporary hatred of Islam and immigrants. * Tales from the contemporary American West, where extreme weather is a killer. * Dog-sledding
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I don’t have a TV set, but I visit my parents from time to time, and their television provides me with modernistic experiences. The other day my favorite Mamas and the Papas song rang forth, on a commercial—“Go Where You Wanna Go”: You’ve got to go where
* Despite national losses, Republicans won supermajorities in statehouses across the South and Great Plains. * Don't believe Call of Duty: There won't be a cold war between China and the U.S. over rare earth minerals. * China's Communist Party newspaper congratulates Kim Jong-un on
* U.S. fiscal cliff and eurozone debt crisis viewed as biggest risks to the global economy. * Afghanistan veteran learns how to use a prosthetic arm. * Israel Defense Forces' PR rep poses in blackface, calling it "Obama style." * Colbert on the biggest problem with Homeland: Everyone gets terrific
How do you see what mushers see? You mush. An adventure on the Beringia, a dog sled race stretching over Russia’s easternmost tundra. If in the process you see more than you ever expected—more of humanity, more of yourself—then thank the people of 685 miles of snow.
* Interactive: See which U.S. metro coastal areas may someday be underwater. * A result of fossil fuel burning, ocean acidification is withering the marine food chain. * British code breakers can't crack a handwritten message found on a WWII carrier pigeon. * The idea of a New York City mayoral
Darkness in photography is often undervalued. A Dutch photographer’s vision that’s built on erosion, reflections, and shades of gray.
* Congo again slips into chaos and war, though ruthless rebels prove to be capable administrators. * Portraits of Sandy survivors in storm-ravaged Staten Island. * Whether in 50 or 100 or 200 years, there’s a good chance that New York City will sink beneath the sea. * Considering overpopulation and the
* Rubio not so deftly dodges a creationism question—just like Sen. Barack Obama once did. * Obama campaign adviser explains our broken voting system and why you had to wait in line for eight hours. * As domestic U.S. flights are cut en masse, the best solution is more competition: Let
