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The Cougar Who Would Be Queen
Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor has been called a bigot and a racist—and that’s just week one. A memo to Republican politicians outlining the next phase of attack.
2 June 2009: Morning
Cheney supports same-sex marriage "on a state-by-state basis." Not getting married and not having children is the new getting married and having children. For those in need of summer companionship, the humble hermit crab may be the best bet. Grim: In Tanzania, where abortion is
2 June 2009: Afternoon
State Department instructs embassies to invite Iranian officials over for hot dogs. LGBT Iranians forced to flee the country and seek refugee status. Lawmakers still fuzzy as to how Rhode Island decriminalized prostitution. Look now, pay later: a visual history of the credit card. Signs of economic progress still arrive
1 June 2009: Morning
Air France jet en route from Rio de Janeiro goes missing over the Atlantic. North Korea may test another long-range missile--this one "theoretically capable" of reaching Alaska and Hawaii. Something to celebrate about a nuclear North Korea: Arms race by one may help curb proliferation by
Blind Prom
These photos from the prom for the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired trigger one of those reality-check moments for sighted audiences—of course visually impaired students go to the prom, and you'll recognize your own prom night in these celebratory pictures.
1 June 2009: Afternoon
Pro-gun sentiment in America is rising, not falling, and polling suggests softening public support for stricter gun laws. Op: Kim Jong Il must pay a price for his defiance, otherwise we should fear a proliferation chain reaction. Mexican drug-dealers' families protest being targeted; drug dealers threaten politicans&
Performance Anxiety
Excepting A-Rod, why should anyone care about a new bio of the controversial slugger?
29 May 2009: Morning
They have become like dead people walking. There is no life in their eyes. A rare report from the forgotten Mogadishu, on the verge of collapse. In Uganda, a son searches for his father's remains 30 years after his anonymous execution. It's a steamy, sulfur-filled
2009 Editors’ Awards for Online Excellence
We maintain a list throughout the year of our favorite new websites—the ones that entertain and inform our wired lives. Presenting the 2009 Eddys, celebrating the best of a fleeting medium.