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'I'm Dying'
Stricken with esophageal cancer, Christopher Hitchens talks about chemotherapy, mortality, and why he doesn't mind if people pray for him
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Saturday, August 7, 2010
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Stricken with esophageal cancer, Christopher Hitchens talks about chemotherapy, mortality, and why he doesn't mind if people pray for him
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Another 131,000 people got pink slips. But the pain isn't being spread evenly across the private and public sectors.
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The head of the president's economic advisers wasn't forced to resign yesterday—and she didn't abandon ship either. Here's what may have happened.
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As the economy becomes more dependent on data services, AT&T; and Verizon will gain enormous power
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The U.S. used a nuclear weapon over Hiroshima 65 years ago today. In 1947, the physicist wrote about how we could prevent World War III.
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The actor doesn't like it much when people make fun of him, but he does have few films where he's intentionally funny
How she's trying to make Hispanics in California forget about her tough talk on immigration from the GOP's primary for governor—and why it may work
If Roe v. Wade taught us anything, it's that winning legal fights in court isn't enough to secure civil rights
How the Obama administration could bail out underwater homeowners through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
From secret robots working by the millisecond to May's "flash crash," the practice has been big on Wall Street
A quick, cheap mixture of rice, legumes, pasta, and tomato sauce is Cairo's vibrant, spicy snack of choice
There is no debate. This is fact. Here's why.
The feds are letting qualified buyers put just $1,000 down for a home. This makes them more reckless than bankers.
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