"Modern Family": Best comedy on TV

ABC's dysfunctional family affair sets itself apart by honoring the complexity of its characters

This week's winner: Glenn Beck

The king of conspiracy shamelessly attacks George Soros -- and finally nabs the award he was born to win

The keys to crisp French fries at home

Everyone knows fries are hard to make and better in restaurants. Everyone is wrong

When the serial killer struck my hometown

I was 13 when the BTK murderer claimed his first victims. But my childhood had already started turning dark

Eric Cantor's Pledge of Allegiance

The soon-to-be House Majority Leader vows to protect Israel from his own Government

Palin's show might set up a run

The former vice presidential nominee is packaging political messages into "Sarah Palin's Alaska"
The Week in Pictures

The Week in Pictures

The fall of Pompeii, Bernie Madoff's boxers, Betty White's childhood dream and the tale of the $69 million vase

Introducing: Week in a Tweet

The winners! The losers! The cat video that took a nation by storm! Sum it all up and win fame and glory

GOP fights for Bush tax cuts

On the heels of their win, Republicans aim to extend tax breaks for the wealthy

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The keys to crisp French fries at home

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The irresistible appeal of the train movie

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Men can fake it, too

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12-Second Cocktails: The Melee Cocktail

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A China trip preview with an opium war cameo

U.K. prime minister David Cameron ruffled Chinese feathers this week with maladroit symbolism. Now comes HTWW!

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Pentagon investigating how gay study leaked

Report, which concluded that allowing gays to serve openly posed little harm to the military, was due next month

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Meet the Tea Party's first 2012 target

Will Olympia Snowe be the next victim of the GOP base's vengeful purification push?

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U.S. lawmaker lifts hold on Lebanon military aid

A House Democrat decides to free up $100 million after speaking with the Obama administration

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Bush memoir borrows quotes

The former president relies on outside sources to tell his own story

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Jim Inhofe to Tea Partiers: Earmarks are great!

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L.A. weighs allowing 140 pot shops to reopen

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Introducing: Week in a Tweet

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"Disco and Atomic War": How David Hasselhoff won the Cold War

A hilarious Estonian documentary (yes, really!) asks whether disco and "Dallas" defeated Communism

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The right's favorite 300-pound (plus) porn star

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Vigil held in Myanmar for pro-democracy leader

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No honeymoon for Elizabeth Warren

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Hide the adults! Teens are dirty dancing

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Alaska ballot count could extend into next week

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Kanye West cancels upcoming "Today" performance

Star upset over the way his interview with Matt Lauer was handled

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Palin e-mail hacker sentenced to 1 year in custody

May serve out term in a halfway house instead of prison

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Debt panel Democrat takes shot at White House

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Will Palin even bother with New Hampshire?

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Jack Russell chases mountain lion up a tree

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Intellectual Ernst von Glasersfeld dies

Developed the theory of radical constructivism

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Cindy McCain takes shots at John in pro-LGBT video

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ADL stands by Glenn Beck in the end

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Post Office lost $8.5 billion last year

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How Hollywood killed the movie stunt

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FDA scrutinizes benefit of long-awaited lupus drug

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Can anorexia lead to unplanned pregnancy?

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Rachel Maddow's must-see Jon Stewart interview

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The end of the line for Holy Joe?

Devising a scenario in which Joe Lieberman stays in the Senate past 2012 is getting pretty hard to do

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"Fringe" recap: Olivia is in deep trouble

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