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For Obama and Romney, scoring points here is unlikely. Losing them is all but certain.
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One company's solution to the solar energy challenge.
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For those whose cancer has metastasized, October is about not walkathons, but survival.
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This will stall Romney's ascent. But it may not reverse his gains from the last debate.
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The troubling case of a man named Mikhail Kosenko
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Police departments map territories. But they don't want to publish: Could publication incite further violence?
In political debates, words are what carry the day, says one study.
Two decades of gains disappeared.
The first debate left us with an image of Obama scowling. This one, with a very different image of Romney.
An art recovery specialist talks about the heist in Rotterdam this morning.
"Missile. Missile. Missile." "Peral Harbor"—his spelling, not ours.
... and fled to Saudi Arabia, of all places.
New research casts doubt on the notion that the menstrual cycle affects mood.
How does the Secretary of State taking responsibility for Libya have anything to do with Bill Clinton's infidelity?
But does that actually matter?
A message from Henry Kissinger and history
What an academic who wrote her dissertation on trolls thinks of Violentacrez
Just like Archie Moore, Obama has ratcheted up expectations by playing weak.
How many studies do we need showing that it doesn't hasten sexual activity?
Older voters appreciated his respectful demeanor at last week's debate.
According to this doctor, the treatment is just that good. And now it's in California, too.
For starters, don't try to corner your enemies.
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Researchers aren't sure why: It could be the adrenalin or possibly the alcohol.
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