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Bill O'Reilly's 'war zone' stories questioned
After a Mother Jones report on Thursday asserted that Bill O'Reilly had made false claims about his coverage of the Falklands War in 1982, the Fox News host responded furiously. In interviews, O'Reilly said the story was a "giant piece of defamation," "a lie," and a smear. He called one of the writers, David Corn, a "disgusting piece of garbage," a "guttersnipe liar," and a "far-left assassin."
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99 times Bill O'Reilly lied to America
Isn’t it a little strange that Bill O’Reilly is suffering a scandal for lying? The growing list of charges against him appear to be true, of course. But he’s been getting key facts wrong on air for decades, a trend his critics have closely tracked for much of his career. The falsehoods haven’t merely been tolerated by Fox News; O’Reilly has been elevated to the most iconic figure the network has ever produced—that he brings in $100 million in ads doesn’t hurt.
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Why Do Circus Elephants Get All the Sympathy?
Ringling Bros.' decision to retire its elephants has been met with near-universal approval. Why do far fewer people care about the animals being slaughtered on a daily basis?
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Pentagon Panel Proposes Sweeping Changes that Could Impact Guantanamo Force-Feeding
A committee that advises the Secretary of Defense has recommended that military healthcare workers be allowed to bow out of medical procedures that violate their profession's code of ethics.
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Editor quits journal over pay-for-expedited peer-review offer
Authors can pay open-access journal extra to get reviewed in less than 3 weeks
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Can we harness telepathy for moral good?
Will the next generation of telepathy machines make us closer, or are there unforeseen dangers in the melding of minds? By Kat McGowan
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The Lonely Psychiatrist of Sadr City
In a deadly corner of Baghdad, nearly every resident has witnessed the horrors of war. One dedicated doctor risks his life—and his own sanity—to help those who need it most.
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Level 14
How a home for troubled children came undone and what it means for California’s chance at reform.
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The dystopian lake filled by the world’s tech lust
Hidden in an unknown corner of China is a toxic, nightmarish lake created by our thirst for smartphones, gadgets and green tech, discovers Tim Maughan.
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The Government Is OK With a 75 Percent Chance of a Major Arctic Oil Spill. Are You?
The Department of the Interior says there’s a 75 percent chance of a major oil spill in the Arctic—and it’s willing to take that chance.
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Denmark’s Drug-Free Pigs
American farmers don’t need all those antibiotics.
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When Prison Guards Force Inmates to Fight
On at least two occasions in March, Sheriff's Deputy Scott Neu allegedly used threats of violence and rape to coerce inmates—including 150-pound Rico Garcia and 350-pound Stanley Harris—to square off against one another in an out-of-sight hallway in the bowels of San Francisco County's main jail. Four other deputies reportedly wagered...
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Despite Ever-Expanding Police State Measures, Cops Worse than Ever at Solving Crimes, Here’s Why
If you were murdered today, there's only a 60% chance of police catching the person who did it. That number drops to 3% if you're raped. 50 years ago, that number was much higher. What happened?
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The Real Achievement of the Iran Nuclear Deal
Details of the accord matter less than the potential end of Washington's cold war with Tehran. By Peter Beinart
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Wall Street Executives from the Financial Crisis of 2008: Where Are They Now?
It’s been nearly seven years since a financial meltdown almost destroyed the global economy. Some of Wall Street’s major players reflect on riding out the maelstrom.
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The Radical Dissent of Helen Keller
Here’s what they don’t teach: When the blind-deaf visionary learned that poor people were more likely to be blind than others, she set off down a pacifist, socialist path that broke the boundaries of her time—and continues to challenge ours today.
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Feinstein to Pentagon chief: Fix Guantánamo force-feedings
Sen. Feinstein wants Guantánamo prison force-feedings like in federal prisons, protests to new Secretary of Defense that military won’t let her see videos of Navy staff tube-feeding hunger strikers
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10 U.S. senators seek investigation into H-1B-driven layoffs
Ten U.S. senators, representing the political spectrum, are seeking a federal investigation into displacement of IT workers by H-1B using contractors.
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To Boldly Go Where No Body Has Gone Before
What to do when an astronaut dies in space.
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The War Nerd: The Confederates who should've been hanged
It’s a tricky question: Which representatives of Southern manhood should have danced in the air, come April 1865? I think we can all agree, Lost-Cause loons aside, that every Southern officer...
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