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politics Bezos breaks his favorite toy: Ruth Marcus bails after 40 years at The Washington Post Ellsworth Toohey

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We strongly recommend you vote for Kamala Harris today Rob Beschizza

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Rare photos of uncontacted tribe now threatened by logging companies Allan Rose Hill

law Judge: copyright means public has no right to read Nashville school shooter's writings Rob Beschizza

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censorship Canada's new bill threatens free speech Yoy Luadha

1950s "Sex and the College Girl" is a fascinating read 65 years later Yoy Luadha

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Business Read Steve Albini's famous essay on the music industry's problems Thom Dunn

arrests Couple gets so intoxicated on Florida beach, they pass out and lose their children (video) Carla Sinclair

tabloids Presidential perverts, Trump's feet, and Biden's medical crisis in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Unreliable narrator: Trucker for Trump changes tune several times Jason Weisberger

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legal controversies Woman miscarries fetus, charged with abusing a corpse Mark Frauenfelder

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canada Air Canada told a disabled man it had no time to get him a wheelchair. He dragged himself off the flight. Rob Beschizza

trump Even Trump admits that Democracy hangs in the balance Jason Weisberger