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Today: September 21, 2011 Where It All Went Wrong Ron Suskind's new book and the competing theories for Obama's collapse. By David Weigel READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics There's Something I Need To Tell You, Sarge ... A gallery of service members who came out the day "don't ask, don't tell" was repealed. By Katherine Goldstein READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics Here Be Dragons A history of map monsters. By Ken Jennings READ FULL STORY | More Science Rick Perry's Pledge To Stand With Israel "as a Christian" Is a Gift to Islamic Extremists How Long Till America's Richest Person Becomes a Trillionaire? What Do Kids Learn at Elementary Schools Influenced by Scientologists? Gears of War 3: Bayoneting Reptilian Humanoids Never Felt So ... Right Advertisement Is It Tacky To Use an Evite for Your Wedding Invitations?   Briefing A short history of toilet-paper marketing. If a criminal swallows the evidence, how do police get it out of him? News & Politics Troy Davis execution set for Sept. 21: case proves the fallibility of eye witnesses. Obama's deficit speech: Can he stay angry until next Election Day? Arts Michael Kazin's American Dreamers: Why has the radical left sabotaged itself so often? How to consume culture economically: an eight-step guide. Life Oktoberfest: Try these five delicious styles of German beer. Attention is neither a commodity nor a currency, even thought the Web treats it that way. Business & Tech Who is Debbie Bosanek? Warren Buffett's secretary declines to talk about tax reform. Natural scrolling: Why did Apple change the way we scroll? Science DSK's Defense Pat Robertson on divorce and Alzheimer's: Is it OK to leave your sick wife?

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