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Today: September 9, 2011 Obama's Jobs Gamble He dares the Republicans to thwart his $447 billion proposal. Can he possibly win? By John Dickerson READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics Why Trutherism Lives On The 9/11 conspiracy movement has faded, but the conspiracy theory will never die. By Jeremy Stahl READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics Contagion: A Dialogue We dodged the bullet with SARS. By Arthur Allen READ FULL STORY | More Science Probability Neglect: How the Government Wildly Overestimates the Risks of Terrorism What Exactly Would Happen if We Did Get Rid of Social Security? Contagion: Soderbergh Elevates a Virus Horror Flick Into an Amazing Thriller Fall TV Has Emasculated Men. But It Hasn't Empowered Women. Advertisement How Michael Arrington Made TechCrunch Such an Influential News Site Help! My Wife Doesn't Want Sex Anymore. Is It OK To Have a Gay Affair? Briefing Longform.org's Guide to 9/11: Five unforgettable stories from Ground Zero. Is it dangerous to smoke Tupac's cremated remains? News & Politics Homeland security spending: We'd have to foil 1,667 Times Square-style attacks every year to justify current spending on homeland security. Budget-cutting supercommittee: The bipartisan panel's first meeting is cheerful but avoids the hard questions. Arts Lady Gaga: pop's leading conservative. Sept. 11 anniversary: Images from the aftermath (PHOTOS). Life NFL 2011: The Packers and Saints stage a ridiculously fan-pleasing season opener. Ashley Mears' "Pricing Beauty": What a sociologist learned by moonlighting as a fashion model. Business & Tech Sept. 11 anniversary: Can brain research keep us safe? Carol Bartz fired: Can the once-great Internet company reclaim its former glory? Science Rick Perry's HPV vaccinations: a health-care mandate he can get behind. 9/11 anniversary: Ten years later, our answer to al-Qaida won't be on Sept. 11.

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