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Today: August 12, 2011 Snipefest! Bachmann slams Pawlenty, Santorum ribs Ron Paul, Gingrich slaps Fox News—and Romney smiles. By John Dickerson READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics I Watched Every Coen Brothers Movie Here's what I learned. By David Haglund READ FULL STORY | More Arts The Death of Booting Up Three cheers for computers that start instantly. By Farhad Manjoo READ FULL STORY | More Business and Tech Lithwick: The GOP's Scurrilous Attempts To Undermine the National Labor Relations Board The Guy Who Downgraded America's Credit Rating Is an Old Friend of Mine. Here's What He's Like. How Far Do I Have To Ride My Bike To Offset the Energy It Took To Make It? Chatting With the Mastermind of the Game-Changing Citizens United Lawsuit Advertisement Could Groupon Possibly Be Worth $30 Billion? Annie Lowrey Does the Math. Help! My Parents Want To Adopt a Special-Needs Kid, but They Did a Lousy Job Raising Me. Briefing College tours: When did applicants start visiting universities? Why are Londoners using baseball bats instead of cricket bats in the riots? News & Politics Shady doctors in California and more untested rape kits: This week's top MuckReads from ProPublica. Have the Arab uprisings made Israel less secure? Arts Aziz Ansari interview: The 30 Minutes or Less star talks slim-cut suits, Twitter, and Tom Haverford's future. 30 Minutes or Less reviewed: One of the great disappointments of my cinematic year. Life Tony Plush, Nyjer Morgan: Finding redemption through a baseball player's gentleman alter ego. Spoiled food: Could it be safe to eat? Business & Tech The Fed, computer trading, and hedge funds: Do they rule the market Cyberwar definition: Vote on which scenarios you think qualify as acts of war. Science A photo gallery of crop circles. (PHOTOS) Autofellatio: The contorted history.

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