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Secrets of the Queen’s Gloves

Tom Sykes — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:27:00 GMT

Queen's glove maker hands out secrets

Vatican Tomb Mystery’s Grisly Find

Barbie Latza Nadeau — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:45:00 GMT

Searching for a teenager missing for three decades, Italian police open a mobster’s crypt, Barbie Latza Nadeau reports.

GOP Preps Debt-Ceiling Replay

Patricia Murphy — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:45:00 GMT

Boehner all but guaranteed another showdown over raising the debt ceiling. Patricia Murphy reports.

Dimon’s Unshakable Hubris

Nomi Prins — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:45:00 GMT

Despite his bank’s $2 billion loss, Jamie Dimon was reelected chairman and CEO and nabbed a $23 million pay package. Nomi Prins looks at his swagger.

How Texas Executed an Innocent Man

Ben Jacobs — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:45:00 GMT

Ben Jacobs on the nine most gripping bits from ‘Los Tocayos Carlos,’ a new book on Texas’ wrongful execution of Carlos DeLuna.

Mexico’s Universal Man

Mac Margolis — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:45:00 GMT

Celebrated writer and leftist Carlos Fuentes, who died Tuesday, was a polyglot man of letters and a ‘totally political animal,’ says Mac Margolis.

Fear of a Greece Chain Reaction

Zachary Karabell — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:45:00 GMT

Zachary Karabell says we should be wary of Greek dominos falling, but the global obsession is overblown.

Dina Eastwood, Reality Star

Marlow Stern — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:45:00 GMT

The star of the E! reality show ‘Mrs. Eastwood & Company’ dishes to Marlow Stern about the show, and why Clint decided be on it.

Phone Jamming Comes to America

Tony Dokoupil — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:45:00 GMT

Tony Dokoupil reports on the little-known rules the government can use to shut down phone networks.

Obama’s Patronizing ‘View’ Visit

Michelle Cottle — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:45:00 GMT

Michelle Cottle says our Smooth Operator president crossed the line with lame jokes at Michelle’s expense.

Will ‘The Dictator’ Flop?

Chris Lee — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:45:00 GMT

Will Sacha Baron Cohen’s tactic of speaking only in character for interviews spell box-office trouble for his new film? Chris Lee investigates.

Carlos Fuentes and My Father

Lorenza Muñoz — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:04:00 GMT

Mexico lost a leading novelist when Carlos Fuentes died. But Lorenza Muñoz’s father lost a true friend.

Edwards Team Losing It?

Diane Dimond — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:40:00 GMT

John Edwards’s attorney appeared unprepared for the second day in a row as he struggled to get his witnesses to the stand.

Apple Scores a Hit on Android

Dan Lyons — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:47:00 GMT

Two HTC Android smartphones are stuck at Customs. Dan Lyons on the blow to HTC in Apple’s war on Android.

Prisoners of Process

Hanan Ashrawi — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:24:00 GMT

Two days ago the news of an agreement between Israel and the Palestinian prisoners to end the hunger-strike broke. The prisoners, most of whom have been without food for a month, won the right to have Gazan family visit them in prison (such visits have been denied for the past seven years) and the release of roughly 20 prisoners from solitary confinement into the general prison population (one prisoner has been in solitary confinement for almost a decade).

Digital Makeover for USA Today

Howard Kurtz — Tue, 15 May 2012 23:54:00 GMT

Web whiz Larry Kramer returns to newspapering

Obama’s ‘Vampire’ Ad Won’t Work

Mark McKinnon — Tue, 15 May 2012 23:32:00 GMT

Obama’s taking a page from the Bush playbook, but his strategy will likely backfire, says Mark McKinnon.

A Writer In the Middle (East)

Eric Herschthal — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:05:00 GMT

Novelist Sayed Kashua is the rare Arab with an Israeli citizenship. He talks to Eric Herschthal about living on the fault line.

Georgie Campbell's Amazing Claims

Tom Sykes — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:57:00 GMT

The claim in Lady Colin Campbell’s new book that the mother of Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, was actually the family’s cook has been grabbing all the headlines, but equally arresting is her assertion that Elizabeth, far from being the harmless old dear she is frequently portrayed as, was an arch-manipulator who forced Edward VIII off the throne and installed her husband Bertie instead, thereby making herself Queen

The Insane Cost of Higher Education

Michael Tomasky — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:45:00 GMT

The real reason why higher education is ridiculously expensive

What Does Ron Paul Have Against Gary Johnson?

Ben Jacobs — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:24:00 GMT

They're the two most ideologically similar candidates in the 2012 Presidential race, but when asked whether Ron Paul would support Gary Johnson's Libertarian Party bid for the White House, his answer was a definitive "no." Ben Jacobs explains why.

Jerry Brown, Beggar

Joe Mathews — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:13:00 GMT

California’s fiscal crisis is mushrooming, and Governor Moonbeam seems powerless to stop it. Joe Mathews on Brown’s call for ‘stoicism,’ and why it’s not working.

Econ 101

David Frum — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:10:00 GMT

Arrived in Ottawa to see the streets bedecked with Polish flags. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is making his first visit to Canada this week.

Painteramicography?

Blake Gopnik — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:03:00 GMT

The Daily Pic: James Hyde combines painting, ceramics and photography.

Obama and Europe

Michael Tomasky — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:03:00 GMT

Not much Obama can do on Europe; he's just either going to be lucky or not