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Truthdigger of the Week: Sen. Angus King

Letter From Birmingham Jail

'SNL': Stefon's Farewell Features Anderson Cooper

The Lotto Symbolizes the False Promises of Barracuda Capitalism

Chilling: Arctic Tundra ‘Will Turn to Forest’

The Lotto Symbolizes the False Promises of Barracuda Capitalism
By Juan Cole

The IRS and the Real Scandal
By Robert Reich

Truthdigger of the Week: Sen. Angus King
By Alexander Reed Kelly

Letter From Birmingham Jail

Obama Unscathed by Scandals, Mayor Denies Smoking Crack, and More

Will Yahoo ‘Ruin’ Tumblr?

Flaring Violence Kills 130 People in Iraq in Three Days

Super PAC Suggests Rand Paul Is Running for President in 2016

The History That Birthed the Tsarnaev Boys

Factory Collapse Kills Two Workers in Cambodia

‘Left, Right & Center’: The White House Scandal Trifecta

Save Our Democracy: Buy the L.A. Times for $660 Million

‘The Daily Show’: Stewart Slams Hypocrites Cheney and Rumsfeld

Video Allegedly Shows Police Beating David Silva to Death

‘SNL’: Stefon’s Farewell Features Anderson Cooper

Act of Congress
By Jesse Eisinger

Daily Rituals
By Gabriel Thompson

The Girls of Atomic City
By Scott Martelle

The Questions Education Reformers Aren’t Asking

Dig led by Mike Rose

Gore Vidal: His Life and Legacy

Dig led by Truthdig Staff

Drawing the Line: The Collected Works of America’s Premier Political Cartoonist

By Paul Conrad

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Watch Where You Point That Laptop

In the mad rush to make our gadgets go, a battery manufacturer’s slight oversight could lead to disastrous consequences, as in the recent recall of 6 million Sony laptop batteries prone to explosion and fire. Lithium-ion batteries, the kind used in many electronic devices because of their power efficiency, are especially vulnerable to this kind of problem.