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  • Hawk Cam: Live From The Nest

    Andy Newman and Emily S. Rueb, The New York Times | May 06, 2011

    Live footage from the top of Bobst Library at N.Y.U. ...

  • The Jazz Fan Who Invented A Machine To Make His Own Mashups

    Patrick Jarenwattananon, NPR | May 05, 2011

    The dude with that knobby box has programmed a whole bunch of samples into his computer, which he triggers with said knobby box. His sharp ear identifies little bits of songs which would work well...

  • Secretary Clinton Brokers a Deal to Fund the Libyan Opposition

    Barbie LAtza Nadeau, The Daily Beast | May 05, 2011

    The questions on everybody's mind for the U.S. Secretary of State in Italy focused on the killing of Osama bin Laden. But behind the scenes, Clinton struck and international deal to fund the opposition in Libya...

  • On Small Farms, Hoof Power Returns

    Tess Taylor, The New York Times | May 04, 2011

    ON a sunny Sunday just before the vernal equinox, Rich Ciotola set out to clear a pasture strewn with fallen wood. The just-thawed field was spongy, with grass sprouting under tangled branches. Late March and early April are farm-prep time here in the Berkshires, time to gear up for the growing season. But while many farms were oiling and gassing up tractors, Mr. Ciotola was setting out to prepare a pasture using a tool so old it seems almost revolutionary: a team of oxen...

  • Osama bin Laden's Death: Aftermath and Reaction - Live Updates

    GuardianUK | May 04, 2011

    Osama bin Laden's death: aftermath and reaction -- live updates...

  • The Hut Next Door

    Matt Gallagher, the New York Times, Home Fires | May 04, 2011

    When I was on patrols in Iraq, I liked to pretend Osama bin Laden was in the hut next door. It seems ridiculous now, and it was just as ridiculous then. Bin Laden found in a backwater village north of Baghdad, circa 2008? Not ever a possibility, even for the most obtuse soldier. But sometimes, when the sun was getting to me and the mission seemed most nebulous and futile and I needed a reason to care, I’d mentally place Bin Laden within our area of operations, all likelihood of such be damned...

  • When Did We Start chanting "U-S-A"?

    Brian Palmer | May 03, 2011

    Spectators at a Phillies-Mets baseball game broke into chants of "U-S-A, U-S-A" as news of Osama Bin Laden's death made its way through the crowd on Sunday night. When did Americans start yelling the name of their country over and over again to express joy or patriotic pride?...

  • The GOP's Stealth Plan to Redefine Rape

    Nick Baumann, Mother Jones | May 03, 2011

    Republicans pulled controversial "forcible rape" language from a pending bill, but they're trying a backdoor maneuver to ensure the legislation achieves the same effect...

  • Bin Laden Discovered "Hiding in Plain Sight"

    Greg Miller and Joby Warrick, The Washington Post | May 03, 2011

    Half an hour had passed on the ground, but the American commandos raiding Osama bin Laden’s Pakistani hideaway had yet to find their long-sought target. Two of bin Laden’s protectors were already dead, shot by the Navy SEALs carrying out the raid, and one of the U.S. helicopters sat crippled in the courtyard. Pakistan’s military, which had been kept in the dark about the operation, was scrambling to respond to reports of explosions and gunfire at the one-acre compound...

  • Pakistan Pushes Back Against U.S. Criticism on Bin Laden

    Jane Perlez and David Rohde, The New York Times | May 03, 2011

    Toughening its stand, the Pakistani government lashed out at the United States on Tuesday for the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, saying that the United States had made “an unauthorized unilateral action” that would be not be tolerated in the future...