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Monday, Mar 31, 2008 04:12 PDT

The chimp who thought he was a boy

Raised like a son by a New York City family as part of a language experiment, Nim Chimpsky was shipped away when funds ran out. A new biography tells Nim's story.

Wednesday, Jan 10, 2007 04:56 PST

Just rewards

Last week Wesley Autrey threw himself in front of a subway to save a man. Does tossing a $10,000 reward and a trip to Disney World at a hero diminish his otherworldly deeds?

Tuesday, Jun 1, 2004 13:00 PDT

An exclusive excerpt from former Salon editor Chris Colin's acclaimed new book on being young in the '90s, "What Really Happened to the Class of '93: Start-ups, Dropouts, and Other Navigations Through an Untidy Decade."

Monday, Jun 17, 2002 12:07 PDT

New from Weber ... Girls!

Barbecuing needs feminism like grilled fish needs a bicycle.

Monday, Jun 3, 2002 12:00 PDT

Welcome to the occupation

Maple Razsa, an organizer from last year's living wage sit-in at Harvard, talks about his documentary on the event, snooping administrators and Oprah's take on poverty.

Wednesday, May 22, 2002 12:00 PDT

The ultimate weapon

Pederastic priests, molesting fathers -- charges of sexual abuse are everywhere these days. But a growing movement of aggrieved men claim the accusations have gotten out of hand.

Thursday, Apr 25, 2002 12:34 PDT

Lost speeches of W.

My fellow Americans: Today I made a J-turn in a Camaro and fired many guns! Evildoers, shudder in fear!

Friday, Mar 8, 2002 12:00 PST

Loving animals to death

Animal hoarders think they're helping their furry friends, but mostly they're just feeding their own twisted psyches.

Tuesday, Feb 5, 2002 12:00 PST

Was President Bush abducted by aliens?

When Dubya had his close encounter of the pretzel kind, did he in fact take a trip far, far away?

Friday, Jan 18, 2002 12:00 PST

Drew Barrymore's revisionist history

Spielberg's retrofitting of "E.T." opens the door to an untapped revenue stream that promises a product placement bonanza!

Tuesday, Dec 18, 2001 12:30 PST

Sweet, fruity, yet carbonated

Remember: Stir and mash, stir and mash.

Tuesday, Dec 18, 2001 12:00 PST

Cooking for fun and staggering profits

The apogee of my culinary career came early, and ended with a dog instead of a swimming pool full of Coke.

Tuesday, Dec 11, 2001 12:00 PST

The horror: Protesting Soderbergh's blasphemy

"Hey, George: Go back to the E.R. before Frank sends you there! Yo, Brad: Dino could spit you out like an olive pit!"

Thursday, Dec 6, 2001 09:50 PST

"Half a Life" by V.S. Naipaul

The Nobel Prize-winner delivers a sharply observed story of the hypocrisies of sex, class and race in England and beyond.

Friday, Nov 30, 2001 12:00 PST

Victory and the "Benevolent Arab"

If we want to beat terrorism, it's time to deploy urban legends.

Friday, Oct 26, 2001 09:42 PDT

Is there an anthrax doctor in the house?

Scoops are few and desperation is catching at the annual conference of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Friday, Oct 19, 2001 12:00 PDT

Terror cleansing

Since Sept. 11, pop culture has been purging itself of anything potentially insensitive. But who decides what "sensitive" is?

Thursday, Oct 11, 2001 12:15 PDT

Drafted into the cult of war

I am not obsessed with the battle; I am the battle.

Tuesday, Oct 9, 2001 18:08 PDT

Florida's eerie anthrax scare

Biowarfare experts say the nation shouldn't worry that two men -- and now possibly a woman -- tested positive for exposure to the mysterious bacteria, but panic is proving contagious.

Wednesday, Oct 3, 2001 12:00 PDT