Currently in Salon

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  Cremated remains dumped in Arlington landfill
  More burial mix-ups unearthed at the troubled national cemetery
  By Mark Benjamin
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  What was the best book of the year?
  Hornby, Blume, Lamott, Diaz, Kidder, Sittenfeld and others share their 2009 favorites
  By Jed Lipinski
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  Clint Eastwood's "Invictus": Can rugby heal a nation?
  The director's sports drama stars Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as the world's oldest teenager
  By Stephanie Zacharek
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  "The Lovely Bones": Be very afraid
  Director Peter Jackson turns Alice Sebold's poetic bestseller into a garish supernatural thriller
  By Stephanie Zacharek
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  The inside story of Northwest 188
  Plus, Congress gets it right, for once: Tough new hiring rules for airlines and pilots
  By Patrick Smith
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  The best books of the decade
  A tribute to the fact and fiction we wouldn't stop talking about in the 2000s
  By Laura Miller
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  Obama accepts Nobel, defends war
  "The belief that peace is desirable is rarely enough to achieve it," the president says in accepting his award
  Alex Koppelman
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  "Top Chef" finale serves up humble pie
  Lovable Kevin and the Voltaggio brothers compete for TV's big culinary prize. Spoiler alert: It'll end in tears!
  By Heather Havrilesky
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  Obama gets real in Afghanistan
  For all the ambiguity of his new policy, he is admitting that U.S. power has limits and priorities
  By Gene Lyons
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  "A Single Man": Tom Ford's shallow but compelling debut
  In the fashion designer's cinematic entree, Colin Firth is a triumph of substance over style
  By Stephanie Zacharek