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 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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  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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  A tale of two rape stories
  A college kid and an advice columnist draw fire for appalling pieces on assault. Only one of them learns from it
  Kate Harding
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  Mortal Combat: Tuvalu versus China
  Low-lying island nations demand dramatic action on climate change. The big boys shrug
  Andrew Leonard
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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