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A History of Violence: Murder and Justice in Bob Dylan Songs
May 10, 9:30 PM ET| Rob SheffieldAn unlucky 13 tracks in which one or several of Dylan's characters meet
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Better Late Than Never: Obama Pushes Immigration Fix
May 10, 12:24 PM ET| Lauren LipsayWhen he ran for office in 2008, President Obama told Spanish-language channel Univision, 'What I can guarantee is that we will have in the first year an immigration bill that I strongly support.' Now, two years later, with no such bill passed, Obama will travel to El Paso, Texas to address what everyone understands is a broken immigration system.
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Texas Politics: Crazier Than A Sprayed Roach
May 10, 11:36 AM ET| Julian BrookesNothing against Texas. Great state. Not to be messed with. But: unless I'm mistaken, Texas politics seem to have a higher than average crazy quotient. Consider this (unscientific) sample of recent tidings from the Lone Star state.
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Top Toy: Turn Your iPhone Into a Classic Eighties Camera
May 10, 11:30 AM ET| Scott SteinbergiPhone-owning hipsters who adore digital photography have a new traveling companion for their white iPhone 4 or iPod touch in the retro-styled HipstaCase, which resembles a classic Eighties plastic toy camera.
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The Dozen Must-See Summer Movies
May 10, 11:15 AM ET| Peter TraversFor me, summer movies usually offer less to anticipate and more to dread. Hey, it's Michael Bay's favorite time to do his unbeatable worst. Using the lamest excuse ("We just want to entertain"), Hollywood studios dump acres of sequel/prequel/remake garbage. Remember last summer? For every Toy Story 3 there was a crap chip off the block of Twilight or Iron Man or Karate Kid or Sex and the City. For every original work like Inception, there was a Knight and Day or Jonah Hex or Killers or – Adam Sandler be damned – Grown Ups. This summer, I offer up a dozen movies that at least show promise, five that fill me with horror and five goodies that come in under the radar.
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Video: Jon Stewart on the Total Lameness of Osama Bin Laden
May 10, 10:47 AM ET| Julian BrookesOn last night's Daily Show, Stewart ran through some recent, post-raid revelations about Osama bin Laden. Turns out, the world's most-wanted terrorist watched himself on TV while sitting on the floor wrapped in a 'jihad snuggie'; took a kind of liquid Viagra (no surprise there: 'an old guy with six wives needed to use a little dong syrup!'); and, yes, dyed his beard. Conclusion: 'Not only was bin Laden evil; he was lame.' Check it out:
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Asthma Medication! Free Inhalers! Big Coal Really Cares
May 10, 10:45 AM ET| Jeff GoodellIf you know anything about the energy industry, you might think that big coal companies like Peabody Energy, the largest privately held coal company in the world, doesn't care about how burning coal is cooking the planet, destroying children's lungs, and triggering heart attacks.
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Japan Nixes New Nuke Plants
May 10, 10:33 AM ET| Lauren LipsayJapan is having second thoughts on nuclear energy. Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Tuesday that his country would put plans on hold to build new nuclear reactors in the wake of March's Fukushima Daiichi disaster. Though Japan was shooting for 14 new nuclear reactors by 2030, supplying 50 percent of the country's electricity, Kan told reporters, "We need to start from scratch. We need to make nuclear energy safer and do more to promote renewable energy."
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Drive Buys: Electric, Hybrid Cars Still Too Expensive, Inconvenient
May 10, 8:30 AM ET| Scott SteinbergSkyrocketing gas prices and increasing green awareness aside, electric and hybrid cars are still too expensive for most, according to a recent study.
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Must Reads: Navy Chaplains To Perform Gay Marriages
Navy chaplains to perform gay marriages Navy chaplains will soon be free to perform gay marriages on Navy bases, reports Navy Times. A memo from Chief of Chaplain... | More »May 10, 8:00 AM ET| Tim Dickinson -
Tina Fey's Sarah Palin Returns to 'SNL'
May 9, 4:09 PM ET| Julian BrookesThe latest Saturday Night Live featured a hilarious skit titled "GOP 2012 Undeclared Candidates Debate." Panelist-characters included Palin, Mitt Romney (played by Jason Sudeikis), and Donald Trump (a returning Darrell Hammond).
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The British Royal Family: Are They Assholes?
May 9, 3:24 PM ET| Matt TaibbiAfter a long hiatus, the Supreme Court of Assholedom reconvened in recent weeks to consider perhaps the most difficult case in its brief history; the British Royal family.
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Payback Time: Pakistan Outs (Another) CIA Agent
May 9, 3:07 PM ET| Lauren LipsayPakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency may not have a sterling record on locating famous terrorists, but they've proven adept at revealing the names of CIA agents. Back in December, the agency's Islamabad station chief was forced to leave the country after receiving death threats, when his name appeared in Pakistani newspapers; and now – obviously as payback for the bin Laden business – the name of the current C.I.A. station chief has likewise popped up in the press.
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Kid Rock Performs Rebellious Set on Jazz Fest's Final Day
May 9, 1:05 PM ET| Alex RawlsThe final day of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival found Kid Rock playing to a crowd that seem to appreciate the various sides of his personality. There was his rebellious David Allen Coe mode on tracks like "Cowboy" and "Somebody's Gotta Feel This" – when he was inventive, funny and larger than life. Then there was his evocation of Bob Seger – the average, working-class guy from Michigan – when he sat at the piano singing "Care" and stood on top of it for the encore of "Born Free."
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