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One year ago this month, under cover of night, fifteen Taliban, dressed as American soldiers, snuck onto one of the largest air bases in Afghanistan. What followed was a bloody confrontation highlighting a startling security lapse, with hundreds of millions in matriel lost in a matter of hoursthe…

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Janet Reitman: An uneasy panic settled over Boston when it was revealed that the Tsarnaev brothers were not, as many assumed, connected to a terrorist group, but young men seemingly affiliated with no one but themselves. Russian émigrés, they had lived in America for a decade – and in Cambridge, a…

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Ariel Levy: After high-school football stars were accused of rape, online vigilantes demanded that justice be served. Was it?

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Joshua Davis: Laleh and Ladan Bijani wanted separate lives. Doctors wanted to make history. The inside story of what went wrong.

Sarah Stillman: Under civil forfeiture, Americans who havent been charged with wrongdoing can be stripped of their cash, cars, and even homes. Is that all were losing?

Joshua Levine: A top training academy works double time to meet skyrocketing demand for canines who can sniff out danger

Phil Ferguson pulled off one of the biggest frauds in Indiana history, duping clients out of millions of dollars and staying one step ahead of the law.

Sean Flynn: When James Brown died on Christmas Day 2006, he left behind a fortune worth tens, maybe hundreds, of millions of dollars. The problem is, he also left behind fourteen children, sixteen grandchildren, eight mothers of his children, several mistresses, thirty lawyers, a former manager,…

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Nick Turse: If you’re reporting on the U.S. military, always expect evasion.

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John Lanchester: As anyone who’s been there recently can testify, the blame in Spain falls mainly on the banks – as it does in Ireland, in Greece, in the US, and pretty much everywhere else too.

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Chris Kyle, a decorated sniper, tried to help a troubled veteran. The result was tragic.

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