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A new poll by the Pew Research Center shows a significant divergence on attitudes toward war and military service between members of the military and civilians.

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National Security

Gap Grows Between Military, Civilians On War

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Gap Grows Between Military, Civilians On War

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The Simpsons is confronted with pressures that may require the voice cast to accept large pay cuts or face the possibility that the show won't continue at all.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Do Rising Costs Have 'The Simpsons' On The Ropes?

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Do Rising Costs Have 'The Simpsons' On The Ropes?

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In 2005, death penalty opponents protest the impending execution of condemned inmate Frances Newton in Huntsville, Texas. Newton was convicted of killing her husband and two children in their Houston apartment. She was put to death by lethal injection on Sept. 14, 2005.

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Elections

In Texas, Perry Has Little Say In 'Ultimate Justice'

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In Texas, Perry Has Little Say In 'Ultimate Justice'

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Florida Sen. Marco Rubio speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. in August. Rubio's dispute with Univision has provoked a boycott of the network's presidential debate.

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It's All Politics

Rubio's Veep Prospects Could Be Fueling Boycott Of GOP Debate

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Rubio's Veep Prospects Could Be Fueling Boycott Of GOP Debate

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Daniel Shechtman (left) discusses the quasicrystal's structure with collaborators in 1985, just months after shaking the foundations of materials science. Shechtman was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize for chemistry.

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Research News

Nobel-Winning Chemist Fought For Acceptance

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Nobel-Winning Chemist Fought For Acceptance

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell answers questions from the media after speaking about concussions Monday at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons in Washington, D.C.

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Sports

Can Mouth Guards Really Prevent Concussion?

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Can Mouth Guards Really Prevent Concussion?

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Bert Jansch in Regent's Park, 1966.

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The Record

Guitarist Bert Jansch Is Dead At 67

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Guitarist Bert Jansch Is Dead At 67

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Jeffrey Eugenides is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Middlesex. His 1993 novel, The Virgin Suicides, was adapted for film by director Sofia Coppola.

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Eugenides Spins A Modern Kind Of 'Marriage Plot'

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As visitors lined up outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday, the justices grappled with the question of when churches might be exempt from certain federal laws.

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Supreme Court Considers Disabilities Act Dispute

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Civil rights activist Fred Shuttlesworth, hailed by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. for his courage and energy, died Wednesday in Birmingham, Ala. He was 89.

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Obituaries

Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, Civil Rights Pioneer, Dies

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Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, Civil Rights Pioneer, Dies

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Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy wants to experiment with gang injunction "safety zones."

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'Safety Zone' Bans Meetings Of Alleged Gang Members

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Martin Sheen plays Tom, an American doctor who walks the Camino de Santiago, a historical pilgrimage across northern Spain. Along the way, he sprinkles the ashes of his son, who died on the 500-mile route.

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Movie Interviews

Sheen And Estevez Do Movies The Father-Son 'Way'

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Sheen And Estevez Do Movies The Father-Son 'Way'

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Steve Jobs holds up an iPhone at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco in June 2010.

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Remembering Steve Jobs (1955-2011)

Steve Jobs, Poet Of Computer World, Dies

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Steve Jobs, Poet Of Computer World, Dies

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