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crime & drugs

Law Enforcement Is Using 'Sneak and Peek' Patriot Act Power, but Not to Bust Terrorists
Of more than 11,000 sneak and peak search warrants requested in 2013, only 51 were for terror investigations.
Payton Guion
10.31.14
Europe

Drones Have Been Spotted Flying Over French Nuclear Power Plants
French power giant EDF filed a police complaint over illegal drone sightings above several nuclear power sites in the last month.
Melodie Bouchaud
10.31.14
Art

Paris Photo Series Explores the Art of Voyeurism
Gail Albert Halaban's new photography book, 'Paris Views,' captures life through the windows of French apartments.
Beckett Mufson
10.31.14
Recipe

Jewelry Hammer Recipe
A refreshing cocktail from the most haunted bar in America.
Karen Brownlee
10.31.14
Words

Mark E's Remix of Himself Made Us Do the Sad Dance
His "Sadness of Yesterday" remix made us frown AND get down.
Jemayel Khawaja
10.31.14
Opinion and Analysis

Call Courtroom 'Testilying' By Police What It Is — Perjury
A Baltimore cop faces perjury charges for lying about the beating of a suspect, but police aren't held accountable often enough for the lies they tell courts.
Natasha Lennard
10.31.14
Environment

Support For Action on Climate Change Grows Among Swing State Voters
Likely voters also showed strong support for curbing carbon dioxide pollution and clean energy production, signaling that millions of dollars spent during the midterms by environmental groups might be having an impact.
Shelby Kinney-Lang
10.31.14
thump video

Funky Man Under Bridge Lives it Up in Mouse on Mars' New Video
The video is released as part of '21,' a double disc retrospective on the band's output featuring collaborations with everyone from Modeselektor to Machinedrum.
Jemayel Khawaja
10.31.14
Islamic State

Foreign Fighters Are Flooding Into Iraq and Syria to Join the Islamic State
The Islamic State is reaching potential recruits through its sophisticated use of social media and the internet, eclipsing the number of fighters that entered Afghanistan after 9/11.
Samuel Oakford
10.31.14
Space

Everything We Know About the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Crash
One pilot is dead, the other has "major injuries."
Jason Koebler
10.31.14
Words

DJ Sneak Gives H-Foundation's Tribal-Tech Monster a Facelift
Blast the house gangster's flip of "Hear Dis Now" while you finish applying your Halloween face paint.
David Garber
10.31.14
Comics!

I Remember Halloween Costumes
Being a kid is mostly bullshit, but on Halloween it's fun to play make-believe and eat candy. I asked some of my favorite artists and cartoonists to recreate their best or worst costumes in illustrated form.
Nick Gazin
10.31.14
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