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New research finds Pb is the hidden villain behind violent crime, lower IQs, and even the ADHD epidemic. And fixing the problem is a lot cheaper than doing nothing.

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The David Petraeus Scandal, Explained

Who knew what and when? Is there a connection to Libya? Why is Paula Broadwell getting straight-up slut-shamed? And what was up with that uncanny NYT advice column? We’ve got answers.

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Behind the comparisons to Jimmy Carter and the references to “peace through strength” is a dubious policy critique: not just that Obama is Carter and Romney is Reagan, but that somehow sufficient man-musk from an American president can dissuade any potential terrorist from laying his finger on an American diplomat.

Adam Serwer puts the lie to Republican claims that they’re better on protecting American ambassadors abroad.

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How many people do we imprison in America? So many that 100,000 will die… of old age.

(Part of a series of photos by Tim Gruber. “I just watched one of my subjects die,” he writes. “I don’t want to get used to this.”)

Oh gee, will you look at that? The Guantanamo detainees transferred or released by George Bush have committed far more acts of terrorism and violence than the ones released by Barack Obama.

But, as Adam Serwer notes, there are some pretty compelling (and depressing) reasons for the discrepancy.

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“The most powerful men at Penn State failed to take any steps for 14 years to protect the children who Sandusky victimized.”

Former FBI director Louis Freeh announced the results of his 7-month investigation of Penn State today, and they were righteously (and rightfully) indignant.

(Paul Vathis/Associated Press)

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An American soldier—who’s also a “patched” member of a neo-Nazi paramilitary group—is training for a coming “race war.” Now the FBI is after him. (Image is of a Nazi impersonator.) 

Judith Miller uses Mother Jones’ Trayvon Martin coverage to school her Fox News colleagues

Yes, that Judy Miller. While her conservative colleagues were busy arguing Trayvon’s death wasn’t a national story, and the media had done a poor job of reporting, Miller shot back Saturday:

ELLEN RATNER: …and the journalists didn’t do their jobs in terms of the racial composition of the community, were there other racially motivated crimes in that community — ‘cause they’re all just talking about racism — and the history of this guy, Zimmerman, and whether he in fact on his other calls — which, he made thirtysome calls over the last ten years to 911, or the cops, did they have a racial component. Nobody really looked at that…

…The press has been terrible on Zimmerman’s family. We don’t have any profiles of the guy, we don’t know his family life —

JUDITH MILLER: —I’m sorry, Mother Jones did a very piece on this that has a lot of the elements that you say haven’t been covered. in fact, it has been covered.

RATNER: OK, missed it.

Thanks, Judith. And here’s some of the work she was talking about.

Oh, and Ellen, if you read our reporting, you’ll find that George Zimmerman made 46 calls between January 2011 and Trayvon’s death. Not “thirtysome.” Add in the previous years’ totals, and there are many more.

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Our interactive editor, Tasneem Raja, shared some thoughts on Twitter about her family and the murder of Shaima Al Awadi. We couldn’t agree more.

MoJo tells Geraldo on-air: Back off the hoodie-hating and victim-blaming.

Reporter Adam Weinstein donned a hoodie and went on Geraldo Rivera’s radio show to hit back on Rivera’s claim that “[Trayvon’s] hoodie killed Trayvon Martin as surely as George Zimmerman did.” Here’s a partial transcript of what went down.

BREAKING: Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee steps down..."temporarily." →

Riiiiiiiiiight.

"Then there was the pile of trash in the road near the local Kohl's, which he reported on Nov. 8, 2010. '[Complainant] states it appears recently dumped and appears to contain glass,' the dispatcher dutifully reported." →

Exclusive: Trayvon Shooter’s 911 Calls: Potholes, Piles of Trash—and Black Men

Police call logs show George Zimmerman was a man obsessed with suburban law-and-order minutiae—and black men stalking the neighborhood.

More shit that people who read our Trayvon Martin explainer never say.

But a lot of our dads say this, on the phone, behind closed doors.

Shit that people who have read our Trayvon Martin explainer would never say.

But conservatives are saying this a lot.

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Trayvon Martin updates:

Koch brothers may have had a hand in Florida self-defense law.

Glenn Beck website calls Trayvon the “aggressor”, suggests he’s a criminal.

NRA pushes “stand your ground” in all 50 states.

Sanford police chief gets “no-confidence” vote.