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Article — From the March 2005 issue
Picking up the pieces in Afghanistan
The editor's easy chair — From the November 1959 issue
An archaeological mystery story
Article — From the January 1913 issue
Recent archaeological discoveries along Red River, Arkansas
Article — From the June 1898 issue
Article — From the May 1896 issue
Editor's study — From the June 1895 issue

Amount of cash CNN reporter Peter Arnett says he wore sewn into his clothes while covering the Gulf War:

Babies prefer to look at attractive people.

A woman testified that prostitutes at the “bunga bunga” parties thrown by former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi had dressed up as President Obama.
“This is the heart of the magic factory, the place where medicine is infused with the miracles of science, and I’ve come to see how it’s done.”