Kim Jong-Un's New Strategy: Explained

North Korea appears to have suddenly changed its tune, but this is only part of its longstanding survival strategy.
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Teenager’s Prom Dress Stirs Furor in U.S. — but Not in China

After a Utah high school student wore a Chinese-style cheongsam, Asian-Americans’ reactions were blistering. But that perplexed many on the other side of the world.
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'Myth of the ISP': Volunteers aim to blanket Big Apple with cheap, fast Wi-Fi

The volunteer community group NYC Mesh is working to bring affordable internet with lightning-quick downloads to New York, one building at a time.
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The Great High School Impostor

What Artur Samarin pulled off at a school in small-town Pennsylvania is one of the boldest hoaxes of our time.
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The Spy Who Came Home

Why an expert in counterterrorism became a beat cop. By Ben Taub.
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The Bizarre Death of Bridget Cleary, the Irish "Fairy Wife"

Her husband thought she'd been replaced—by a supernatural being. By Maria J. Pérez Cuervo.
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Pennsylvania gerrymandering's surprise co-conspirators: Democrats

Many Democrats would rather not talk about this. By Jonathan Lai, Holly Otterbein.
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