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'Sanity/Fear' Rally A Protest Of The Absurd

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert address thousands gathered for The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on the National Mall in Washington on Saturday. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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'Sanity/Fear' Rally A Protest Of The Absurd

Tens of thousands of people got together Saturday on the National Mall with comedians Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart. The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear was mostly a good-natured riot -- a laugh riot, that is.

'Sanity/Fear' Rally A Protest Of The Absurd

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An Afternoon In Paris As An Illegal Immigrant

Despite expelling hundreds of Roma this summer and passing an immigration bill that critics call "harsh and discriminatory," France remains a beacon to immigrants. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley, an American living in Paris, recently had her own brush with French immigration authorities.

An Afternoon In Paris As An Illegal Immigrant

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Saturday

Simon Says

A Lesson In Campaign Mismanagement

My candidate didn't win the Chicago City Council race, but at least I got to see how politics could be tough but good-natured. It makes me wonder about young people in campaigns today who think the goal is mutual annihilation.

A Lesson In Campaign Mismanagement

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Friday

Thursday

Is Big Government Stifling The American Spirit?

John Donvan (center) of ABC News moderated the Intelligence Squared U.S. debate "Big Government is Stifling the American Spirit." Chris Vultaggio hide caption

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Intelligence Squared U.S.

Is Big Government Stifling The American Spirit?

On Oct. 26, a team of experts argued the issue "Big Government is Stifling the American Spirit" during the Intelligence Squared U.S. debate.

The Full Audio Of The Debate

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'Hornet's Nest': The Girl With The Dragging Plot

Together at last: In the last installment of Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy, journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist, left) and cyber-avenger Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) barely share any screen time. Music Box Films hide caption

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'Hornet's Nest': The Girl With The Dragging Plot

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The third installment of Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy focuses once again on the corruption-fighting duo of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and cyber-avenger Lisbeth Salander. But as critic David Edelstein notes, an epic devotion to detail makes the movie seem like "an interminable footnote." (Note: Spoilers galore.)

'Hornet's Nest': The Girl With The Dragging Plot

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Michel Martin Remembers Her One-Of-A-Kind Uncle Ronald

The late Maj. Ronald Keith McQueen poses in an undated photo. McQueen died recently and was the uncle of NPR's Tell Me More host Michel Martin. Family photo hide caption

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Tell Me More

Michel Martin Remembers Her One-Of-A-Kind Uncle Ronald

Host Michel Martin tells readers where she’s been for the past few days – laying her Uncle Ronald or, as she called him, “Unc,” to rest. Martin reflects on his life, explains why her uncle was so special and tells why he will be sorely missed.