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Today: June 16, 2011 The Pawnshop Craze Finally Comes to the Internet Can Pawngo attract swanky, cash-poor clients with its new, Web-only pawn operation? By Annie Lowrey READ FULL STORY | More Business and Tech Live Free or Move Hanging out with the young kids who want to turn New Hampshire into a libertarian paradise. By David Weigel READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics Spitzer: It's Ridiculous To Say These GOP Candidates Are "Moderate." They're Radical. Will It Take a Long Hitter To Win the U.S. Open? Japan Is Getting Absurdly Good at Making Craft Beers Should Britain Drop the Hammer on Its Privacy-Invading Tabloid Journalists? Advertisement Simon Pegg Talks About His New Book, Nerd Do Well An Old College Friend Is Stalking Me. How Do I Get Rid of Her? Briefing Power players: Does being a politician make you more likely to be unfaithful? A treasure hunter says he's going to find Bin Laden's body. Does he have a chance? News & Politics J.D.B. v. North Carolina: Sonia Sotomayor shows Samuel Alito the value of judicial empathy. Herman Cain's Islamophobia: Why does he treat Muslims the way racists treat blacks? Arts Ice Loves Coco reviewed: The state of the American backside is strong. Page One reviewed: David Carr stars in this New York Times documentary. Life Where are they now? Catching up with the Notorious B.I.G. baby, the Smashing Pumpkin twins, and other famous album cover kids. Fancypants: How I cured myself of a craving for selvedge denim. Business & Tech Father's Day presents: Do Americans buy more expensive gifts for Father's Day or Mother's Day? Facebook traffic: The social network lost users in America last month. Should Mark Zuckerberg be worried? Science Who's still tracking radiation from Fukushima? And who should we trust? A new study should finally convince parents to get their boys vaccinated against HPV—if they don't get distracted by all the twaddle about oral sex.

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