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August 2011: The Lady in Question
2011: Colonel Muammar Qaddafi is in flight, and his Bab al-Azizyah compound is in the hands of the rebels. To the victor go the spoils, and what interesting spoils they are. As Gawker explains, among other screwball curios, plunderers found this incriminating keepsake:

A big album of close-up...
...; Love it or Leave it
2011: Having just entered the presidential race, it’s completely understandable that Rick Perry is a little excited. His edgy temperament got the best of him, however, when, in an obvious dig at President Obama, Perry said:

I get a little bit passionate. I think you want a president who...
...; Required Reading
2011: Canonical literature may feel like bitter medicine, especially when read at an early age. But even after our tastes have been suitably refined, certain books continue to nauseate. When Juliet Lapidos of Slate asked a handful of authors and critics to be honest about their aversion to over-hyped... ...; We Did Start the Fire
2011: The London riots began as a reaction to a police shooting, but have since morphed into general lawlessness throughout much of England, the source of which varies from looter to looter. Prime Minister David Cameron responded to the spreading violence, paying condolences and endorsing civility:

Let me, first...
...; Kick the Habit
2011: The newly minted coach of U.S. Men’s National Team, a former German soccer star, as well as coach of the German National team and European powerhouse Bayern Munich, has decided to excise a distinctively German diacritic from his name for the sake of simplicity and assimilation. The Wall Street... ...

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