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Smile: An Interview With Beach Boy Brian Wilson, Plus Chatting With Andy Warhol Siren Ultra Violet and Boyz II Men Exclusive Clips

Mike Ragogna | Posted 01.08.2012

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Mike Ragogna

Multi-Platinum selling Grammy Award winners, Boyz II Men, are bringing R&B back with their with their new double album, Twenty, which debuted in -- of course -- the Top 20 on the Billboard Top 200.

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Joanne King Herring in Afghanistan: From Her Mouth to God's Ears

Jim Luce | Posted 01.03.2012

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Jim Luce

You must know the story of Joanne King Herring, whether you realize it or not. She is the woman portrayed in the movie Charlie Wilson's War, played by Julia Roberts opposite Tom Hanks.

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PLAY > SKIP: New Music for Dec. 8

Shawn Amos | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shawn Amos

Daft Punk picks up where the '80s left off, Plain White T's treat us to some pop ear candy, T.I. delivers an f-bomb from jail, Charlie Wilson refuses to get naughty, while Duffy plays too nice. Bah, humbug.

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Sex Scandal Politiku

Susanna Speier | Posted 05.25.2011

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Susanna Speier

In honor of the myths as well as the realities of the late Charlie Wilson's personality and politics, I am featuring Amy's politiku.

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Charlie Wilson: I Come Not to Praise Him, But to Bury Him

Melissa Roddy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Melissa Roddy

Joanne Herring and Charlie Wilson have been celebrated as the heroes of Afghanistan, but the Afghan people see them in a different light. The documentary evidence paints a very different picture.

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Charlie Wilson, John Murtha: The Ties That Bind

The New York Times | Carl Hulse | Posted 05.25.2011

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The death of former Representative Charlie Wilson of Texas is the loss of the second legendary member of the House Appropriations Committee in a week,...

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Charlie Wilson Dead: Texas Congressman Was Hero Of 'Charlie Wilson's War'

AP | JAMIE STENGLE | Posted 05.25.2011

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DALLAS — Charlie Wilson, the fun-loving Texas congressman whose backroom dealmaking funneled millions of dollars in weapons to Afghanistan, allo...

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Charlie Wilson Makes Comeback From Homelessness, Cancer

AP | JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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ATLANTA — Over the years, the Grammys have served as a backdrop for heart-tugging comeback stories. If Charlie Wilson should win either one of t...

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Congress Hack Attack: House Member Web Sites Hacked With Anti-Obama Language

Posted 05.25.2011

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Several House members had their websites hacked overnight after President Obama's State of the Union Address. Around 6:30 a.m. Eastern, the sites of J...

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In Afghanistan: Embracing Gulbuddin Hekmatyar Is No Method at All

Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould

Reportedly now aligned with the Taliban, Hekmatayar appears and reappears like Mephistopheles in the Afghan narrative -- only to vanish in a puff of smoke.

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Charlie Wilson's Backfire

Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould

Let's separate the child-like fantasy world behind the U.S. support for the Mujihadeen's 1980's campaign from the true effect of Charlie Wilson's War.

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Charlie Wilson: I'd Probably Shut Down The War In Afghanistan

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charlie Wilson, the former Democratic representative from Texas and the inspiration for the movie (and book) Charlie Wilson's War sat down with the Sc...

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ReThinking Charlie Wilson's War: the Afghan War that Keeps On Taking

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jonathan Kim

The US will spend more on the war in Afghanistan next year than it will in Iraq. So I thought it would be interesting to take another look at Charlie Wilson's War.

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Afghanistan: Could Britain be Losing its Appetite for War?

Cedric Perrier | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cedric Perrier

Defense is clearly at the sharp end of the Government's ongoing budget cuts. Yet British coffers alone may not be the only reason Brown is willing to stand firm.

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Rep. Charlie Wilson, Other Lawmakers, Traded Bank Stocks On Same Day Those Banks Were Getting Bailed Out

Cleveland Plain-Dealer | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- As financial markets tumbled and the government worked to stave off panic by pumping billions of dollars into banks last fall, several m...

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2006 Ohio CD-06 General Election:
Blasdel (R) vs Wilson (D)

Posted 05.25.2011

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OH-06: Blasdel vs Wilson

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Sam Stein

Charlie Wilson Backs Obama, Challenges McCain On Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Now more of a movie icon than Washington power broker, former Rep. Charlie Wilson still maintains a key interest in all things political. And when it ...

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Watch The Trailer For "Charlie Wilson's War"

Posted 05.25.2011

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Watch the trailer for Mike Nichols' new film, "Charlie Wilson's War," starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman. ...

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