Fewer than 1% of America's 1.4 million troops are Muslims -- and that number is really just the military's best guess, since just 4,000 troops have declared their faith in their service records
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A pair of prelates face off over pro-choice politicians in an unusually public dispute that threatens to split American Catholics
Cities are increasingly investing in programs that teach parents how to help their children at home
The long struggle to write a legislation to rebuild and renovate a crucial waterway is over. But will it be enough to keep California growing?
As an army psychiatrist treating soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, Major Nidal Malik Hasan had a front row seat on the brutal toll of war
Joe Cao is the name on most people's lips Inside the Beltway this morning. So, how did this freshman Republican escape GOP Whip Eric Cantor's hammer to vote with Democrats for health care reform, ruining Cantor's goal of unified opposition?
A quiet revolution has changed the status of American women; so what's new now?
TIME is following U.S. Winter Olympic hopefuls in 9 sports as they train for Vancouver 2010. Stay tuned for the Web video series on TIME.com
The bodybuilding championship that launched Arnold Schwarzenegger marks its 61st year of competition on Oct. 24, 2009
With the parents of six-year-old "Balloon Boy" Falcon Henne facing criminal charges for concocting the story of his accidental flight in a bid for reality show fame, a look at more of history's most outrageous deceptions
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