Arts & Leisure
Can NBC recoup the cost of the Olympics?
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NBC's Winter Olympics gamble
Can the network recover its huge investment in the Games by offering a whopping 835 hours of coverage?
Taylor Swift's Grammy backlash
Swift's "trainwreck" performance has triggered a war of words between her manager and Kelly Clarkson
The SarcMark: A new way to punctuate sarcasm?
A Michigan company has created a new punctuation mark to indicate a sarcastic tone. Great idea, huh?
7 bizarre beef jerky spin-offs
The American penchant for making meat portable has taken some interesting turns in recent years. Here, some of the oddest
Stewart vs. O'Reilly: Who won?
Two titans of cable news, Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly, faced off this week. Did partisans get the blood they were expecting?
Is the thong dead?
Cosmopolitan magazine declares the bottom-baring skivvies "over." Commentators ponder whether a eulogy is in order
The 'man boob' epidemic
Why are male breast reductions the fastest growing part of the plastic surgery industry?
10 reasons why 10 'Best Picture' nominations is a bad idea
The critics weigh in on why the Academy shouldn't have doubled the number of "Best Picture" nominees
