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    The Newsroom Season Two Finale RecapThis season of The Newsroom may as well have been its apology tour.
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    The Newsroom Recap: ‘We Have Gone to the Zoo’It’s the most exciting time of the year — Election Night.
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    The Newsroom Recap: The Shot Clock Runs OutOver the past few weeks, The Newsroom has remade itself into good television on the fly. All it took was Jerry Dantana.
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    The Newsroom Recap: If, ThenWhat are we to make of Jerry Dantana?
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    The Newsroom Recap: ‘You’re Impressive’“News Night With Will McAvoy” was the best Newsroom episode to date.
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    The Newsroom Recap: Out of AfricaWe’ve spent so much time talking about The Newsroom’s women problem that we haven’t talked about its race problem.
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    The Newsroom Recap: Mission to Civilize, OnwardThis episode showed what happens when our heroes try to recruit others into the NewsNight family.
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    The Newsroom Recap: Men and Showers“The Genoa Tip” finds our heroes flailing through the cloudy waters of self-doubt.
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    The Newsroom Season 2 Premiere Recap: Partyin’, Partyin’, YeahWe’re back for season two, and Will is singing Rebecca Black.
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    The Newsroom Recap: Don Quixote Rides AgainWe wonder, who are the greater fools?
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    The Newsroom Recap: BackslidingA dispatch from our own Brian Brenner, who is embedded at News Night.
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    The Newsroom Recap: Do It for Us, Will!OBL EKIA WTF.
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    The Newsroom Recap: Scorched Source Tactics See how much more fun it is when people make mistakes?
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    The Newsroom Recap: Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!Heads, hands, hearts — nothing is safe on this week’s episode.
  15. The Newsroom Recap: A Mission to CivilizeLights will guide you … to this recap.
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    The Newsroom Recap: Careful With the LecturesLast night’s episode was as enjoyable as it was dysfunctional. And, most important, it had the introduction of a real villain.
  17. This Is Not a Beard: Scenes From the Brooklyn Cyclones’ ‘Williamsburg Night’ Take twee out to the ballgame.
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    The Newsroom Recap: We Don’t Do Good TelevisionIf every element of News Night is based on MacKenzie’s imbecilic Three Is, thus far each episode of The Newsroom is comprised of three As.
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    The Newsroom Recap: The Newsman’s BurdenOne cannot recap an Aaron Sorkin show without also recapping Aaron Sorkin.
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    In Favor of Tim Tebow, JetIf the trade officially goes through …
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    Tim Pawlenty’s Caucus Day DiaryT-Paw’s dark night of the soul.
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    Monkey Painting: An Artist Mourns His Pet CapuchinThe story of Allen Hirsch and his pet monkey.
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    25 Reasons Why We Give Up on Terra Nova14. It’s too scared to make a statement and too pretentious to just become a procedural.
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    Terra Nova Recap: Mira Mira on the Wall“What I feel for you is more than just a memory.”
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    One Last Thing: The Final Frontier of Steve JobsJobs’s legacy was built on imagination and invention. Death offers neither. But we still have his artifacts.
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    Terra Nova Recap: The Demonsaurs Are Cawing From Inside the HouseWeek two: no less subtle than week one!
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    Vulture Bytes: IMDb’s Movie-Trivia App and a Guide to Speaking WookiePlus: the latest Kindles and a lot of new music.
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    Terra Nova Recap: Welcome to the JungleThere are dinosaurs.
  29. Because Warren Buffett Said So
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    Vulture Bytes: A Hulu Plus Alternative and Free McSweeney’s for the iPhonePlus: a hub for long-form journalism, e-books in the library, and gloves that control your iPod by remote.
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    Rick Perry Schmoozes Jewish Leaders in New YorkHe promises to do something neither Bill Clinton nor George W. Bush were willing to do: Move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
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    Vulture Bytes: Turntable.fm for Your iPhone and 30 Rock for Your iPadPlus: a free app for finding obscure music, and clip-on 3-D glasses.
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    Vulture Bytes: Crowdsource Your Party Mix and Play Literary RoulettePlus: 3-D audio, microphones for your iPhone, and ‘Star Wars’ geekery.
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    Roger Clemens Does Not Have a ‘Get Out of Court Free’ CardHe’ll have to stand trial again.
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    Poll: America Still Not That Keen on Labor UnionsJust in time for Labor Day.
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    The Only People Still Listening to Muammar Qaddafi Are in SyriaBut he’s still talking.
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    Bethenny Frankel’s Drink Is Doing to Your Body What Real Housewives Does to Your BrainDestroying it from the inside.
  38. bank of america
    Federal Reserve Asks Bank of America to Get ExistentialAnd write its own ‘Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook.’
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    U.S. Economy Now Using Numbers to Convince You It’s StuckA net of zero new jobs added in August.
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    After Three Years, U.S. Getting Around to Suing Some Banks [Updated]Bank of America, JPMorgan, Goldman, Deutsche, etc.
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    Vulture Bytes: Cures for Excess Headphone Cord and Restless Finger SyndromePlus: Turn yourself into an avant-garde artist! Throw your own Riverdance!
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    Steve Jobs: American BusinessmanThe epitome of an endangered species.
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    Vulture Bytes: Apps for Beginner D.J.’s and Perfect Panorama PhotosPlus: a free copy of Shazam, and a way to make sure you never hear Kim Kardashian speak ever again.
  44. The Hysteria BoomWall Street has finally realized it doesn’t have the slightest idea what’s going on.
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    Vulture Bytes: A Spotify Alternative and a Spy Hack for Your CameraPlus: an app that’s so bad we had to warn you to stay away from it.
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    Return of the Sad Traders: Proof That Americans Don’t Understand the EconomyOur most reliable photographic economic indicator has officially returned.
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    Vulture Bytes: The Ebert App and an iPad Trapper KeeperPlus: an app that transforms your iPod library and speakers that transform a gas can.
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    Chambers of Doom: Is This the Worst Congress Ever?How the accomplishments of the 112th Congress stack up against famously awful sessions of yore.
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    Vulture Bytes: 3-D Guitar Lessons and a Star Wars Behind-the-Scenes AppPlus, streaming video from Wal-Mart and a new music app from AOL.
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    Vulture Bytes: Björk and Andy Warhol on Your iPhonePlus, a new way to make photo books and a way to foil your iPod’s dislike of making playlists.
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