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As Americans focused more than ever before on international contests, the biggest story was Italy winning soccer. But there were other unexpected champions too.
By King Kaufman
January 1, 2007
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Disgraced ministers, D-list divorces, Screech's sex tape and celebrity crotch shots all helped make 2006 a year of libidinal surprises.
By Rebecca Traister
December 31, 2006
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The 20 tracks -- all exclusive to Salon -- that make up the best of this year's free downloads.
By Thomas Bartlett
December 30, 2006
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The spirit of folk was everywhere this year, with a slew of tribute albums to various new hybrid forms -- from freak-folk to folk-punk and beyond.
By Andrew Marcus
December 30, 2006
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A statistical slice-and-dice of the celeb stories that had us talking: The marriages, divorces, babies, drug arrests and bathroom brawls -- from Britney to Mel and beyond.
By Scott Lamb
December 29, 2006
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Our pundits and analysts on the Danish cartoons, maddening airport security, Howard Dean's 50-state strategy, the GOP's outrageous rap sheet and more.
December 29, 2006
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Al Gore and "Little Miss Sunshine" shone brightest at the box office. But which indie films did we warm to the most?
By Andrew O'Hehir
December 28, 2006
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A look at one woman's journey into the man's world, a conversation with Karen Armstrong, great couch potatoes of history and more.
December 28, 2006
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Salon's critic picks the movies that mattered, from the extraordinary OutKast musical "Idlewild" to the imaginative Bond adventure "Casino Royale."
By Stephanie Zacharek
December 27, 2006
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Our winner of the liberal-guilt-inducing Oscar, we give Dane Cook the superfinger, "Borat," Paris and Perez Hilton, and more.
December 27, 2006
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The Bush presidency plunged into a death spiral as the reality of Iraq spurred Americans to hand over Capitol Hill to the Democrats.
By Walter Shapiro
December 26, 2006
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Our groundbreaking reports on buried evidence from Abu Ghraib, Bush judges who broke the law, NSA spying online, George Allen's dark past and more.
December 26, 2006
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Anthony Bourdain in Beirut, anti-birth-control activists, the insecurities of post-baby sex and much more.
December 25, 2006
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Veil vitriol, lactivism, the Duke case and more!
By Tracy Clark-Flory
December 22, 2006
World-class athletes and the usual misdemeanors
So long, sugar tits!
My favorite things
Folk revival
Stars will be stars
Hurray for Indiewood!
Editor's picks 2006: Books
Cinema to savor
Editor's picks 2006: A&E
A decisive year for "the decider"
Broadsheet's year-end roundup
Glenn Greenwald
War Room