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Obama's Prom Photos | TIME.com

swampland.time.com — This article appears in this week's magazine underneath the title, "Obama's Grand Old Party." To subscribe to TIME, click here. Tucked away in someone else's shoe box of adolescent artifacts, there might be a picture of you in garish clothes and with an outdated 'do, your arm around a high schoo...

IRS Scandal Is That Republicans Didn't Politicize It Sooner

newrepublic.com — For Republicans attempting to make hay over the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of small groups with conservative-sounding names, there is no bigger prize than President Barack Obama. The big question is, as Slate's Dave Weigel put it, "...And When Did He Know It?"

Vanilla Ice goes Amish

holmesbargainhunter.com — What was the international music, movie and television star Vanilla Ice doing in Holmes County? According to Kathleen Finch, senior vice president and general manager of the HGTV and DIY networks, Rob Van Winkle was working with some of the finest craftsmen in the world.

The New York Times Told Me to Take This Down

medium.com — It's been five months since the New York Times dropped their mammoth digital story "Snow Fall," and some people still talk about it as if it came out last week. At a conference recently, the editor-in-chief of the Times said that "Snow Fall" has become a verb inside the newsroom.

Oklahoma Tornado in 2013 Proves that Local TV News Still Has Power

newrepublic.com — Amid all the expensive camerawork and sharp matching windbreakers on the major TV networks' coverage of Monday's tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, the best dispatches largely came from local TV news. In the Times, Brian Stelter quoted John Welsh of KFOR, the NBC-affiliated TV station, eyeing the ruined landscape from his helicopter and repeating the word "gone" as he realized how many local landmarks had been leveled.

Can You Catch Up on Lost Sleep?

online.wsj.com — Getty Images Sleep Binge Getting eight hours of shut-eye each night is generally recommended, but many people don't. As the week rolls from Monday to Friday, they accumulate a sleep debt. Spending a few extra hours in bed on a Saturday morning, people assume, will help them "catch up" on lost sleep.

GrubHub and Seamless to Merge

online.wsj.com — GrubHub and Seamless, two tech startups that make it easier to order takeout food from restaurants, are merging, although they will remain separate brands.