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Air Cargo
Frequent Fliers
They haul rhinos, auto parts, and luxury goods in jumbo jets that date to the Nixon administration. Meet the "freight dogs" — renegade airmen who keep the global economy aloft.
Bob Woodruff
Anchor Away
ABC News' Bob Woodruff is the public face of traumatic brain injury — the untold legacy of the Iraq war.
Newseum
Capital Gain
The latest Washington monument lets you control the news.
Hormiguitas (Photo: Jorge Saenz/AP)
The New Dodge City
There's a city in our hemisphere overrun with guns, corruption, smuggling, and a smattering of Islamic terrorism. And with the right guide, it's not a bad place to spend a weekend.
Saturday Night Live with the Clintons
Pulled Punch Lines
As the candidates started hitting hard, late-night TV was out cold. What jokes went unheard?
Hillary Clinton is ushered backstage at an AFL-CIO event in Des Moines.
Rules of the Road
A former advance man for Bill Clinton goes behind the scenes in Iowa to learn how BlackBerries, YouTube, and guerrilla video are changing the secret world of campaign stagecraft.
Hong Kong Police Evidence
Perfect to a Fault
Everyone thought i–banker Rob Kissel and his wife, Nancy, were the happiest of couples. An exclusive excerpt from Never Enough shows how their high–flying Hong Kong dream turned sour—and, finally, deadly.
Black Swan
Diving for Dollars
In the high-risk market of billion-dollar treasure hunting, pirate ships have been replaced by booty-seeking corporations and hedge funds. In May, a controversial U.S. firm claimed to have discovered the largest sunken haul ever. But all that glitters is not gold.
A rare photograph of Viktor Bout, now 40 years old, taken in 2003. (Photo: James Hill/Contact Press)
Making a Killing
For 15 years, Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout has run guns to African warlords and Islamic militants, reaping him hundreds of millions of dollars. So why hasn't the U.S. stopped him? Because we needed him.
John Edwards
Getting Real
Can John Edwards convince America that he's got what it takes to crush the red state/blue state divide?
Douglas Farah and Stephen Braun
Q&A: Stephen Braun
& Douglas Farah
Douglas Farah and Stephen Braun, authors of Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible, spoke with Men's Vogue editor Hudson Morgan, discussing the perils of taking on Viktor Bout—one of the world's most dangerous men.
Tony Blair
In His Prime
Tony Blair left Britain better than he found it, and now the bombers in Baghdad and the tabloids in London are someone else's problem. Of course, he isn't done being a world leader, with his most ambitious diplomatic mission just beginning.
The gambling floor of the Sands Macao
Island of No Returns
Macao's casinos have made it the most valuable piece of real estate on earth, the place where billionaires go to lose. Now Vegas wants a piece of the action.
Daniel Loeb
Hostile Takeover
Hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb has made a killing by putting his mouth where his money is. But with the trillion-dollar industry under siege and investors getting restless, is the sun finally setting on hedge fund cowboys?
Colin Powell at a business conference in Kuala Lumpur.
Money Talks
For ex-presidents, four-star generals, and even journalists, the $2 billion speaking industry offers a chance to grind an axe and make a buck. But when public servants go private, are they still accountable?
The Geneva nightspot where the late Edouard Stern was no stranger.
Inexplicable Enrichment
Geneva is a place where dollars and people go to hide. By day, it's pinstripes and spreadsheets. But at night, anything goes.
Stolen Art
Raiders of Lost Art
With military helicopters and Mafia-hunting know-how, Italy's art cops break up looting empires and bring million-dollar artifacts home. But can they stop the plunder in Iraq?
Barack Obama
The Path to Power
Barack Obama lays down a grand challenge to his own party—and it may get him elected president one day.
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier