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Bieber's 'U Smile' Slowed Down 800 Percent
Newsweek
Justin Bieber on slo-mo shakes up pop's idea of beautiful music....
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A bloody morning in Baghdad
5 RelatedEconomist
This was the bloodiest attack in a month but it was by no means unusual. The army, now one of the most solid state institutions after years of floundering, presents the biggest threat to al-Qaeda. The Iraqi police...
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How Barack Obama Became Mr. Unpopular
Time
The Barack Obama that most Hoosiers remember voting for can still be found on YouTube. He stands before a cheering Elkhart high school gymnasium in August 2008, tireless, aspirational, promising a new America of jobs and hope. "We...
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Top German Banker's Attack on Immigrants Causes a Stir
1 RelatedTime
Books written by bankers rarely cause much of a stir, except, perhaps, among other bankers. But a new book by Thilo Sarrazin, a director on the board of the Bundesbank, Germany's central bank, has the nation up in...
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Religious Minorities Suffering Worst in Pakistan Floods
Time
In one of the more unfortunate developments attending the catastrophic floods in Pakistan, the country's religious minorities are being denied relief and aid - and being attacked by extremists belonging to the country's Sunni majority even as the...
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Food for Thought: The Farmer as Superstar
Newsweek
In 1934, when Gertrude Stein was invited to return to America from Paris to deliver a series of lectures, the thing that troubled her most, according to her companion, Alice B. Toklas, was "the question of the food...
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Back to the table
Economist
YET another bout of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations was launched in Washington this week amid a splurge of pious public talk tempered by sceptical punditry. Not much new in that, it seems, though it is almost two years since...
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Charting the Emotions of 9/11 - Minute by Minute
Time
There has always been a chilly succinctness to the way we refer to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Even before the page had turned on that shocking day - when the buildings were still smoking and...
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As More Candidates Campaign Against Illegal Immigration, Problem Seems to Wane
Newsweek
It's become increasingly clear that politicians have decided that taking a hard line against illegal immigration is a winner this election season. Today, Politico had a piece noting that more than 20 gubernatorial candidates around the country have...
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Whopper to go
Economist
UPDATED on September 2nd with confirmation of 3G's takeover bid: BURGER KING confirmed on September 2nd that 3G Capital, a New York-based private-equity firm, was offering to buy it, at a price valuing the company at around $4...