Tuesday, October 26, 2010

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Ad Mania: The Best Viral Campaign Commercials

As election season heats up, TIME takes a look at some of the campiest, craziest and creepiest campaigns ads to land in our inboxes this year

Is It Safe to Put a Cell Phone in Your Pocket?

By Michael Scherer / Washington

FCC guidelines on the safety of cell phones assumed that there would be a buffer between the device and your body. Gulp

Is Ukraine Moving Back into Russia's Embrace?

By James Marson / Kiev

After years of pro-Western policy following the Orange Revolution, Ukraine's fourth President Viktor Yanukovych is renewing ties with Russia. He says it will ensure his country's stability. But critics accuse him of stifling the progress of democracy

Apple's New Goal: The Computer as Appliance

By Harry McCracken

With sleeker hardware, simpler software and a built-in app store, the next-generation Macs are starting to morph into iPad-like gadgets

Iran's Cash Support of Karzai: Hardly a Surprise

By Tony Karon

Reports of Tehran sending bags of cash to the Afghan President are greeted with a shrug — after all, Iran has always been a key supporter of the Karzai regime

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By Massimo Calabresi

Days after we learned that the bailout of America's government-backed mortgage orgy is likely to surpass $150 billion, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is peddling a strikingly counterintuitive idea: fund $20-$30 billion in improvements in public housing by taking out government-guaranteed mortgages on its housing stock. First, some context by the New York [...]

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"The U.S. did not turn a blind eye to torture in Iraq."
GENERAL GEORGE CASEY,
U.S. Army Chief of Staff, said that the policy during the administration of President George W. Bush was to report abuse, despite allegations raised by whistleblower website Wikileaks
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Can Britain's Conservatives Escape Thatcher's Legacy?

By Catherine Mayer

The Tories have worked hard to convince voters of their compassion but welfare cuts, announced at their annual conference, bring echoes of the party's bracing past

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