Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Tuesday's Top News: Understanding Obama's War on Campaign Finance

Today's Top Stories

Understanding Obama's War on Campaign Finance

By Michael Crowley

Who would have guessed that, in the midterm election home stretch, the White House would spend more than a week talking about television commercials?

Eastern Europe Worries About the Next Toxic Time Bomb

By Rupert Wolfe Murray / Bucharest

The recent toxic spill in Hungary raises fears about thousands of other contaminated sites in Central and Eastern Europe

China Names Xi Jinping to Key Military Post

By Austin Ramzy / Beijing

Xi Jinping, the man widely expected to succeed China's President Hu Jintao, was named to the country's top military commission on Monday, further cementing his frontrunner status

TiVo Gets a Major Upgrade, but Can It Beat Google TV?

By Harry McCracken

The venerable DVR retains some advantages compared with new rivals from Google and Apple. But it's not all good news

Did a Dingo Really Get Her Baby? A Case Reopened

By Marina Kamenev / Sydney

More than 30 years after Lindy Chamberlain's baby daughter died, questions still hang over what happened to 10-week-old Azaria that summer night in the Australian bush

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By Joe Klein

Iran is participating in the Afghan contact group talks in Rome. There is precedent for this: Iran participated in the Bonn talks that created a new Afghan government in 2001--to good effect, I'm told. That might have been the beginning of a beautiful friendship, but the Bush Administration was more interested in constructing an Axis [...]

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The 20 Best (Topical) Halloween Costumes for 2010

Octomom outfits are so 2009. This year, there's plenty of pop-culture news worth mining for Halloween costume glory. TIME takes a look at the get-ups that are sure to win any costume contest

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"I had a kind of inner voice that told me, keep searching, keep searching, don't give up."
SEBASTIAN PINERA,
Chilean President, describing his determination over rescuing the 33 miners, during his meeting with Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister David Cameron in London
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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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