Friday, November 19, 2010

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Who Needs Marriage? How an American Institution Is Changing

By Belinda Luscombe

The state of our unions is shifting in unexpected ways. A TIME/Pew special report shows how income, age and experience alter our chances of wedded bliss

Health Care Fix: Allowing the States to Opt Out

By Kate Pickert

Sen. Ron Wyden, of Oregon, has a knack for linking up with Republicans to introduce innovative health care policy that can garner real bipartisan support.

Is Germany Europe's Next Terrorism Target?

By Tristana Moore / Berlin

Germany has so far been spared an al-Qaeda-inspired terrorist attack. But with a suspicious suitcase found on a Munich-bound plane and authorities announcing that an attack is imminent, the nation is nervous

Underneath Haiti, Another Big Quake Waiting to Occur

By Tim Padgett / Port-au-Prince

Scientists have discovered that the Jan. 12 quake was caused by an unknown fault and that the one everyone expected to blow has yet to prove its terrifying potential

The Trouble with Facebook's New 'See Friendship' Feature

By Lisa Selin Davis

The social-networking behemoth has quietly added a feature that makes your private information available to the friends of your friends, which could land you in a lot of hot water

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By Kate Pickert

Sen. Ron Wyden, of Oregon, has a knack for linking up with Republicans to introduce innovative health care policy that can garner real bipartisan support. When the Affordable Care Act was but a glimmer in President Obama's eye, Wyden and Republican Sen. Bob Bennett, of Utah, introduced the Healthy Americans Act. This health care reform [...]

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"For the vast majority of people in the country today they have never had it so good ever since this recession — this so-called recession — started ..."
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business adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron, expressing some controversial comments. He has since apologized but Cameron said that Young would be doing "a bit less speaking" in future
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The Eternal City's Residents Fight Graffiti

By Stephan Faris

Volunteers have taken on the challenge of ridding the city's walls of graffiti, doing what their leaders can't [EM] or won't [EM] do. The Eternal City's residents join a fight against grime

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