Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Tuesday's Top News: Republicans Ride Independent Wave - But for How Long?

Today's Top Stories

Republicans Ride Independent Wave — But for How Long?

By Michael Duffy / Washington

Independent voters are swinging away from the party in power. That's good news and bad for Republicans

Bomb Plot Exposes Weak Spot in Air Security: Cargo Screening

By Massimo Calabresi / Washington

Not all cargo on passenger flights entering the U.S. is screened. Terrorists have tried to exploit that loophole, and now the problem for American aviation security officials is just beginning

At Odds with the U.S., Pakistan Deepens Ties with China

By Ishaan Tharoor

Pakistan's security establishment, under pressure from Washington over its failure to back the war in Afghanistan, seeks an alternative benefactor

Can Microsoft Get Its Mojo Back?

By Harry McCracken

How Microsoft, history's most powerful tech company, is trying to ensure that its best days aren't behind it

Will the Fed's Plan Create Jobs?

By Stephen Gandel

Back in December, Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize winning economist and NYT columnist, wrote an Op-Ed saying the Federal Reserve can and should do more to boost employment

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This is change you can believe in. Just two years ago, Tom Tancredo was a veritable outcast of the Republican Party. Karl Rove was screaming at him, John McCain scoffed at him, GOP pollsters viewed him as a saboteur within their midst. Tancredo's one issue--a near-apocalyptic warning about immigrant-driven dilution of American culture--was seen as [...]

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Slow Food: Can You Eat Well and Save the World?

By Lisa Abend

Organized by the Slow Food movement, the biannual Terra Madre meeting advocates for good practice while celebrating good eating -- but can it really do both?

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