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Freakonomics Radio: What Keeps Glenn Beck Up at Night?
Seeded on Tue Feb 9, 2010 6:01 PM EST (The New York Times)
A few weeks back, I was a guest on Glenn Beck's radio show. Something interesting happened before we went on the air. He noticed the book I was carrying — Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines, by the Berkeley physicist Richard A.
France mourns the twilight of the nation's traditional cheeses
Seeded on Tue Feb 9, 2010 12:36 AM EST (The Boston Globe)
LA SAVINAZ, France - The milk that Paulette Marmottan uses in her cheese comes fresh from her cows and goats, so warm that on cold mornings, a cloud of steam goes up as she pours it into a cauldron.
The great global warming collapse
Seeded on Tue Feb 9, 2010 12:19 AM EST (The Globe and Mail)
By exaggerating the certainties, papering over the gaps, demonizing the skeptics and peddling tales of imminent catastrophe, they've discredited the entire climate-change movement. The political damage will be severe. As Mr.
On Health Bill, G.O.P.'s Road Is a New Map
Seeded on Mon Feb 8, 2010 11:42 PM EST (The New York Times)
WASHINGTON — When Republicans take President Obama up on his invitation to hash out their differences over health care this month, they will carry with them a fairly well-developed set of ideas intended to make health insurance more widely available and affordable, by emphasizi …
U.N. Climate Panel and Chief Face Credibility Siege
Seeded on Mon Feb 8, 2010 11:39 PM EST (The New York Times)
Just over two years ago, Rajendra K.
Japanese Split on Exposing Secret Pacts With U.S.
Seeded on Mon Feb 8, 2010 11:27 PM EST (The New York Times)
TOKYO — They were Tokyo's worst-kept diplomatic secrets: clandestine cold war era agreements with Washington that obligated Japan to shoulder the costs of United States bases and allow nuclear-armed American ships to sail into Japanese ports.
Frustration at Obama's Nuanced Approach on Race
Seeded on Mon Feb 8, 2010 10:18 PM EST (The New York Times)
WASHINGTON — The civil rights movement will come alive in song at the White House on Wednesday night, when President Obama plans to celebrate Black History Month with a star-studded concert.
Iran Nuclear Plans Start New Calls for Sanctions
Seeded on Mon Feb 8, 2010 9:36 PM EST (The New York Times)
PARIS — Iran told the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency on Monday that it would begin enriching its stockpile of uranium for use in a medical reactor, prompting officials from the United States, France and Russia to call for stronger sanctions against Tehran.
Iran May Be Near Uranium Deal
Seeded on Sat Feb 6, 2010 12:36 AM EST (The New York Times)
MUNICH — Iran might be close to a deal to have uranium enriched abroad, the country's foreign minister said Friday.
Scandal-racked food firm's ex-owner arrested
Seeded on Fri Feb 5, 2010 2:52 AM EST (The San Francisco Chronicle)
(02-04) 17:51 PST NEW YORK -- An investigation into one the nation's biggest tomato processors culminated Thursday with the arrest of the firm's former owner, a Pebble Beach man accused of selling moldy paste and bribing purchasers at client companies including Safeway and Kraft …
A Lawsuit Over Deadly Car Crash Raises More Questions for Toyota
Seeded on Fri Feb 5, 2010 1:41 AM EST (The New York Times)
FLINT, Mich. — The trip was one that Guadalupe Alberto had made many times before, just a few miles through her neighborhood to the small grocery store her family had owned for years.
A Call from the Foreign Ministers of Sweden and Poland to eliminate Tactical Nuclear Weapons
Seeded on Thu Feb 4, 2010 7:00 PM EST (The Moscow Times)
We hope that we will very soon have reason to welcome a new agreement between the United States and Russia on further reductions of strategic nuclear weapons.
U.S. Starts Inquiry Into Brake Problems on Prius
Seeded on Thu Feb 4, 2010 6:52 PM EST (The New York Times)
TOKYO — Safety regulators in Washington announced Thursday that they would open an investigation into the braking problems of the 2010 Prius hybrid, a few hours after Toyota said there were problems with the car's anti-lock braking system and left open the possibility of a re …
Google Asks N.S.A. to Investigate Cyberattacks
Seeded on Thu Feb 4, 2010 6:38 PM EST (The New York Times)
Google has turned to the National Security Agency for technical assistance to learn more about the computer network attackers who breached the company's cybersecurity defenses last year, a person with direct knowledge of the agreement said Thursday.
China Rejects U.S. Complaints on Its Currency
Seeded on Thu Feb 4, 2010 6:26 PM EST (The New York Times)
BEIJING — A senior Chinese official said on Thursday that China would not bow to pressure from the United States to revalue its currency, which President Obama says is kept at an artificially low level to give China an unfair advantage in selling its exports.
Get rid of love handles - Zap or Chill? Targeting Fat Without Surgery
Seeded on Thu Feb 4, 2010 1:39 AM EST (The New York Times)
Now a pair of machines that promises to tackle love handles without surgery can be added to this parade of wonders. The Zeltiq device is affixed to the offending jiggle and then cools a patch of midsection during an hourlong session at the doctor's office.
Big Offensive Planned: Troops Make Sure Taliban Knows They Are Coming
Seeded on Thu Feb 4, 2010 1:21 AM EST (The New York Times)
KABUL, Afghanistan — NATO and the Afghan military are about to launch their biggest joint offensive of the war, and they appear to be making sure the Taliban know they are coming.
Toyota to Issue a Fix for Recalled Cars
Seeded on Sat Jan 30, 2010 11:20 PM EST (The New York Times)
DETROIT — Toyota Motor has come up with a remedy to fix the millions of cars it recalled because their accelerator pedals could become stuck, dealers and a federal official said Saturday.
Site For 9/11 Trial Isn't Its Only Obstacle
Seeded on Sat Jan 30, 2010 11:08 PM EST (The New York Times)
"For much of President Obama's first year in office, his national security team worked to devise a secure plan to send dozens of Yemeni detainees held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba — the largest single group at the prison camp — home to Yemen, perhaps to a rehabilitation program …
A New, Improved State of the Union? - Room for Debate Blog
Seeded on Tue Jan 26, 2010 4:03 PM EST (The New York Times)
What's it for? Is it necessary? Should it be written and presented to the Congress, or should it remain a television moment with its inevitable references to the past's great achievements, hope for the future, and pointers to the heroes and invited VIPs sitting in the audience?
Unhappy Obamaversary
Seeded on Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:30 PM EST (JPost.com)
A year ago, on January 20, 2009, Barack Obama was the avatar of American hope, the yes we can man, promising to redeem America - and the world. A year later, his election to the presidency remains his greatest accomplishment. But his anniversary comes during a slump.
If Your Password Is 123456, Might as Well Make It HackMe
Seeded on Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:20 PM EST (The New York Times)
Back at the dawn of the Web, the most popular account password was "12345." The New York Times Multimedia The Risks of Keeping It SimpleGraphic The Risks of Keeping It Simple Related Times Topics: Computer Security
Fate of Science Teacher With a Bible Divides an Ohio Town
Seeded on Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:53 PM EST (The New York Times)
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio — Most people in this quiet all-American town describe themselves as devoutly Christian, but even here they are deeply divided over what should happen to John Freshwater.
David Raskin, Top Terror Prosecutor, Prepares for 9/11 Case
Seeded on Tue Jan 12, 2010 3:25 PM EST (The New York Times)
When a federal prosecutor asked a Virginia jury in 2006 to impose the death penalty on Zacarias Moussaoui, the so-called 20th Sept.
A 'Romantic' Now in Trouble Over an Airport Kiss Shut Down An Airport
Seeded on Sun Jan 10, 2010 12:49 AM EST (The New York Times)
When a man ducked past security at Newark Liberty International Airport last Sunday to kiss his girlfriend goodbye, the breach in security shut down one of the country's busiest airports, delayed flights through Monday and prompted an intensive manhunt from New Jersey detective …
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Freakonomics Radio: What Keeps Glenn Beck Up at Night? A few weeks back, I was a guest on Glenn Beck's radio show. Something interesting happened before we went on the air. He noticed the book I was carrying — Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines, by the Berkeley physicist Richard A.
- France mourns the twilight of the nation's traditional cheeses
LA SAVINAZ, France - The milk that Paulette Marmottan uses in her cheese comes fresh from her cows and goats, so warm that on cold mornings, a cloud of steam goes up as she pours it into a cauldron.
- The great global warming collapse
By exaggerating the certainties, papering over the gaps, demonizing the skeptics and peddling tales of imminent catastrophe, they've discredited the entire climate-change movement. The political damage will be severe. As Mr.
- On Health Bill, G.O.P.'s Road Is a New Map
WASHINGTON — When Republicans take President Obama up on his invitation to hash out their differences over health care this month, they will carry with them a fairly well-developed set of ideas intended to make health insurance more widely available and affordable, by emphasizi …
- U.N. Climate Panel and Chief Face Credibility Siege
Just over two years ago, Rajendra K.
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Freakonomics Radio: What Keeps Glenn Beck Up at Night?
France mourns the twilight of the nation's traditional cheeses
France mourns the twilight of the nation's traditional cheeses
The great global warming collapse
On Health Bill, G.O.P.'s Road Is a New Map
Japanese Split on Exposing Secret Pacts With U.S.
Frustration at Obama's Nuanced Approach on Race
Iran Nuclear Plans Start New Calls for Sanctions
Iran's Biological Orbital Launch Demonstrates New Military Capabilities