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Thursday, September 9th, 2010
On November 2, America’s attention will focus on the mid-term elections for Congress. But those of us who believe government must act against global climate change had better pay attention to another set of races: the election of 37 governors and scores of state legislators. In the years ahead, the people we elect to our 50 statehouses may be more important than the people we elect to Congress. Consider the impact on international climate treaty negotiations. At the end of November, negotiators from more than 190 nations will gather for the 16th Conference of the Parties in Cancun to continue working on a global climate pact. Read More… More on Barack Obama
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William S. Becker: The Coming Climate Election
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Thursday, September 9th, 2010
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The controversy over a Vanity Fair article about Sarah Palin continued Wednesday with the reporter disputing a conservative activist’s claim that she tried to prevent him from mistaking her child for Palin’s. Reporter Michael Joseph Gross acknowledged last week that he mistook a child with Down syndrome, named Samuel Loudon, for Palin’s youngest son, Trig. Read More… More on Conde Nast
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Vanity Fair’s Sarah Palin Profiler: Palin Supporter Wrong About My Mistake
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Thursday, September 9th, 2010
LOS ANGELES — The Emmys aren’t the only big TV-honors game anymore. The Paley Center for Media announced plans Wednesday for an awards telecast that will debut in spring 2012 in New York. It was developed with the help of TV, advertising and new-media executives. Read More… More on The Emmy Awards
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Paley Center Plots Emmys-Killer
Tags: and-new-media, awards, awards-telecast, emmy-awards, media, only, paley-center, spring-2012, the-only, wednesday, with-the-help
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Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Germany’s First Lady Bettina Wulff traveled to Switzerland with her husband Christian on Wednesday, where they met Swiss President Doris Leuthard and her husband, First Gentleman Roland Hausin. Bettina and Roland spent the day together in Bern, making kaleidoscopes with tiny art students and checking out the Zentrum Paul Klee. On Wednesday night, Bettina swapped her suit-and-belt combo for a long, red gown as the couples attended a state banquet. Check out images from day one of Bettina’s Switzerland visit. Read More… More on First Lady Fashion
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Bettina Wulff Visits Switzerland, Hangs Out With First Gent Roland Hausin (PHOTOS)
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Thursday, September 9th, 2010
BERKELEY, Calif. — Amid the uproar over the proposed mosque near ground zero in New York, a new Islamic college recently opened its doors in California with plans to educate a new generation of Muslim-American leaders. Founded by three prominent Islamic scholars, Zaytuna College in Berkeley is a small school with just five faculty members and 15 students in its inaugural freshman class. The school wants to become the country’s first fully accredited Muslim academic institution. Read More… More on The West
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New Muslim College Welcomes Freshmen In California
Tags: a-small-school, a-with-plans, five-faculty, freshman-class-, more-on-the, new-generation, proposed, proposed-mosque, school-wants, three-prominent, uproar
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Thursday, September 9th, 2010
My wedding day was the most important day of my life, as it will be for many of us. To get your marriage off to a good start, it helps to have a good wedding, and we had a great one. Read More… More on Marriage
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Jim Stein, Ph.D.: How to Get Your Marriage off to a Good Start
Tags: a-good-start-, a-good-wedding, a-great-one-, get-your, good-start, good-wedding, great-one-, life, marriage, marriage-off, more, more-on-marriage, most, most-important, wedding-day
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Thursday, September 9th, 2010
This post has been a long time coming. If you work for a living,
every now and then you are fortunate to have dreamy clients – the ones that appreciate the work that you do, listen to hard-earned advice and pay heed to well thought out guidance. And then there are the others: ungrateful customers, depleting you of every ounce of patience, energy and tolerance. While getting rid of business is not in the handbook on How to Make Money During Tough Times , calling up your worst client and saying “Go” might just be the best thing that has ever happened to you.
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Richard Laermer: How to Know if Your Client’s an Incurable Ass
Tags: a-long-time, clients, getting-rid, have-dreamy, money, money-during, ones, the-handbook, well-thought, worst
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Thursday, September 9th, 2010
LOS ANGELES — An attorney for Britney Spears’ ex-husband called child abuse claims leveled at the singer by a former bodyguard baseless and motivated by money. Fernando Flores, who worked on the singer’s security detail, sued Spears on Wednesday claiming sexual harassment and intentional infliction of emotional distress. His lawsuit claims Spears repeatedly exposed herself to him and that he witnessed her punish her young sons with his belt and act inappropriately in front of them. Read More… More on Britney Spears
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Spears’ Ex Kevin Federline Defends Britney, Disputes Abuse Claims
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Thursday, September 9th, 2010
LONDON â Britain’s financial regulator hit Goldman Sachs International with a 17.5 million pounds ($27 million) fine on Thursday for failing to notify U.K. authorities about an investigation in the United States. It was the second-largest fine ever imposed by the Financial Services Authority, eclipsed only by the 33.32 million pounds fine announced in June against J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. for mishandling clients’ funds. Read More… More on Goldman Sachs
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Goldman Sachs FINED $27 Million By U.K. Agency
Tags: 17-5-million, eclipsed-only, financial, fine-announced, for-failing, goldman, goldman-sachs, international, million-pounds, more-on-goldman, securities, united, united-states
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Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Google Instant, a new search feature that offers “results as you type,” was unveiled Wednesday at a Google search event. With Google Instant, now the default setting for the search engine, “results appear instantly as you type, helping you see where you’re headed, every step of the way,” Google explained in a blog post (Learn more about Google Instant). Although many are impressed with the new search feature, others feel it’s less helpful and for some it seems not to be working: Thursday morning, “Google Instant not working” was a top query on Google Trends. Read More…
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Google Instant Not Working? What You Can Do
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