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...they push for widespread mortgage modifications as a way to address a root cause of the financial crisis. With more than 1.5 million houses in foreclosure (three times the normal rate) and about 3.5 million other homeowners behind on mortgage payments, the idea of rewriting loan terms has broad appeal. As advocates contend, homeowners will keep their houses, and lenders as well as investors in mortgage-related securities will recoup more money than is typically netted in a foreclosure. As a bonus, property prices across the country may stabilize more quickly as fewer foreclosures weigh on the market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's the Housing Market, Stupid | 10/21/2008 | See Source »

Doctors recommend that prepubescent kids not have any caffeine, and yet caffeinated candies and gums and chips have strong appeal for kids. Earlier this year, four middle-school boys in Broward County, Fla., had to go to the hospital after drinking energy drinks. The boys were sweating so much that school officials thought they might be having heart attacks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hey! Who Put the Caffeine in My Soap? | 10/20/2008 | See Source »

...decided to use our own software,” said Matthew L. Knowles ’07, a Harvard Law School student who helped code the algorithm. After adopting the algorithm to analyze text on political blogs, Knowles wrote, the team realized the software could have broader appeal for the general public. “I knew that other people could use our software for content analysis on the Internet,” he wrote. Several companies have already been using the technology to analyze customer reaction to their products and marketing tactics, King added. In the short term, King...

Author: By Ayse Baybars, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: New Technology To Analyze Text | 10/20/2008 | See Source »

...jewel case of Rise Against’s “Appeal to Reason” is adorned with the post-apocalyptic silhouettes of ruined cities, a few left-wing movie recommendations, and a quote from Pablo Picasso—“No, painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war.” Rise Against is at war. They have drawn the lines of battle, chosen the side of the downtrodden, selected their weapon of choice, and illustrated the stakes—namely, everything. Even from the packaging, it’s apparent...

Author: By Mark A. Fusunyan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rise Against | 10/17/2008 | See Source »

...road film is a Hollywood tradition. From “Easy Rider” to “Harold and Kumar” to “Little Miss Sunshine,” these movies have a definite appeal as the viewer falls in love with characters who find themselves on a journey filled with allegorical obstacles. Too bad, then, that “Sex Drive,” the new movie from director Sean Anders, is the road trip as we know it in real life—the kind where you could care less about the drive. It?...

Author: By Rebecca A. Schuetz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: "Sex Drive" | 10/17/2008 | See Source »

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