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...clear winner in a Sawyer-free landscape would seem to be NBC's dominant Today, which will have the two strongest brand-name personalities in Meredith Vieira and Matt Lauer. But producers there aren't exactly fist-pumping. "Success in the morning is more about a show's brand and identity than any one talent," says Jim Bell, Today's executive producer. Today proved it could beat a big gun like Sawyer. Who knows what weapon ABC will be forced by necessity to haul out next? "In many ways, she was the devil we knew," says a Today exec...
Whether you're in Gen Ed or the Core, chances are there aren't enough classes to choose from, even though the subject matter is still pretty specific. So, happy shopping...
When Barack Obama won Florida last November - the first northern Democrat to take the Sunshine State since FDR - many saw it as a sign of centrist GOP governor Charlie Crist's moderating influence. But lately, Florida's disgruntled Republicans aren't looking very moderate. This week, in fact, the peninsula's GOP registered arguably the loudest outcry over the education speech President Obama plans to deliver to U.S. primary and secondary students via webcast and C-Span next Tuesday, Sept. 8. In perhaps the most over-the-top performance, state Republican chairman Jim Greer called it an attempt...
...pagoda ceremony earlier this year was officiated by the wife of Than Shwe, the junta's leader. Then, in June, an elevator inside a 32-story Buddha in Sagaing division failed, injuring several passengers. "Burmese people take omens very seriously," says a newspaper editor in Rangoon. "These coincidences aren't just coincidences. I can assure you that the generals are very worried...
...killings have been blamed on separatist Muslim insurgents, while others are thought to be the work of Buddhist vigilantes. All in all, it's something that Thai tourist authorities would prefer to gloss over in their posters touting palm-fringed beaches [EM] even though those white-sand idylls aren't located that far away from the three violence-wracked provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat...