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...animals other than primates experience envy, which has long been considered an emotion that requires self-consciousness. "It gets very exciting if you can find a bit more primitive behavior in another species that's not a primate - maybe [that behavior] is not uniquely human," says Friederike Range, principle author of the study. (See pictures of presidential First Dogs...
...negotiating table for them. India has been reluctant to allow the separatists a voice in the talks. "We've seen meetings between the Indian and Pakistani Foreign Secretaries, but things won't change much in Kashmir unless Kashmiris have a say in the talks," says Basharat Peer, author of a new memoir about growing up during the insurgency. "We are a people desperate to be heard...
...Coulter Conservative controversialist and best-selling author...
...only partly reassuring: "We're not in a depression now, and despite everything, I don't think we're heading into one (although I'm not as sure of that as I'd like to be)." In this updated and revised edition of his prescient 1999 book, the author shows how the Asian and Latin American financial crises of the 1990s foreshadowed the current situation and argues that the rise of unregulated financial institutions--or "shadow banks"--since then has been the real problem. The solution: Policymakers around the world need to "get credit flowing again and prop up spending...
...York Times last year in which she endorsed Barack Obama, the inspiration behind Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” has never failed to charm the American public. From first daughter to behind-the-scenes advocate for education to best-selling author, Kennedy has played many roles in the last half-century. And it seems like she might soon play another one—New York’s junior senator. According to a variety of media outlets, that state’s governor David Paterson is considering appointing Kennedy to the seat Senator Hillary...