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...programs, health care for veterans, services for disabled kids and just about everything else his Senate colleagues have stashed into spending bills, which is to say just about everything. The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences and the Center for Ecology Research and Training might be boondoggles, and the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary might not have needed $1.786 million for a new exhibit, but they're all located in the must-win state of Michigan, and McCain is on record against all of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could McCain's Crusade Against Pork Backfire? | 9/15/2008 | See Source »

...open a gold mine on a palm-studded hillock outside the provincial capital, Manado. He has yet to overturn one shovel of ore. A half-built processing plant sits idly alongside a dirt track. Among the only signs of activity to be spotted are in the picturesque bay nearby, where fishermen paddle wooden canoes. The mine's operator, Perth-based Archipelago Resources, has faced delays because of a political battle that has raged from the villages outside the mine's gate to the ministries of the Indonesian capital of Jakarta. So Morrison, the project's chief operating officer, waits with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Holding Indonesia Back? | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...singing and traveling," he says. He treats his vocal chords to a regimen that begins six hours before a performance, doing push-ups, abdominal work and vocal exercises. "It's important for a singer to think of himself as an athlete," says Jarreau. Anything to keep the mutiny at bay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Active Voice | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

Until now, the steep price of conversions and most car owners' lack of technical know-how have kept consumers at bay. And while the cost is still prohibitive for most folks, some of the safety concerns and technical hurdles have been alleviated. Hymotion's conversion kit comes with a three-year warranty and has been crash tested. Those worried about voiding their original warranty should know that it is illegal for a carmaker to do so solely because an after-market product has been installed. If that product causes any malfunction or damage to the factory-installed parts, however...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Giving Your Hybrid an Extra Charge | 9/3/2008 | See Source »

Hancock County took a heavy hit from Hurricane Katrina, with cities like Pass Christian, Bay Saint Louis and Waveland almost erased from the map. Today, three years later, the county is still struggling to recover, and Gustav has dealt yet another devastating blow. County public information officer Jim Keller said this storm's impact took them by surprise. "Wind damage is at a minimum, but we've got areas with 12 to 14 feet of flooding," Keller says. "We were thinking eight or nine feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Katrina, but Gustav Still Hurt | 9/1/2008 | See Source »

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