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...students begin their online research, they could view the prevalence of Wikipedia references in Google as proof of the accuracy and reliability of the source. Given the search exposure and sheer volume of data available on the site, they might fall into the trap of relying on a single source for their education. Hopefully their research projects won't involve elephants or professional golfers...
...case, given a day or two of reflection, global investors should begin to realize that what happens to China's stock markets actually has little bearing on the nation's white-hot economy, let alone on other countries' economies. In China, "the stock market is really, really small compared to the overall economy," says Michael Pettis, a professor of finance at Peking University and an expert on China's markets. "Participation is limited. You're not going to see a wealth effect"-a decline in consumption because people feel poorer when stocks fall-"and companies don't use the market...
...choice faction, including CPCs, hopes to fill women with guilt to prevent them from making a truly informed decision, and the pro-choice camp often fails to provide healing for those who grieve following their procedures. Neither position recognizes that when grief is allowed healthy expression, most women will begin to understand their sorrow, integrate it into their lives and eventually feel better. Grief is a noble human emotion that enables us to cope with the anguish of loss that accompanies life's most difficult decisions...
...July, South Korea will begin a transition to resume wartime command of its army by 2012, ending a five-decade-long agreement that gives the U.S. control of its army in the event...
...yanked its programs from YouTube, has signed a deal to supply Joost with movies from Paramount and programming from MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and other stations. TIME has learned that Joost will soon announce another big deal--with JumpTV, the world's largest distributor of international TV stations, to begin distributing programming from some of the 270 stations in 70 countries that JumpTV owns rights to. The deal will launch with prerecorded Spanish and Arabic programming from stations in Latin America and the Middle East. Eventually JumpTV plans to provide Joost with live streams from TV stations around the world...