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...Chrysler has only 78,000 retirees, compared with GM's army of 377,000, but the financials don't line up any better for its VEBA, which has only $1.6 billion in cash - a fact that is already raising anxiety inside the union. Chrysler is expected to get $6 billion in new federal aid as it steps out of bankruptcy court, but Chrysler/Fiat is obligated to steer just $381 million into the VEBA next year. One possible save: in a little-noted facet of the new labor contract with Fiat, the VEBA can sell its shares to the Italian automaker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Detroit Retirees Have Health-Care Anxiety | 5/31/2009 | See Source »

...Caputo said. “Making it to nationals and competing well is not a given thing. No matter where you’re ranked, a lot of guys get upset, so to go and win All-American, I couldn’t have asked for a better ending to the season.”Although Caputo finished seventh as a sophomore, Harvard coach Jay Weiss saw Caputo’s return to All-American status—a feat that only four other Crimson grapplers have accomplished—as a tremendous step forward from his second-year campaign...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: COMEBACK ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Back from Injury, Caputo Doesn't Miss a Beat | 5/31/2009 | See Source »

...team also secured the No. 66 spot in the ITA national rankings.“Definitely a bunch of things [caused the comeback],” captain Laura Peterzan said. “Good incoming freshmen, good coaching, everyone stepping up and pulling their own weight...everything was better.”One reason the Crimson bolted to the top of the standings was Harvard’s development of a devastating doubles lineup. The Crimson picked up the doubles point of every match in Ivy League play and finished the season with an 18-3 league mark in doubles...

Author: By Jake I. Fisher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: COMEBACK TEAM OF THE YEAR: Crimson Follows Cellar-Dweller Season with Ivy Title | 5/31/2009 | See Source »

...taken a big dookie all over themselves with everything they do, and I’m sure glad that I never have to see them again. I mean, geez Louise, just do it in a bathroom and not on your chests. That’s disgusting. You should know better. The end. —Staff writer Walter E. Howell can be reached at wehowell@fas.harvard.edu...

Author: By Walter E. Howell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: PARTING SHOT: No Place for Yale In Wally’s World | 5/31/2009 | See Source »

...have come as a surprise to Washington, but only in the sense that Washington knew Pyongyang was defiant enough to set one off. Beyond that, truth be told, Washington is completely in the dark about North Korea's intentions. It can only expect the worse and hope for the better. (See pictures of North Korea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time to Face Facts on Our North Korea Ignorance | 5/31/2009 | See Source »

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