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...community, Manohla Dargis of the New York Times, wrote that "the piles of bodies at the end did make me flash on the Nazi extermination camps, which, you know, really killed the joke, too." What do you bet that somebody in Hollywood scanned the Dargis review and got the bright idea of casting Breslin in a remake of The Reader for tweens...
...George W. Bush all but ignored climate change, California - with the Republican Schwarzenegger sometimes leading and sometimes following - embarked on its own green path, passing a landmark carbon-emissions cap for the state in 2006 and aggressively promoting renewable energy. Today, California's clean-tech sector is a rare bright spot in a state that is struggling with economic problems. California is where "technology met policy," said Terry Tamminen, the former secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency and now a senior fellow for climate policy at the New America Foundation. (See pictures of the world's most polluted places...
...scent of green tea and ginger in the lobby (as opposed to chlorine from the pool) and a sound track that includes Sting and Bruce Springsteen. And when you step into that room - surprise - a pillow-top mattress with crisp white triple sheeting, a flat-screen television, a bright bathroom with a starched shower curtain and upgraded amenities from Bath & Body Works. Stuff you'd expect to find at higher-priced outfits. Which may leave Holiday Inn better positioned at a time when travelers are trading down but still demanding quality. (See Time.com/Travel for city guides, stories and advice...
...Hong Kong side street of restaurants and cafés. A few of the teenagers grab chocolate milk and sushi rolls from the open chiller. The others queue up to order a hot lunch at the brand-new food counter that is manned by half a dozen employees in bright orange uniforms...
...first six months of 2009, the carmaker's U.S. sales fell 33% and European revenues shrank 39%. While Western economies look set to remain in the doldrums for the foreseeable future, most Asian countries are registering surprising growth and auto sales are bouncing back. India and China are particularly bright spots; the latter has surpassed the U.S. to become the world's largest car market. Sadly for Ford, Asia accounts for a mere 5% of the company's total global revenues. In China, it's ranked only the fifth largest in sales (GM, now owned by the U.S. government...