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...Tony Blair, Merkel was pushing for greater regulation of financial markets, according to government officials. The German delegation to the G20, which meets again in April, has been pressing for tough regulation of banks, hedge funds and private equity. Next week, Merkel plays host to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, whose own bailout plans created the template for the U.S.'s, to discuss efforts to revive the European economy. (Watch a TIME video with Gordon Brown...
Rich Like Them: My Door-To-Door Search for the Secrets of Wealth in America's Richest NeighborhoodsRyan D'AgostinoLittle, Brown; 256 pages...
...paging through a photo album-there are sultry snapshots of all the songs that provided the backbeat to this year's strange events. The video cycles through this scrapbook so quickly that there isn't time to dwell on any of the tunes, which range from Rihanna to Chris Brown to Madonna. But it works, because as MTV's now-defunct TRL learned long ago, pop songs are best consumed as catchy snippets. The tear-streaked rhythm is provided by Coldplay's syrupy "Vida La Vida"-a choice Earworm said he made because 2008's hit-makers were "less macho...
After loading his clubs onto a cart, Obama, wearing sunglasses, a white shirt, khaki shorts, white and brown golf shoes, and a red baseball cap emblazoned with the City and County of Honolulu's Ocean Safety logo, drove down to the driving range. Standing next to Whitaker, Obama , with a white glove on his right hand, took three practice swings. His first shot was a ground ball straight ahead. His next shot went airborne but created a divot that Obama walked out to pick up and replace...
...their power, the Madigans don't exactly embrace the notion that they constitute a political line of succession. "Calling them a dynasty, I don't know if that's unfair," says the elder Madigan's spokesman Steve Brown, who has been with his boss for 26 years. "He's powerful, but he wields that power with respect and, more importantly, by talking to people. He doesn't use his power as a big hammer over someone's head...