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...Ironically, Hilmi Kaya Turan, a leading member of Germany's Turkish community, has fond memories of trips to the G.D.R. Turkish guest workers from West Berlin found that a handful of hard cash ensured they were treated like kings by the Ossis. These days Turan counsels the long-term unemployed. Among the 200,000 Berliners of Turkish origin - many live in districts along the old course of the Wall - joblessness, which averages 14% across the city, hovers around 50%. There's yet another irony there. "Turks came here to work," says Turan. "We were Gastarbeiter - guest workers. And there...
Print newspapers have long run police blotters, but they're usually just boring-looking text. Website blotters, on the other hand, can affordably offer every color portrait the local precinct shoots. Like television networks opting for cheaply produced reality shows, the newspaper sites believe they've found their cash cow: readers seem as eager to gawk at the average alleged DUI perp as they are to ogle celebrity mug shots on sites like the Smoking...
...Clunker Debunker" [Aug. 31]: I find it interesting that the top five vehicles traded in under the cash-for-clunkers program were from U.S. carmakers, and four of the top five fuel-efficient vehicles purchased in return were from Japanese companies. It doesn't do much to help General Motors and Chrysler, but perhaps it tells us something about how U.S. car manufacturers got themselves in this mess to begin with. Archie Gillis, TORONTO...
Mark: That was the act of a child, not a businessman. And it certainly wasn't the act of a friend. You know how embarrassed I was when I tried to cash a check? And I was with a girl, Wardo. It happened in front of a girl. I'm not going back to that life...
...homeowners who find themselves in a cash crunch, the idea can seem like a godsend. When the recession and other circumstances put a squeeze on the finances of Brian Feehan and his partner David and they couldn't find a buyer for their 18th-century farm house, the couple decided to rent it out and move to the guest cottage next door. A brilliant solution - until the first tenants they found were a complete nightmare, calling and e-mailing every day with a string of complaints and demands. "We definitely did things differently the second time around," says Feehan. Word...