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Under the old pen-and-paper system, inspectors could check out about 20 properties a day, according to Mills. The computerized geocoded map allows them to catalog 10 times as many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mapping the Rats in New York City | 12/15/2008 | See Source »

...been Minnesota instead of Florida in 2000, this is what we would have found out: Voters are idiots. You make a clear, statewide ballot with neat little ovals to fill in? Some voters will put in check marks and X's. They'll fill out two ovals. They'll mark one candidate's oval in ink, try to erase that mark and then put their initials next to their correction, even though there's a law on the books forbidding voters to sign their ballots, to prevent voter bribing. They'll scrawl something about taxes in that oval, or about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Franken vs. Coleman: Still Counting in Minnesota | 12/13/2008 | See Source »

United Extras. United passengers can purchase the "Premier Line" privilege for $25 on flights departing from select airports. Pay the fee when you get your boarding pass (use the Premier check-in line) for access to priority screening lanes and the right to board the plane first, to claim that overhead rack space. A few other United offers worth noting: Buy an annual membership to Economy Plus for $349, and you will be automatically upgraded at no extra charge every time you book an economy-class seat on the airline. Economy Plus seats, with five inches of extra legroom, usually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Personalized Bottles of Bubbly and Other Cool Deals | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

...Philadelphia instead - just two hours away by train or three by car. The city's tourism board is offering a "Philly Overnight" hotel package: at more than 30 participating hotels, you'll get free parking with a two-night stay, plus a Macy's savings pass. Check the tourism board website to book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Personalized Bottles of Bubbly and Other Cool Deals | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

...scene." After reprising the role Sunday, albeit with neck bandaged, Hoevels headed back to Hamburg Monday in preparation for his role in Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther. In that play, the long-suffering title character winds up shooting himself in the head. Someone might want to double-check...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Actor Cuts Throat on Stage in Knife Mix-Up | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

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