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But like the hard-headed Hank Chinaski, the author's autobiographical alter ego, Bukowski fans aren't letting the home he rented from 1963 to 1972 go down without a rumble. They're pushing for preservation, and the city is listening. On September 20, a historical commission will take the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saving Bukowski's Bungalow | 9/14/2007 | See Source »

If the commission moves the case forward, the preservationists will try to enlist the help of celebrity fans such as Johnny Depp, who is working on an animated film about the author. "So many people for so long have gone to the mat for Bukowski," says Schave. "If we do...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saving Bukowski's Bungalow | 9/14/2007 | See Source »

The homefront remains on alert, but in a leisurely, one-eye-open kind of way. Police at the Pentagon scrape the air for signs of radiation or chemical attack, track the wind direction to guide escaping employees. But 9/11 Commission chairs Tom Kean and Lee Hamilton used the anniversary to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Remember 9/11 | 9/10/2007 | See Source »

It says something about your trustworthiness when both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush choose you for a key post. As the longest-serving member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the group that regulates the nuclear industry, Edward McGaffigan earned a reputation as a scholarly analyst who could be blunt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Sep. 17, 2007 | 9/6/2007 | See Source »

Their solution is a three-part safety plan, announced Sept. 5: a federal requirement to make safety testing mandatory; new, industry-wide standards for testing procedures; and certification for independent labs. Keithley says the labs may devise a logo to be stamped on toys indicating that they meet federal standards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Christmas, A Lump of Lead? | 9/6/2007 | See Source »

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