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As in Georgia's rose revolution and Ukraine's orange one, Kyrgyzstan's leader was ejected following protests over contested elections. But where Ukraine's revolution unfolded peacefully over several months, and the Georgian uprising avoided large-scale violence, Akayev's dethronement was nearly instantaneous-the Thursday protest started tentatively...
Schwarzenegger's war has national implications. California's perpetual fiscal crisis is unique-a consequence of the state's artificially low property taxes, cemented in place by the infamous Proposition 13 passed in 1978-but most states are now being squeezed as the Federal Government cuts spending on everything from...
If shareholders' lawsuits aren't enough to scare execs straight, they also face a raft of new regulations. Under the Sarbanes-Oxley law, chief executives must now personally sign off on financial statements. Auditors are poking around with greater impunity, and public companies must certify that they're documenting and...
Until lately the county was known for little more than its coal mines and crooked roads. While it's true that leaders staged a fistfight in 1800 to determine where to place the county seat--the town of Tazewell (pop. 4,100) was the winner--residents like to point up...
Most Embarrassing Harvard Moment: I puked on the backseat of an HUPD car, and the cops got really angry.