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TRANSFERRED Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Hamdan, will be transferred to Yemen to serve the remainder of his 5 1/2--year sentence, despite arguments that he should not receive credit for the time he spent at Gitmo...
...migration from Latin American nations to the United States: Though they're often portrayed as a burden on the U.S. economy, the report argues that immigrants are instead a key driver, and one which accounted for half the growth in our nation's labor force during the 1990s. Migrant contributions to the labor market have been obscured by illegal immigration, a political hot potato that has ramped up tensions between U.S. and Latin American nations. "On balance," the authors argue, "the impact of immigration on the U.S. economy has been significant and positive. Estimates of the net benefits...
Republicans are counting on the natural tides of politics to lift their numbers in Congress in 2010. The Democrats may overreach, or their supporters may get complacent. But to get back in the driver's seat, to become relevant again, Republicans will have to devise an agenda that speaks to a country where more people feel the bite of payroll taxes than income taxes, where health-care costs eat up raises even in good times, where the length of the daily commute is a bigger irritant than are earmarks and where whites are a declining proportion of the electorate...
...quit the show in 1999 after just over a decade fronting it. Over beers in a London pub, the two sketched the show's current format: out went the string of turgid, outside-broadcast pieces to camera. In came a cavernous studio. Fresh faces were added. A mystery racing driver, permanently hidden beneath overalls and a crash helmet and known only as "the Stig," injected character into the show. And while Top Gear used to dwell on "What's a car like?" says Clarkson, these days it's "What can you do with a car?" Like: Is it possible...
...English show's success through local versions won't be easy. Unlike more widely franchised programs - The Weakest Link, say, or Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? - there's no easy-to-follow formula guaranteed to work. "Our production bible?" asks Wilman, "It's three men, a thick racing driver who can't speak, they're in a room, and that's it. There's nothing." But some aspects of the British show should travel well. "The Stig," for instance, figures in the Australian and U.S. versions, while inviting local celebrities to race the clock around a circuit should also...