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...quarter: The teams have traded punts, with the most recent being Thomas Hull's 25-yard effort. Brown has 1st-and-10 at midfield...
...Then there was her pained, and painful, response to Couric's questions about the Bush "freedom agenda" - the goal of spreading democracy in the Islamic world. Predictably, Palin repeated standard Bush platitudes about making "every effort possible to help spread democracy for those who desire freedom, independence, respect for equality. That is the whole goal here in fighting terrorism. It's not just to keep the people safe, but to be able to usher in democratic values and ideals around this, around the world." That theory, though, has been discredited by the debacle in Iraq and years of inconvenient outcomes...
Paulson's embattled bailout plan—intended to bolster confidence in faltering U.S. financial institutions—would allow the federal government to purchase up to $700 billion of difficult-to-sell securities in an effort to cleanse the country's ailing financial system...
...study motivation in a challenging gambling game. He found that teenagers have less activity in this region than adults do. "If adolescents have a motivational deficit, it may mean that they are prone to engaging in behaviors that have either a really high excitement factor or a really low effort factor, or a combination of both." Sound familiar? Bjork believes his work may hold valuable lessons for parents and society. "When presenting suggestions, anything parents can do to emphasize more immediate payoffs will be more effective," he says. To persuade a teen to quit drinking, for example, he suggests stressing...
...decision ends an unusual and high-risk personal effort by McCain to participate in negotiations between the two branches - though it is still unclear whether a deal is imminent or what difference McCain's involvement has made...