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Despite the name, summer recess is often as much work as it is play: Congress's members must press flesh back home to remind voters of all the good work they've been doing and to raise vital campaign funds. The Legislative Branch has made a tradition of taking August...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brief History: Congressional Recess | 8/17/2009 | See Source »

5. Don't try to hide from the cameras. In Season 5, contestants Hosea Rosenberg and Leah Cohen--with a girlfriend and boyfriend at home--struck up a flirtation, which led to a surreptitious smooch session on the Top Chef house couch. Their love nook wasn't secluded enough to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cooking with Gas | 8/17/2009 | See Source »

Of course, not everyone wants to get that close to their food sources. Dwarf goats in particular have been a point of contention. They smell bad and can wreak havoc if they escape, opponents say; some also worry that allowing goats will pave the way for legalizing llamas and cows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Urban Animal Husbandry | 8/17/2009 | See Source »

...prison officials, some of whom are susceptible to the influence of their prisoners - especially the traffickers from the multi-billion dollar narcotics industry. For example, the escape of the 53 prisoners at Zacatecas was clearly an inside job: a closed circuit video showed guards sitting and watching as the escapees marched out of the cells into the waiting convoy. The warden and several guards have since been arrested, though they have yet to be charged. Many of the escapees were members of the Zetas, a feared drug paramilitary based over the border from Texas. The gang is alleged to organize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Think California's Prisons are a Problem? Look at Mexico's | 8/14/2009 | See Source »

In Nuremberg, the gnome's gesture touched a particularly raw nerve. The city played a key role in Hitler's rise to power, hosting the Nazi Party's annual rallies. In 1935 it gave its name to the anti-Semitic Nuremberg Laws, and later witnessed trials of war criminals. Now...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Curious Case of the Nazi Gnome | 8/12/2009 | See Source »

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