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...Sundance Film Festival is no longer just a place where geeky Quentin Tarantino clones go to get discovered. More and more Hollywood stars are using the indie showcase to establish credibility, show new sides of their talent and maybe revive a stalled career. Here are some stars to watch at this year's festival, which runs through Saturday...
PharmaCare, a Rhode Island-based company owned by CVS, required nothing more than an ID and correct birthday to establish an account on its website and gain access to prescription histories...
...becomes the fourth Harvard school to establish a joint degree arrangement with HLS—and the Design School could become the fifth. Since the early 1970s, students have been able to earn joint degrees in law and business within four years—as opposed to the five that would be required to satisfy HLS and Business School requirements separately. Law students can add a masters of public policy or masters of public administration/international development degree from the Kennedy School in four years instead of the standard five. And with just one extra summer of coursework, law students...
...American soldiers have died and at least 10,502 have been wounded. Meanwhile, this coming Sunday, Iraqis are poised to hold an historic—if uncertain—election to pick a 275-member National Assembly. This will likely be the final chance for the United States to establish a legitimate Iraqi government in a country that has become increasingly chaotic and violent during the last several months of occupation...
Given that sobering assessment and vows by the insurgents to step up their onslaught, will next week's elections matter? For Iraqis and Americans alike, much depends on whether the new government can prove that it has real authority, bring disenfranchised Sunnis into the political process and quickly establish itself as a credible body willing to work for national reconciliation. Considering the performance of the current government, headed by interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, chances that the new leadership can impose order aren't great. If it fails, the country could slide into civil war. And yet, unlike...