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...Rose give it to Hu Jintao: "Blame it on the Falun Gong!/ They've seen the end, and you can't hold on now!"). But they weren't as exciting as talking to Skwerl. Until our conversation, I didn't really understand how piracy worked. Unfortunately, before he could explain, I had to interrupt to get to the bottom of this "Skwerl" thing. After bottle-nursing an injured squirrel back to health in high school and taking it in as a pet, Skwerl was given some other hurt squirrels by squirrel-loving kids in Philadelphia, and then some squirrels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pirating Axl Rose's Record | 6/26/2008 | See Source »

...than in most industrialized countries; the 4.3 million babies born in 2006 were the most since 1961. And among teenage girls, the birthrate - though it generally has been falling for the past two decades - did rise 3% in 2006 for girls ages 15 to 17. No one can quite explain why this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Give the Gloucester Girls a Break | 6/25/2008 | See Source »

...recollection of what you had for lunch last Thursday. One of life's great mysteries is why certain experiences get lodged immovably in our memory, while others are forgotten. Fortunately, recent advances in neuroscience have helped spur major breakthroughs in scientists' understanding of the nature of memory. To explain, TIME asked Matt Wilson, a professor of neurobiology at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Do We Remember Bad Things? | 6/23/2008 | See Source »

...Ohio and Culvahouse episodes were, most likely, spur of the moment errors. Harder to explain is the Patti Solis Doyle Miscalculation. Hillary Clinton abruptly sent Solis Doyle into purgatory several months ago when her campaign stumbled. So when Obama tapped Solis Doyle to take charge of his eventual running mate, he was sending a visible-from-space signal that Clinton would not be named to the number two spot. And what good did that serve at the very moment the campaign was trying to woo Clinton's donors, court her ardent supporters and win over the candidate herself? "Just stupid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week in Politics | 6/22/2008 | See Source »

...There's not a single religious or political utterance in the entire monologue, which may explain why it has not been posted on the usual jihadi websites. There's only one passing reference to U.S. presence in Iraq. "When the Americans first came to the village," Hasna says, "my brother made a sketch of their Hummers and gave it to their commander. He was very impressed by how quickly Thamer was able to make such an accurate drawing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mind of a Female Suicide Bomber | 6/22/2008 | See Source »

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