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...name is Mr. Six - clever, right? - and his troll-like antics may prevent you from ever setting foot in a Six Flags park, no matter how exciting that Batman ride is. He first popped up in Six Flag ads in 2004, a geriatric sideshow obviously played by a younger actor. Mr. Six dementedly shimmied to the equally annoying late-'90s dance song "We Like to Party" while in the confines of a Six Flag facility. Dressed in a floppy tuxedo and wearing black-rimmed glasses larger than most skyscraper windows, Mr. Six has a wrinkled face, a victim of makeup...
...Lowdown: This document is the Saw of state-budget reports: a sadistic statistical journey that gets uglier the deeper you delve. In persuasive, insistent language, the authors hoist one red flag after another. They also underline a worthwhile point: for all the grumbling about the deficiencies of the economic-stimulus package, it has have been the glue holding states' tattered budgets together. And the boost it has offered will inevitably wane. "Several revenue failures are generating a lengthy chain of acute budget gaps," the report notes. "Because the current state fiscal crisis began in FY 2008, many states are looking...
...Westerners has been one loaded with violence and shrouded with fear. The figures commanding global attention - be they al-Qaeda's leadership or certain mullahs in Tehran - preach an apocalyptic creed to an uncompromising faithful. This may be the Islam of a radical fringe, but in an era of flag-burnings and suicide bombings, it is the Islam of the moment...
...could lose your home. The up-front costs are high. Generally, $10,000 to $15,000 in fees are lopped off the amount you can borrow. Finally, if someone is pressuring you to take one of these loans in order to buy something else, that's a huge red flag. Walk away...
...several former CIA officers and intelligence experts contacted by TIME found that explanation problematic. For one thing, they say, the mere fact that the program apparently merited Cheney's close attention should have been a red flag. "Even if the program was dormant, the top officials would have known about Cheney's instructions, and they should have told Panetta right away," says a former operations expert...