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...used cars are less expensive, and insuring them costs less. Sure, a used number carries more risks, but in this certified-preowned-vehicle era, a model that has historically retained its value - say, a Honda Accord EX or a Subaru Outback - can often promise years of strong, relatively maintenance-free driving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Clunker Debunker | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

...dollars to get in, but you can watch live on CNN's website. The big man himself gives his keynote at 11:50 a.m. There's also a free after party at Om beginning at 5:30 this evening, but no word yet on whether Hammer will make an appearance...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks | Title: Now on Campus: MC Hammer | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

...Riedel warned that if the presidential election isn't seen as legitimate, it could lead to the collapse of the central Afghan government. "If the government of Afghanistan now goes into free fall - something like the South Vietnamese governments of the 1960s - then all the troops in the world really aren't going to matter," Riedel said. "If we don't have a government we can point to that has some basis of legitimacy in the country, the best generals, the best strategy, isn't going to help turn it around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turning Point Looms for the U.S. in Afghanistan | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

...Democrats' solution is to move Japan away from a corporate-centric economic model to one that focuses on helping people. They have proposed an expensive array of initiatives: cash handouts to families and farmers, toll-free highways, a higher minimum wage and tax cuts. The estimated bill comes to 16.8 trillion yen ($179 billion) when fully implemented starting in the 2013 fiscal year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan Opposition Scrambles To Form Transition Team | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

...Many of these armed groups have already indicated that they are not interested in giving up their already limited sovereignty in return for participating in an election that few believe will be free or fair. Burma's last electoral exercise, in 1990, ended with the non-ethnic National League for Democracy winning the most seats in parliament, with ethnic-based political parties coming in second and third and the junta-backed party finishing fourth. However, the junta ignored the results and kept its grip on power. "Some analyses say that even a rigged election is O.K., if it leads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Violence Erupted on the China-Burma Border | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

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