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There was, in all this bluster and techno-wizardry, a feeling of overcompensation. Call it the Russert Deficit. Meet the Press's Tim Russert, who died just before the general election got under way, ruled nights like this, breaking down the Electoral College John Henry--style, not with a giant touchscreen, but with a dry-erase marker and a whiteboard. At the end of the Democratic primary season, Russert did what nobody had the force to do on election night: call the game over when it plainly...
...community like Kogelo, a pretty village with views of the green hills north of Lake Victoria. Cows and goats are the main measure of wealth here, and most villagers maintain a vegetarian diet. The past few days, however, have witnessed a comparative bloodbath: scores of chickens disappeared into a giant pot, whose contents will be served to all comers. Malik, inundated by relatives from across Kenya and the world, has been going through two goats a day; the morning of the election, he stepped things up a notch by serving two bulls. Scarcely had he dispatched the pair when...
...cuts across the nation. American Express announced that it will slash 7,000 positions - some 10% of its staff - as part of an effort to save $1.8 billion next year as a counterweight to the rising number of consumers defaulting on their payments. Within hours of that announcement, communications giant Motorola Inc., which cut some 2,600 jobs in April, said it would trim an additional 3,000 staffers over the next several months after posting a third-quarter loss of nearly $400 million. It will also postpone a planned spin-off of its ailing cell phone division. (See pictures...
...more than $6. But compared with a year ago, when you needed more than $2 to buy a single coin with the Queen of England's face on it, Britain has gotten considerably cheaper - relatively. Book a spin on a "champagne flight" on the London Eye - the giant Ferris wheel (and millennial white elephant) on the banks of the Thames - for a mere $692. Or don't. (See 10 things to do in London...
...their animals. Meat is highly prized in a poor community like Kogelo, and with cows and goats the main measure of wealth, most villages choose a vegetarian diet most of the time. The past few days, however, have witnessed a comparative bloodbath: More than 200 chickens disappeared into a giant pot whose contents will be served to all comers outside the village dispensary. Malik, inundated by more than 50 relatives from across Kenya and the world, has been getting through two goats a day, and now that the big day has arrived, he decided to step things up a notch...