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...What is clear is that Justice was playing hardball. It refused to grant Birkenfeld a cooperating witness agreement - at which point some lawyers would have advised their client to cease cooperation - and instead offered a temporary, so-called queen for a day agreement, giving him much less protection for what he voluntarily disclosed. At one point they even dismissed Birkenfeld as a mere tipster, not a whistle-blower. "Those who seek to be treated as true whistle-blowers need to know they must come in early and give complete and truthful disclosures, with no dissembling or holding back or spinning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Is the UBS Whistle-Blower Headed to Prison? | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

...surprising, then, that when it was my turn to give out names, I found myself adhering to similar kinds of traditions. My daughters are half Mexican - not an easy thing to be in Lou Dobbs' America - and my wife and I wanted to make sure they remained proud of their Hispanic heritage. We thus tagged them with Elisa and Paloma - elegant, uncommon and undeniably Spanish. (See pictures of pregnant-belly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adios, Juan and Juanita: Latin Names Trend Down | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

...such as osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia, and people with chronic illnesses are more prone to melancholy. Also, "some people assume it's healthier not to drink," says Skogen - which may be particularly true of those who have chronic illnesses. Finally, some abstainers were formerly heavy drinkers - alcoholics who had to give up the bottle. It makes sense that they would have more psychological distress than others, but only 14% of the abstainers in the Norway study fit this category. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Nondrinkers May Be More Depressed | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

...Give It Time Peter Bergen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two Arguments for What to Do in Afghanistan | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...even political posters that have been similarly digitally enhanced. The French media have had fun with the possibility of warnings being placed on political ads, recalling the 2007 vacation photograph of a shirtless President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris Match magazine in which his bulging love handles were erased to give him a hunkier form. Boyer - a member of Sarkozy's party - meets such sniggering with a swipe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France May Put Warning Labels on Airbrushed Photos | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

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