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...House to have a beer and discuss the maybe-racist-maybe-not incident in which the three men find themselves entangled. Anticipatory news reports of the drinking session have included a seemingly bizarre fact: the White House only serves domestic, or American-made, beer. A report in the Boston Globe claimed that the patriotic policy has been in place since the Johnson Administration and that Gates, an admitted fan of Germany's Beck's and Jamaica's Red Stripe, would once again be out of luck. Is this true? Does the White House only serve American alcohol?(Read the Swampland...
...covering wealthy executives, they are mistaken," says Tom Billet, a senior health-benefits consultant for Watson Wyatt, a corporate consulting firm. In reality, many more of the most expensive employer-based health-insurance plans cover people like the families of New Hampshire state employees who, according to the Boston Globe, have policies worth $20,400 per year. (The employee contribution is $60 per month...
...Sadly, Hajar's story is all too common in a nation where over 5 million citizens are working abroad in households and factories across the globe. Indonesia's migrant workers have been reporting both physical and mental abuse for years, particularly in neighboring Malaysia where over two million Indonesians make their living as maids and construction workers...
...29th annual Barbie convention sold out in two days, and lit up the District in the doll's signature hot pink, drawing Barbie-lovers ages 13 to 80 from all over the globe, including Russia, Mexico, Japan, Australia, Britain and France. A trio of sisters trekked from Mexico in order to be around other passionate Barbie fans. "There is no Barbie club in Mexico," said the oldest, Leonor Vidal Rosada. (Watch TIME's video: "Turning 50 with Barbie...
While Whalen has not publicly commented on Gates' arrest thus far, her lawyer said in a phone interview with the Boston Globe this past weekend that her client was "personally devastated" by media reports suggesting that she was prompted to call police because the men were black. Police reports of the incident state that Whalen saw "what appeared to be two black males with backpacks on the front porch" trying to break into the home, but Police Commissioner Robert C. Haas told the Globe that the report was a summary based on information and inquiries not necessarily compiled from...