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...idea of the gap between a winner and an also-ran in motor racing's toughest series, consider the contrasting fortunes of two drivers in the Nov. 2 Brazilian Grand Prix, the final race of the year. In just his second season in Formula One, 23-year-old Briton Lewis Hamilton became its youngest ever world champion, sensationally grabbing fifth place on the last corner of the Interlagos track in São Paulo to claim motor sport's premier prize by a single point from hometown hero and Ferrari star Felipe Massa. Italian Giancarlo Fisichella was less fortunate. Fisichella...
International growth markets offer another fresh source of cash. New sponsors in Asia and the Middle East poured close to $60 million into the sport this year; plans to introduce Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi, South Korea and India over the next three years will boost interest further. Lewis Hamilton surely counts on racing around those circuits. If costs come down enough, Fisichella will hopefully be right beside...
Young pragmatists like Ryan and Mark Kirk, who heads the moderate Tuesday Group, appear to be looking for an issue-by-issue approach - rather than a grand ideological transformation of the party - to manage the surge of Obama power that is preparing to hit Congress next January. They'll offer a deal on energy - most likely permitting more offshore drilling in exchange for various incentives for green energy - but resist tax hikes, a change in union voting rules or other measures that are opposed by small business...
...record turnout - estimated at 70% statewide - with inexperienced first-time voters. At some locations, people are passing out snacks and water, encouraging people to stay in line until they can vote. Some belong to various organizations, but others appear to be individuals acting on their own. - By Maggie Sieger / Grand Rapids...
...rather than a grand theologian's invitation to tea, Muslims around the world took the Pope's discourse - a probing and sometimes blunt analysis of reason's role in religion that included a denigrating historical reference to Mohammed - as a monumental slap in the face. The Pope's defenders argued that some of the more radical reactions to the speech, including church burnings in the West Bank and the murder of a nun in Somalia, were themselves proof that Benedict was right to delve deeply into the question of violence in Islam. All agreed that more than tea would...