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...LaBeouf doesn't party--his father's drug problems were "my personal DARE program," he says. That doesn't mean he thinks his life is healthy. "This-- the stress, anxiety, fear--probably kills me just as fast as doing drugs. I don't know how you can get a grip on this." LaBeouf says it's hard to find people who share his challenges. "It's not like you can go to a therapist, 'Hey, remember the time you showed up and Harrison was doing the whip?' It's that weird feeling that, Oh, man, now you've gotta bring...
...Formula One Grand Prix circuit. But Singapore has managed to attract low-skilled workers from developing countries and a much smaller group of talented foreigners who are here only for the short term. Citizens tend to be apolitical and have a groupthink mentality because of the government's tight grip on civic and political activities. Singapore loses talented people who think and act differently to cities like San Francisco, New York, London and even Hong Kong, where they have more freedom of expression. We need mavericks, bohemians and social activists. It is time for Singapore to truly loosen...
...midafternoon on a blistering June Saturday in Yusufia, just south of Baghdad. The abandoned school was stifling, though more tolerable than the dusty, sun-addled main street of town, which we'd just walked along - the general on an arid grip-and-grin tour, offering Salaam aleikum, habibi! greetings to the few Iraqis willing to brave the midday heat. Now Petraeus moved from classroom to classroom, cloaked in heavy body armor, sweat trickling down the side of his face. Each room was packed with nonsmiling Iraqi men in deep squat - 500 in all. Petraeus was exhilarated. They were different from...
...strapped with explosives. For the Islamist militants who seized control of Gaza two weeks ago, freeing Johnston is an imperative: His release would show the international community that Hamas is not only acting responsibly, but are also in control of Gaza, which has for months been in the grip of anarchy. It is also seen as a test of Hamas' determination to crack down on the powerful clans whose many feuds have added to Gaza's chaos...
...this new wave of mobile start-ups is finding ways to release consumers from the carriers' grip--by using the Web to get around carrier control and by training users to switch carriers for better add-ons. Other new services, though, still rely on the carriers because they are installed on phones or piggyback on the carriers' networks...