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...course, when it comes to car-charging, plugs are only half the battle; the other half is sockets. Recharging a Tesla through a 110-volt socket - the type found throughout most houses - takes about 12 hours, while the 220-volt socket typically used to operate major household appliances such as washers and dryers takes about half that time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: As Electric Cars Arrive, Where Will They Plug In? | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

...Friday Nov. 27, more than half of Harvard’s security guards may find themselves unable to afford health care coverage for the coming year, due to a sharp increase in the cost of their Blue Cross Blue Shield health plan...

Author: By Hemi H. Gandhi and Sofia E. Groopman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Health Costs Could Rise for Security Guards | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

Faced with higher costs, Malik estimated that over half of Harvard’s security guards would opt out of their health coverage, either relying on their spouses’ insurance or forgoing a health plan altogether...

Author: By Hemi H. Gandhi and Sofia E. Groopman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Health Costs Could Rise for Security Guards | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

General Kim, who was detained for a year and a half before fleeing, argued that the state intercepts a large portion of foreign aid intended for private recipients. As a result, countries providing aid are inhibiting the emergence of government-independent market activity...

Author: By Gautam S. Kumar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: General Rebukes Kim Jong Il | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

...made headlines in recent months after 200 Han and Uighur Chinese were killed in July, in the worst ethnic violence in decades. That same month, a Nigerian man was critically injured trying to escape one of many visa checks in Guangzhou's sizable African neighborhood. Also this year, a half-African-American, half-Chinese contestant on a Chinese reality-TV show and a half-South African, half-Chinese athlete on China's national volleyball team became the subjects of a flurry of racist comments in China's blogosphere. But Ndesandjo is optimistic about ethnic-minority life in China, saying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Half Brother Makes a Name for Himself in China | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

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