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Guard your Grand Slam breakfasts, people. The recession has hit casual-dining chains like Denny's, Chili's and the Cheesecake Factory particularly hard, as consumers have traded down to less expensive fare at McDonald's. To draw more customers, Denny's is sponsoring shindigs like this one, building on its reputation as an after-party haven for young, hungry drunks (and, the company is quick to point out, sober people too). From 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., the 56-year-old chain has started playing alternative-rock music in its restaurants. It has sponsored more than 30 emerging bands...
...sent to Islamabad since 9/11 has been used to fight the extremists. Previous military operations have ended with peace deals that gave Pakistan's militants larger, safer sanctuaries. Some members of Congress are asking quite why--given all that U.S. aid--the Pakistani army has found it so hard to defeat the militants...
...We’ve been trying so hard and it’s paid off,” said Millicent M. Younger ’10, publisher of the Advocate—the oldest published college literary magazine in the United States. “What it comes down to is doing a lot more work to get the same results...
Anticipating the effects of the declining economy, Younger says the Advocate braced themselves by being more proactive about contacting advertisers and clientele. Their hard work paid off, since the upcoming issue will contain more ads than any other issue in recent years, says Younger. “We’re doing well probably because our rates are very low,” she says. “We’re not pushing [businesses] into buying the biggest size ad either...
...federal courts. "President Obama is backtracking dangerously on his reform agenda," warned Human Rights Watch director Kenneth Roth. The head of the American Civil Liberties Union, Anthony Romero, called Obama's announcement "absurd," adding, "These tribunals have no place in our democracy." (Read "Obama Orders Gitmo Closed. Now the Hard Part...