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...reel on the DVDs." Since the HFPA invited him back to preside over the whole thing - indeed, Gervais was the first host since 1995 - he took that as a license to kill, with his trademark acid wit, the stars he was introducing - especially if they'd been known to take a tipple. Making a solemn declaration against "prejudice and stereotype," he then said, "One stereotype I hate is that all Irishmen are just drunk, sweary hellraisers. Please welcome Colin Farrell." Later, holding a glass of beer, Gervais allowed, "I like a drink as much as the next man. Unless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cameron's Avatar Takes Golden Globe Glory | 1/18/2010 | See Source »

Because Cochet had left her son's body as she found it, police were able to rule out suicide. Instead, they determined that Nicolas had accidentally killed himself playing le jeu de foulard (the "scarf game," as it's known in France), a dangerous activity in which children starve their brain of oxygen to achieve a natural high. (See the underreported stories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Dangerous Pastime for Teens: The Choking Game | 1/18/2010 | See Source »

...lenders the ability to make more loans, allowing more people to buy houses and push up real estate prices. Many of those loans, it turns out, were made to people who couldn't afford to pay. What happened next - real estate bust, foreclosures and Wall Street mayhem - is well known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did Foreigners Cause America's Financial Crisis? | 1/15/2010 | See Source »

...cost of expanding the Medicaid program in Nebraska. The 49 other states, by contrast, would have full federal funding for a few years but would eventually have to pick up part of the tab. As soon as word of the special treatment broke, the deal became known as the "Cornhusker Kickback," and Nelson was roundly mocked. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose state is in serious financial trouble that could be exacerbated by a Medicaid expansion, said in his recent State of the State address that Nebraska "got the corn and we got the husk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What if All 50 States Get Ben Nelson's Medicaid Deal? | 1/15/2010 | See Source »

...morning - which was forecast to be the worst of the spell - was in the 2% to 5% range, not great but hardly catastrophic. But elsewhere around the state, farmers haven't been so lucky. According to Florida Agriculture Department spokesman Terence McElroy, a full assessment won't be known for days or weeks, but "we hear anecdotally that there has been substantial losses in tropical fish, significant damage to the fern industry, and citrus - especially in the northern counties - has sustained damage." The same is true, he says, in South Florida for vegetables like tomatoes and peppers. "Will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Freezing in Frostproof: Saving Florida's Oranges | 1/14/2010 | See Source »

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