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...View from Main Street Re your story on Wall Street [Nov. 9]: Professionals who build bridges, buildings and even houses must be licensed, to encourage adherence to stringent technical, legal and ethical standards. Ignoring the rules can result in losing one's job. Why? Because if these things are constructed poorly, people will get hurt. Since Wall Street is in the business of "engineering" markets in order to make the greatest possible amount of money, why shouldn't they be licensed and held to similar standards? Mark Revis, MORENO VALLEY, CALIF...
...View from Main Street Re TIME's story on wall street [nov. 9]: Out in the real world, professionals who construct bridges, buildings and even houses must be licensed, to encourage adherence to stringent technical, legal and ethical standards. Ignoring the rules can result in losing one's job. Why? Because if these things are constructed poorly, people will get hurt. Since Wall Street is in the business of "engineering" markets in order to make the greatest possible amount of money, why shouldn't they also be licensed and held to similar standards? Mark Revis, Moreno Valley, Calif...
...BELLO, of Argentina, who on Nov. 16 was granted a marriage license to wed his partner Alex Freyre in Buenos Aires after a judge ruled that the nation's ban on same-sex nuptials violated its constitution. The union, scheduled for Dec. 1, would be Latin America's first legal gay marriage...
Still, it's possible that Cassandra and I could get into some sort of freak accident in which the TiVo remote flew out of my hand and sliced both our jugulars, so we discussed whom we'd choose as Laszlo's legal guardian. We immediately thought of my father and his wife, since they are responsible, patient, happy, amazing with children and very rich. But they're old. Laszlo would think music consisted of nothing but Steve Lawrence and Brenda Lee and was accessible only through four-digit cable channels. Plus, they live in the Hamptons, so Laszlo would grow...
...York City federal court. Holder and President Obama say they expect prosecutors to push for the death penalty. Critics slammed the decision, claiming that the defendants' presence in New York will create a media circus and put the city at risk of another attack. Experts also noted the legal issues a civilian trial will raise--including the use of evidence obtained through waterboarding, to which Mohammed was subjected 183 times, and the difficulty of finding an impartial jury in a Manhattan courtroom just blocks from where the World Trade Center once stood...