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...when he realizes he's in love with her. When you're a dude, and a hot chick in the elevator sings along with the song you're listening to, and that's your favorite band, there's a connection. Then there's the Smiths' "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want," which he plays on his computer as she's passing and you can already see the yearning. And then Hall & Oates' "You Make My Dreams," where you go from the pining to planning your future and your wedding. And then the Temper Traps' "Sweet Disposition," showing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Building the Perfect Romantic-Comedy Mix Tape | 7/31/2009 | See Source »

...last month finally landed the Livelys a modification. One day not too long ago, Birch got a call back from a servicer - a cause for celebration, considering how rarely his messages are returned. When he called the number back, the extension didn't work, but he tried not to let that dampen his excitement. His take: one step at a time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Banks Aren't Modifying Home Loans | 7/30/2009 | See Source »

...Let's grab a beer." That was the invitation extended by President Obama, who is seeking to dial down the racial tension surrounding black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s July 16 arrest by a white police officer. On July 30, Gates and the arresting officer, Sergeant James Crowley, will meet with Obama at the White House to have a beer and discuss the maybe-racist-maybe-not incident in which the three men find themselves entangled. Anticipatory news reports of the drinking session have included a seemingly bizarre fact: the White House only serves domestic, or American-made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Kind of Beer Is Served at the White House? | 7/30/2009 | See Source »

...straightforward swap: your terrorists for ours," says a Western intelligence official familiar with Tehran's offer. The official says the offer included assurances that the MEK operatives would not be tortured and that international human-rights organizations would have access to them. "They said, 'We'll let the Red Cross or Amnesty [International] monitor the MEK prisoners, and we won't put them into some Guantánamo-like prison,' " says the official...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Spurned Iran Offers to Turn Over bin Laden's Son | 7/30/2009 | See Source »

...This let's-go-get-loaded spirit might not seem so strange in countries that have long battled excessive youth drinking and alcoholism. But Italy has always prided itself on a balanced - even divine - rapport with the strong stuff. Call it a sipping culture rather than a drinking culture: Italians traditionally serve wine at the family dinner table, with boys and girls often getting their first taste of alcohol around age 12. The national minimum drinking age of 16 is often ignored and rarely enforced. (Read "Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Italy Starts Cracking Down on Underage Drinking | 7/29/2009 | See Source »

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