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...Obama name is golden right now in book land. The President is leading the hit parade: Dreams from My Father and The Audacity of Hope are on both the New York Times' hardcover and paperback best-seller lists, no mean authorial feat. (Dreams is No. 1 on the paperback list after a staggering 133 weeks.) Books by more than a dozen other authors on the Times lists retell the tale of the Obama campaign, evaluate the man or set out his life story. There's no mystery as to why new Obama books keep popping up in the nation...
...film awards that the British Academy of Film and Television Arts hands out each year - has become something of a national sport. If the Academy decides to honor plenty of British talent, it's criticized for being too parochial; if a bunch of Americans appear on the winners list, it's accused of being overly enamored with Hollywood. Damned if it does, damned if it doesn...
...sold insurance against high-yield corporate bonds, and those will be the first corporate debts to go bad if the economy gets worse. Indeed, one of the companies in Strata's bond pool, Hawaii Telcom Communications, recently filed for bankruptcy. In mid-January, Moody's put Strata on its list of bonds it was thinking about downgrading...
...this has been a total bust. 5. My favorite activities when I was young were building forts that spanned the whole playroom, dancing to Michael Jackson and throwing my brother down the stairs. 6. I work "That's What She Said" jokes into every conversation. (See TIME's list of T shirt-worthy slogans.) 7. My grandmother once told me I was her favorite. I don't think she meant it. 8. When I die, I want a steaming hot Reuben sandwich shoved in my mouth during the open-casket part of the funeral. 9. I cry during Robert Downey...
...moderates are united in their disdain for what they consider extraneous spending in the massive economic package, which most Republicans are unwilling to support. Nelson and his Republican partner, Maine Senator Susan Collins, compiled a list all of the programs in which the Congressional Budget Offices estimated that less than 10% of funds would be spent in the first 18 months. From that list they selected about $100 billion in programs, mostly in education, state aid and science that, while perhaps worthy pursuits, they don't believe belong in the stimulus bill. At the same time, the coalition has also...