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There's something magical about local newscasts. The kooky weather people, the upwardly striving anchors, the uncomfortably enthusiastic sportcasters - they all come together to make a heady potion that reeks of ambition, sadness and desperation (with just a hint of unearned arrogance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 21 Unexpected Places to Find Jesus | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

...despite all that, the best reason to watch your local 10 o'clock news is for their bottom-of-the-hour human interest stories. You know, a leprechaun in Alabama, that sort of thing. And, as the genius mash-up, "Finally Tonight, Jesus..." points out, one of the more popular newscast-ending segments is that wonderful evergreen, "Look at this crazy [insert object name here] that looks like [insert deity name here]."(See The Internet's 99 Greatest Hits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 21 Unexpected Places to Find Jesus | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

...world's seas to rise more than 4.6 ft. (1.4 m). The California government commissioned the institute's study, released on March 11, one of a number of forthcoming reports on how climate change will affect the coastal state and one of the most detailed analyses yet on the local impact of rising seas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could Rising Seas Swallow California's Coast? | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

...insurgency told TIME that sleeper cells in and around the Sunni stronghold of Abu Ghraib - site of the infamous prison now renamed the Baghdad Central Prison - have been planning renewed attacks for months. Tuesday's strike in the marketplace was carried out by the sheik of a local extremist Takfiri mosque, a man in his 20s named Abu Taymiyeh, the source claimed. The allegation could not be independently verified...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Abu Ghraib Blast: A Return to the Bad Old Days in Iraq? | 3/10/2009 | See Source »

...wage jobs in road construction. A few thousand were allotted uninhabited jungle land in southern and northeastern India and given training to become farmers. Later, some received subsidies to help market traditional handicrafts. But the vast majority of migrants settled in Dharamsala along with the Dalai Lama. The local economy was unable to absorb them. A mere lucky few found odd jobs or set up business in roadside stalls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tibetan Exiles: A Generation in Peril | 3/10/2009 | See Source »

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