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...Susan Boyle each wanted to build a career on their talent, even tried to. He got stalled; she got rejected. But the same things that barred them from entering showbiz - upbringing, luck, family duty and, in this TV-driven world, looks - are what delivered them eventually to fame's main square. They had the exact qualities the reality industry knows how to package. As Cowell said to Boyle, in what may have been the most honest comment in the whole program, "I knew the minute you walked out on that stage we were going to hear something extraordinary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Susan Boyle: Not Quite Out of Nowhere | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

...Traditionally, state universities provided an affordable education for its residents by offering subsidized in-state tuition. For Lansing native Anneke Stadt, a sophomore nursing student, the $11,037 tuition is the main reason she's at the University of Michigan. Stadt says she looked into private schools like Hope College ($33,000 tuition) and Kalamazoo College ($38,000 tuition). "I couldn't really afford them, though," she explains, "so I hedged my bets with the public school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cash-Strapped State Schools Being Forced to Privatize | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

With some exceptions, the oldest homes tend to be the least energy-efficient. Houses built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built after 2000. The main culprit? Tiny cracks and gaps that expand over time and let in more outside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greening This Old House | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

...centralized social spaces that any student can rely on for the weekends,” said Flores. “We really don’t have that because suite parties are harder to have without the party funds, student groups are competing for four main party spaces on campus, and everything else has to be in final clubs...

Author: By Kriti Lodha, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Wanted: Sex, Real Estate, and Power | 4/22/2009 | See Source »

...Until recently, that deterrent simply didn't exist in Malacca. The main countries along the route - Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore - were not working together. With their militaries distrustful of one another, the governments almost never shared information on pirate activities, allowing them to operate unchecked. But in 2004, the piracy problem became so severe that it was threatening local economies - especially Malaysia and Singapore, which rely heavily on trade for economic growth. Fears were also raised in regional capitals that outside powers - whose own trade was being affected in the seizures - would intervene in the strait if the local governments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Defeat Pirates: Success in the Strait | 4/22/2009 | See Source »

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