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...voices, and away somewhat from the institutional brand," the Project's study proclaims. Websites like Global Post now allow individual journalists to become independent contractors, "in much the way photographers have operated for years at magazines." But the demise of an institutional framework to ensure quality and reliability would mean that consumers themselves would have to decide which journalists to trust. And already, there are growing doubts about "whether the generation in charge has the vision and the boldness to reinvent the industry ... [And] it is unclear, say some, who the innovative leaders are, and a good many well-known...
...Whichever it is, if the number of institutions involved in swap-trading were limited to those trading with AIG, then AIG is probably not too big to fail. We have to worry about chains of claims. Just because AIG dealt only with banks does not mean those banks did not rewrite similar contracts with hedge funds...
...There were a couple of [chants] that were kind of negative and more personal than I would have liked.” Wenger said. “But generally nothing was bad or really mean-spirited...
...private funding. While the opening of federal funds to stem cells will lead to an expansion of research facilities, scientists will likely still only be permitted to use embryos that would otherwise be discarded by fertility clinics. The fact that Obama declined to state solid ethics guidelines does not mean that the scientists at National Institute of Health will allow researchers to create embryos at will to harvest at their pleasure...
House List: Putrescent. I mean, it's called "Moose Droppings." Of the dry, flaky, uninteresting sort...