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...show didn't mean the end of Second City's empire. The next year, it opened its training center at Second City in Chicago, where its principles of improv technique were formalized and taught. (While all actors are chosen only after a rigorous audition, most of the troupe's younger stars are products of the training center; Steve Carell, Rachel Dratch, Chris Farley and Fey are all former students.) But not all attempts at expansion worked out. Second cities in Pasadena and Santa Monica, Calif., and Edmonton, Alberta, soon shuttered, while theaters in Las Vegas and Detroit meandered along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Second City | 12/16/2009 | See Source »

...third of Earth's. Because water has a much lower density than rock, astronomers figured that the "most plausible scenario is a planet made mostly of water, with a significant atmosphere," says Charbonneau. So despite its high temperature, GJ 1214b's high atmospheric pressure and relatively low density mean liquid water could exist there after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Super-Earth: Astronomers Find a Watery New Planet | 12/16/2009 | See Source »

...Samuelson published a research paper in the Journal of Banking and Finance entitled “Why We Should Not Make Mean Log of Wealth Big Though Years to Act Are Long...

Author: By Xi Yu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Renowned Economist Dies At 94 | 12/16/2009 | See Source »

...Alianza PAIS political movement. All deny supporting the guerrillas. At the same time, however, the report is certain to come under scrutiny for the way it insulates Correa from blame. (It also finds no wrongdoing by any of his current officials.) "If we have pedophile priests, it doesn't mean the Pope is a pedophile," Huerta argued to reporters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ecuador Officials Linked to Colombia Rebels | 12/15/2009 | See Source »

Supporters expect the project to mean great things for the Land of Enchantment. With site tours and a museum planned, organizers hope to welcome 1 million visitors annually. An independent study has forecast up to 5,000 new jobs and a $1 billion boost to the region's economy as Virgin Galactic and other aerospace companies move from tourism into commercial spaceflight like low-cost satellite launches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard from Las Cruces | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

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