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The UC Board of Regents approved on July 16 an emergency budget plan that would force 80% of the system's 180,000 employees to take unpaid furloughs of 11 to 26 days over the next year. UC president Mark Yudof said the furlough plan was preferable to layoffs in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: California's Crisis Hits Its Prized Universities | 7/18/2009 | See Source »

Algal blooms are a common and often menacing event along many U.S. coastlines. Some strains are toxic and can close beaches and poison seafood, posing a hazard to consumers. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) maintains a forecasting system for the Gulf of Mexico to warn of harmful Florida...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arctic Mystery: Identifying the Great Blob of Alaska | 7/18/2009 | See Source »

To make that point even clearer, each tree is now topped with an illuminated "30" to mark the 30th anniversary of the victory of The Sandinista National Liberation Front over the repressive U.S.-backed Somoza dynasty. Nicaragua's continual Christmas theme is also appropriate because President Ortega governs Nicaragua a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaragua: Where Every Day is Christmas | 7/18/2009 | See Source »

But in other places where smoking was once a national pastime, compliance with the ban is high: 97% in New York City, 98.5% in Italy and 94% in Ireland, according to the U.S-based Global Smokefree Partnership. "There will be a transition period, which lasts several months, while people realize the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lights Out: Turkey is Next to Ban Smoking | 7/17/2009 | See Source »

Though perhaps not the clarion call that the rank and file may have been hoping for, the notes of compromise struck by Rafsanjani made sense within the context of a power struggle at the apex of the Islamic Republic, according to Trita Parsi, president of the National Iranian American Council...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Iran, the Opposition Delivers a Sermon | 7/17/2009 | See Source »

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