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...between sessions with Beck influence your music? I was in quite a desperate mood after the shoot. I had been isolated in Germany filming for two months. To suddenly go from a place where I had the right to be hysterical and in a full crisis to being normal again was a weird change. It was fun for me to be able to talk to Beck about the shoot and how extreme it had been. At the same time I felt very lonely. Los Angeles is a weird city to be in when you're not in a perfect state...
...Just as bad, most observers also aren't buying the hopeful government predictions that, however small the fourth-quarter growth was, renewed positive output marks the beginning of a gradual return to normal economic activity. That skepticism applies to the rest of Europe and other parts of the world as well. Analysts say that even though countries like France, Germany and the U.S. emerged from the recession months ago, their economic performances since then have remained very weak and vulnerable to setbacks. The reason? These countries returned to growth the same way Britain did: through massive infusions of state money...
Unemployment benefits keep money in the pockets of workers who are out of a job through no fault of their own. It's a safety net - with broad support in both parties - that also boosts the broader economy by keeping consumer dollars in circulation. In normal economic times, workers typically receive, depending on the state, up to 26 weeks of benefits, with the possibility of a 13-week extension. Following extensions passed under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, jobless benefits can now run as long as 99 weeks - nearly two years. During the 1982-83 recession, the longest...
...adults with children 18 and younger to be immediately housed in motels. Six weeks after moving into a motel, a small, unheralded federal program - the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) - began helping Santana move into an apartment. "I am so excited. Things are going to be normal again," says Santana, a short-haired blond who has found work as a licensed vocational nurse. (See pictures of Americans in their homes...
...most parts of the world, this would seem like a completely normal arrangement for two countries to make. But this is Russia's backyard. And Moscow, which has yet to react to the Kazakh offer, may not take kindly to two of its former republics' striking an energy deal behind its back. The offer demonstrates, however, that many former Soviet states might not care anymore if they anger their former benefactor. A sense of defiance has grown in the region since the Russia-Georgia war, which proved that Moscow would not stop at economic bullying in its efforts to maintain...