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...Postal Service. Netflix would love to dispense with those costs and send its product directly to customers by streaming it to their TVs. At the moment about 12,000 of the more than 100,000 titles are available for streaming, but that requires a Blu-ray player or a special Netflix device that sells for about $100. The company doesn't expect to be fully streaming for another five years. That's a long time to keep schlepping videos to the post office and hoping new ones arrive on time. Dear Netflix: Could the future arrive a little earlier, please...
Denmark is not exactly a global power center, but the former leader of the small, tidy nation is about to become a major player on the world's diplomatic stage. Anders Fogh Rasmussen takes over as NATO's Secretary-General on Aug. 1 after serving as Denmark's Prime Minister. The popular center-right leader takes the reins as the deteriorating war in Afghanistan poses a serious test for the 60-year-old NATO alliance, which is managing the conflict. Rasmussen, 56, spent eight years in Copenhagen's top office, most notably shepherding Denmark through the Muslim cartoon uproar...
...might the U.S. have benefited from interrogating Saad instead of killing him? We may never know. Saad "was a small player with a big name," says the counterterrorism official. "He has never been a major operational figure." (His brother Mohammed is thought to be more influential.) But terrorism analyst Peter Bergen, author of Holy War Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden, points out that having Saad bin Laden in custody "would have been a great propaganda victory" for the U.S., greater than his death could be. Adds the Western intelligence official: "Think of how Americans would feel...
Following in the footsteps of 6’10 sophomore Andrew Van Nest and senior guard Dan McGreary—both Mount Hermon graduates and current Crimson basketball athletes – Brown will give Harvard another key player in the program’s quest for an Ivy League championship and a trip to the NCAA tournament...
...Brown’s] a big-time player,” Casey said. “As a guard, he’s physical, he’s got the foot speed to guard the one and the two positions. He has a lot of versatility in the back court and has a lot of strength to finish above...