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...Politicians, too, need to play a crucial role in restoring confidence, not least by letting us know when and why banks deserve it. There's a snag with that, though: our leaders' own levels of trustworthiness are depressed amid the global downturn. In that ICM poll, the rate of trust in the government to manage the financial crisis was just 4.5 in Britain, similar to the level in France but higher than that of Germany. In the U.S., where citizens were polled only days after President Obama's election, confidence was higher, at 6.3. (See pictures of Barack Obama...
Show the average 18-month-old a video of toddlers at play, and you can bet that the tot will be mesmerized by scenes with strong emotion: a fight or kiss. But some babies have other interests. At the Yale Child Study Center, psychologists Warren Jones, Ami Klin and Sarah Shultz measure when toddlers stop blinking - a reliable indicator of rapt attention. The typical child will stare at the scene of a kiss, but a child with autism will be transfixed by the opening and closing of a door. (See six tips for traveling with an autistic child...
...Monsters Vs. Aliens, $5.8 million; $182.4 million, 38 days 6. The Soloist, $5.6 million; $18.1 million, 10 days 7. Earth, $4.2 million; $21.8 million, 12 days 8. Fighting, $4.2 million; $17.5 million, 10 days 9. Hannah Montana: The Movie, $4.1 million; $70.9 million, 24 days 10. State of Play, $3.7 million; $30.9 million, 17 days
...Seattle, Mars Hill churchgoers regularly tweet throughout the service. In New York City, Trinity Church marked Good Friday by tweeting the Passion play, detailing the stages of Jesus' crucifixion in short bursts. At Next Level Church, outside Charlotte, N.C., it's not only O.K. to fuse social-networking technology with prayer; it's desirable. (See pictures of John 3:16 in pop culture...
After another minute of play, the freshman power duo of Jeff Cohen and Terry White followed up on Motschwiller’s tally, as Cohen found the net off of a White ball with 0:31 remaining in the quarter...