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A well-placed source has confirmed to TIME that Perry ignored the written pleas from several members of the Texas Forensic Science Commission, including two of his own appointees, to reappoint the board's well-respected chairman, Austin lawyer Sam Bassett. Bassett's departure has resulted in a delay in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Did Texas Gut Its Forensics Commission? | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

Most songs off of Mika’s new album, “The Boy Who Knew Too Much,” could have been plucked directly from a musical; in fact, both of his albums, with their kitschy, infectious melodies and impressive vocals, could be described as show tunes...

Author: By Jenya O. Godina, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mika | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

Stardom has inundated Potter with pleas to speak at pro-reform events around the country. He obliges nearly every time, relieved at "being able to say what I really believe" after so many years as a tight-lipped health-insurance public-relations executive. Still, he isn't entirely comfortable being...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Making of a Health-Care Whistle-Blower | 9/8/2009 | See Source »

Politics, of course, is the main reason Obama is trying to sound more like Santa and less like the Grinch. Cutting costs ultimately means cutting payments to drugmakers, hospitals, doctors, insurers and other influential health lobbies, so it's understandable that he hasn't dwelled on it. Providers like the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health Reform Without Cost-Cutting Isn't Worth It | 8/19/2009 | See Source »

The Senate ignored such pleas to approve an amendment by Senator Carl Levin of Michigan, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, and Senator John McCain of Arizona, its ranking Republican, to strike the $1.75 billion their committee had added (over Levin and McCain's objections) for seven more F-22s...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defense Secretary Gates Downs the F-22 | 7/22/2009 | See Source »

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