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...past: when he was in college at Duquesne, he and three other fraternity brothers were involved in an incident with a girl who may or may not have been passed out drunk while two of the frat boys had sex with her. Kyle has an ugly secret in his present, too: he may or may not have been there during, and hence implicated in, this possible-rape, but either way there's a video of the whole scene, and a mysterious organization is using it to blackmail Kyle into stealing the secrets of the corporations he is supposedly defending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Grisham's Charming Novel About Nothing | 1/24/2009 | See Source »

...which will test a stem-cell-based treatment for spinal-cord injury, will begin later this summer and will use cells generated by Geron Corp. The approval marks the first time human stem cells, extracted and grown from embryos, will be transplanted into patients. Adult stem cells, which are present in many types of tissue, have been used in treatments for years - the most common being bone-marrow transplants in cancer care - but an embryonic study is a whole new thing. There's a good reason it's being greeted with so much excitement. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cautious Optimism for the First Stem-Cell Human Trial | 1/24/2009 | See Source »

...present, Chrysler officials believe Fiat is indeed serious about the deal. Fiat executives came through Chrysler's design studios in Auburn Hills in mid-December to look at Chrysler's latest designs and future products, says Chrysler vice president Ralph Gilles, who believes they left with a better understanding of where the company is headed from a design perspective and of Chrysler's potential. "We're very flexible," he added...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: So Who Owns Chrysler Now? | 1/23/2009 | See Source »

Others would argue there's value in getting giant corporations on board with carbon caps, even if it means offering them a watered-down proposal. But even that may be onerous: As difficult as it was convincing the public that climate change was a clear and present danger - and a majority of conservatives are still doubtful - the political fight to really cut carbon emissions will be knottier. Although Obama has surrounded himself with scientists who believe that global warming is our biggest threat - including Nobel Prize-winner Steven Chu as Energy Secretary, and Harvard's John Holdren as White House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raising the Bar on Fighting Climate Change | 1/23/2009 | See Source »

...starting point: "Riding at the Speed of Sound" jazzes up the pathos-imbued vocals of 1960s starlet Carrie Ku Mei with rock riffs and a break-beat exuberance worthy of Basement Jaxx. Others are simply inspired by the movies, like the cheeky "(21st Century) Char Siu Bao," which features present-day siren Gloria Tang singing in Mandarin to the tune of "Mambo Italiano...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shaw Thing | 1/22/2009 | See Source »

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