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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...states passed laws to restrict voter registration drives; the threat of some prankster signing up as “Mickey Mouse” is just that terrifying! And others require extensive photo identification from in-person voters, which serves not to reduce fraud (in-person voter fraud is extremely rare) but to exclude eligible voters who don’t have the right forms of identification. Naturally, it is a feature of these requirements, not a bug, that poor, inner-city minorities (read: Democrats) are those least likely to have things like driver’s licenses and passports...

Author: By Sam Barr | Title: You Give Fraud a Bad Name | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...detail some other harrowing encounters between airplanes and birds, though you note that most bird strikes don't cause serious damage. How concerned should the flying public be? Pick your worries in life. They will continue to happen, but it's very rare. This U.S. Airways flight swallowed a lot of geese. It's just not within our technological ability to design engines that can handle that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reconsidering the Miracle on the Hudson | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...North's nuclear-weapons program. Beijing has hosted the six-party talks aimed at finding a peaceful resolution, and last month it lobbied Pyongyang to return to the bargaining table. During a visit to Beijing, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said, "I have rarely seen better coordination between China and the United States in particular. There is a virtually unprecedented level of acceptance of basic goals and ambitions associated with the six-party talks and negotiations with North Korea." Of course, China's cooperation has limits. It remains the North's closest ally. While the U.S., especially under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Things the U.S. and China Actually Agree On | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...FlyBy can’t stand the character of Sandy Ryerson, but we enjoyed his return as the pot cupcake-enabling Chronic Lady. Can it be long before he schemes his way into the school again, or will his role going forward be like this rare appearance as the go-to drug dealer...

Author: By Luis Urbina, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Recap: “Wheels” | 11/14/2009 | See Source »

...history of airline mergers, though, might suggest otherwise. Success stories - Air France and KLM in Europe; Delta and Northwest in the U.S. - are rare. Of the dozens of deals struck in the U.S. since the airline industry was deregulated in the late 1970s, most are considered flops. "I compare it to two drunks, where you assume that if they hold on to each other, they will walk straight," says Adam Pilarski, senior vice-president of U.S. aviation consultancy Avitas. He points to the bungled 2005 merger of US Airways and America West, and adds, "That's usually not the case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the British Airways and Iberia Merger Lift Off? | 11/14/2009 | See Source »

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