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...What has it been like for you in becoming so famous? I don't feel I am. It's a very nice kind of quasi-fame being a writer, because you remain largely anonymous and you can have a private life, which I really cherish. I don't like to be in the public light all that much. I don't crave the whole fame thing at all. I'm a pretty uncomplicated person. I live a very simple life with my family and I enjoy very ordinary things. I feel blessed that I can still do those things without...
...states struggle with budget shortfalls, their attention is sure to remain focused on what help the Federal Government might lend. When the governors met with Obama, they pressed him to pump money into state economies - including funding projects to build schools, bridges and other sorts of public works - and found a receptive ear. "To solve this crisis and to ease the burden on our states, we're going to need action and we're going to need action swiftly," Obama said in a speech at the meeting. "This Administration does not intend to delay in getting you the help that...
...only lending to people with high credit ratings. But even high quality borrowers will default at higher rates in a down economy. At a 3% default rate, the plan could cost the government as much as $25 billion a year. And that's only if 10-year Treasury rates remain at 2.7%. A year ago, the government bonds yielded 4%. At those levels, the 4.5% mortgage plan would cost nearly $50 billion a year. Treasury officials declined to comment on these projections...
...deed to Indians, be they anti-modern Indian Muslims in a global terror network, or Hindu extremists funded by BJP. They will continue to blame rogue Pakistani nationals, but not the Pakistani state. Even if the assassins weren’t really rogue Pakistani Muslims, public discourse will remain framed in terms of Indian-Pakistani security relations. By blaming rogue extremists, the usual suspects, they limit talk of both global fundamentalist terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism, thus limiting fear-mongering and the possibility of full-blown...
...that controls much of the country and elements of the government are inclined to extort a share of the ransom payments - tens of millions of dollars this year alone - whenever possible. The International Maritime Board's Piracy Reporting Center says 14 ships and between 250 and 300 crew members remain in captivity along the Somali coast...