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...perhaps. But it does highlight the need for future research. While the study does not establish a direct link between anesthesia and learning disabilities, it doesn't rule one out. The babies who underwent surgery in the Mayo study were treated for a wide range of conditions, few of which were brain-related. By far, the most common procedure performed on the infants involved the insertion of tubes in the ears to remove fluid to prevent hearing loss and potential delays in speech and language skills; 26% of the babies undergoing surgery fell into this category. One-quarter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: Anesthesia in Infancy Linked to Later Disabilities | 3/24/2009 | See Source »

...NRSRO designation "may have encouraged investors to place undue reliance on the credit ratings issued by these entities." One example: money market mutual funds, which are currently only allowed to hold high-grade paper. High-grade - as defined by the ratings agencies. In comments responding to the proposed rule change, sellers of money market funds balked at the idea of not being able to use the ratings agencies' opinions as a way to get the regulatory greenlight. That proposed rule hasn't gone anywhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Fix the Credit-Ratings Agencies | 3/23/2009 | See Source »

...told Bloomberg, "It could be considerably higher, I won't deny that", when asked whether U.S. aid sought by the car companies could increase. "Like all management teams they tend to take a reasonably, slightly perhaps, optimistic, view of their business. So it could be more, I can't rule that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Detroit Need More Bailout Money? | 3/23/2009 | See Source »

...idea beloved by screenwriters: the perfect crime. But in Hollywood movies, even the cleverest plot is usually derailed by an unforeseen hitch. Now a real-life heist in Germany seems to have flouted that rule along with its moral subtext that crime doesn't pay. In January, $6.8 million worth of jewelry was snatched from the cases of Kaufhaus des Westens, a luxurious seven-story department store universally known as KaDeWe and as much a Berlin landmark as the Victory Column and the Brandenburg Gate. Three masked, gloved thieves were caught on surveillance cameras sliding down ropes from the store...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Despite DNA Evidence, Twins Charged in Heist Go Free | 3/23/2009 | See Source »

...gambling arcade and charged both with burglary, an offense that carries a potential 10-year prison sentence. But on March 18, before the case went to trial, they were released. The twins - who have made no comment on the charges - "are laughing at the rule of law in this country," opined Germany's mass-market daily Bild...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Despite DNA Evidence, Twins Charged in Heist Go Free | 3/23/2009 | See Source »

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