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...Army sent him all over the world, including tours in Japan and Iraq. General David Petraeus, who served as Mellinger's boss during the draftee's final three months in Iraq in 2007, calls him "a national asset" who kept the top generals' aware of the peaks and valleys in battlefield morale. "We lost count of how many times his personal convoy was hit," Petraeus says. "Yet he never stopped driving the roads, walking patrols, and going on missions with our troopers." (Mellinger's 33-month Iraq tour was punctuated by 27 roadside bombings, including two that destroyed his vehicle...
They're like the wanna-be dudes compelled to sport RayBan Wayfarers at every candlelight soiree. On three of the past four weekends, Americans have been obliged to wear 3D glasses as essential entertainment accessories. My Bloody Valentine sent pokers and pickaxes jutting out of the screen; the Monsters vs. Aliens commercial shown Sunday during the Super Bowl featured a profusion of protrusions. And here, on a more elevated plane, is Henry Selick's Coraline, the first stop-motion animation feature shot in the process. (It's also being shown in a "flat" version.) There's so much 3D around...
...That's why on Feb. 2, a group of 15 state attorneys general and banking regulators sent a letter to the OCC and OTS complaining that its data was muddying the public debate and begging for details about the modifications it tracks. "People are concerned about the effectiveness of loan modifications, which is very troubling to us," says Iowa attorney general Tom Miller, who has been dealing with servicers as head of the 17-month-old State Foreclosure Prevention Working Group. "If they're bad modifications and people default at a higher rate, it's not surprising. But that shouldn...
...letter sent to the SEAS community in December, Spaepen outlined the School’s plans for dealing with the economic downturn, including an immediate cut of $1 million of unrestricted expenses for the current academic year...
...face of the criticism, Obama sent out signals on Tuesday that he was prepared for a rethink. He did not promise to remove "buy American" but said he would take another look at the language in the bill. "I think we need to make sure that any provisions that are in there are not going to trigger a trade war," he told TV network ABC. And speaking to Fox News, he said, "I think it would be a mistake though, at a time when worldwide trade is declining, for U.S. to start sending a message that somehow we're just...