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...risky proposition in a region with historically strong unions. It's a strategy that's particularly dangerous in an election year. So far, Bing seems unfazed by both the challenges and his constituents' skepticism: only 17% of Detroit's registered voters bothered to show up at the polls for the August primary. "Changes that should have happened 20 years ago are now upon us," Bing told me. "Previous administrations had folks who were so concerned about getting elected, or re-elected. I'm not worried about that." (See pictures of a day in the life of Detroit Mayor Bing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mayor Dave Bing: Can He Stop the Slide in Detroit? | 9/26/2009 | See Source »

Either way, Zelaya, 57, says he trekked 15 hours by foot, car and plane (he won't say over which border or who helped him) before showing up at the Brazilian mission. It took him in, even though it may have to host Zelaya, who would be arrested if he stepped outside, for weeks if not months. Zelaya had tried unsuccessfully to fly and walk into Honduras in July. "How could I stay in exile," he asks, "when the coup has been condemned by every country in the world? I had to come back to show support for the people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Honduras Quagmire: An Interview with Zelaya | 9/26/2009 | See Source »

...Twilight” and the more thoughtful effort, “True Blood,” which possesses some capacity to reasonably incorporate the character’s symbolic relevance to modern issues.In the competition for ultimate domination of the American pop culture sphere, only obnoxious shows about equally obnoxious rich brats from Manhattan can even come close to challenging the vampires. The question, then, is, “Why now?” How can vampires—certainly not a new creation—suddenly be so hot that they’re not just hotter than...

Author: By Andrew F. Nunnelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The New Hot Topic: Vamps Don’t Really Suck, Per Se | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

DeLay, Tom • booty of is shaken and "Wild Thing" is lip-synched and air-guitared to by, after which daughter of urges viewers to repeatedly vote for "to keep him on the show that he's enjoying so much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Preposterous Week! Paul Slansky's News Index | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

...other main contenders are the U.S., Spain and Japan, and they've all hosted the Olympics before. So, Brazilians, with their beaches, sun, and a vibrant economy whose recent performance has shamed many developing-world rivals, believe that Rio de Janiero - and South America - deserves the chance to show what it can do. (See the long history of Olympic politics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rio's Olympics Quest: Can It Handle the 2016 Games? | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

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