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...media and the public like a public official getting caught with his pants down. How much do you remember about the celebrated sex scandals of the recent past? Test your knowledge in this excerpt from Paul Slansky's new book The Little Quiz Book of Big Political Sex Scandals (Simon and Schuster Paperbacks). #mediaContainer {width:525px; border:1px solid #ccc; border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px ; padding:0px 0px 0px 0px; margin:15px 0; overflow:hidden;} You will need to install or upgrade your Flash Player to be able to view this Flash content. Also, Javascript must be turned...
...dollar as a safe haven during the worst of the crisis now head for riskier assets. Throw in concerns over the U.S.'s spiraling deficit and calls from China for an alternative reserve currency, and "the likelihood is the dollar's going to remain under pressure," says Simon Derrick, head of currency research at Bank of New York Mellon in London. "You're going to see it continue to slide." (Watch TIME's video of Peter Schiff trash-talking the markets...
...licenses co-directors Carlos Saldanha and Mike Thurmeier take with the dinosaur world ("I thought these guys were extinct," Ellie says, echoing our confusion), the movie does improve once it gets into the lush underground. That's largely because of the introduction of a moderately entertaining character named Buck (Simon Pegg), an eye-patch-wearing weasel who lives for the thrill of a dinosaur hunt. He's wisecracking, swashbuckling and, even with a pelt, harks back to Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow...
...shot and killed alongside human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov in broad daylight in central Moscow. "President Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin have pledged to enforce the rule of law by investigating crimes against the press. Nonetheless, attacks on journalists continue to occur with impunity," wrote CPJ director Joel Simon in a letter to President Obama ahead of his trip to Moscow. "This record of impunity is a matter of international importance. Deadly violence against journalists has led to vast self-censorship, leaving issues of global significance underreported or entirely uncovered ... When Russia does not uphold press freedom and human...
Kodachrome movie film, was released in 1965 - and was used to film seemingly every wedding, beach holiday and backyard barbecue for the next decade. (Aficionados can check out the opening credits of the '80s coming-of-age drama The Wonder Years for a quick hit of nostalgia.) When Paul Simon sang, "Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away" in 1973, Kodak was still expanding its Kodachrome line, and it was hard to believe that it would ever disappear. But by the mid-1980s, video camcorders and more easily processed color film from companies like Fuji and Polaroid encroached on Kodachrome...