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...there is little evidence of belt-tightening in Washington. While the rest of the country switches into austerity mode, there's almost a boomtown feel in the capital, where a federal spending spree is rapidly driving the federal deficit to record heights. For the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, the gap between revenue collected by the government vs. what it spent was already lofty at $455 billion - an amount equal to nearly 7% of GDP, making it the largest deficit since the end of World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spend, Baby, Spend: US Budget Deficit to Soar Again | 10/20/2008 | See Source »

...alien women appear toward the end and begin to gyrate against each other. The final shot shows Kanye attempting to sleep on that white couch, and the elapsed four minutes feel like 30. So what’s the hidden message here? Is Ye planning his own misogynistic murder spree? Maybe making some broader social commentary involving the late 80s recession and the current credit crunch? The erratic nature of the video might relate to Bateman’s weakening grip on reality in “American Psycho.” After watching “Love Lockdown?...

Author: By Samantha C. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: Kanye West | 10/17/2008 | See Source »

...grasp at the age that he was were just incredible,” Brian Friedman said, noting that his brother understood calculus in the eighth grade. During a remission in 2005, Friedman was granted a request by the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Rather than opting for a shopping spree, a meeting with a celebrity, or a trip to Disney World, he used the opportunity to found Mikey’s Way Foundation, a charity that raises money to improve entertainment facilities for children undergoing cancer treatment. Friedman observed during his multiple extended hospital stays that his physical well-being...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kirkland Student Dies of Cancer | 10/13/2008 | See Source »

...closely, especially as they affect consumer areas like the housing market. (I even wrote a TIME cover story in 2005 on America's obsession with home prices - with considerable help from our business staff - so it's not like I was unaware of the housing bubble and home-lending spree...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is the Media to Blame for the Bailout Bust? | 9/30/2008 | See Source »

...people, including himself, at a trade school in the town of Kauhajoki, some 180 miles (290 km) northwest of Helsinki, in the world's deadliest school shooting since gunman Cho Seung-Hui massacred 32 at Virginia Tech in April 2007. The incident bore eerie similarities to a killing spree that left nine dead at another Finnish school last November. In both cases, the perpetrator posted ominous videos on YouTube shortly before the attack. The Kauhajoki killer, identified as Matti Juhani Saari (below), had been interviewed by police in connection with the footage but was released...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

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