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...asked his chief of staff to launch. Holder and his supporters continue to argue that military tribunals are slow and unreliable and send a repressive signal about American values overseas. They also doubt that Graham can deliver the votes needed to close Gitmo even if the talks are successful. Still, it is increasingly clear that everyone would like to find a way out of the stalemate. One compromise might involve trying KSM and other 9/11 conspirators in a tribunal, or even a new civilian terrorism court with special rules, while permitting other alleged terrorists to be tried, as originally planned...
...comment in "Iraq's Messy Democracy" that Iraqi leaders have "not yet learned to compromise" is unworthy of TIME [March 15]. Against which standard have you measured Iraq's leaders? Obviously not that of current U.S. leaders, who have had centuries to teach them how to compromise but who still can't get it right...
...despite all the stimulus money being directed toward developing electronic medical records, there are still surprisingly few doctors, hospitals and insurers using Google Health and other sites like it. The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center just announced that it will start to integrate its records with Google Health. Cleveland Clinic, the MinuteClinics inside CVS stores and the Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center participate, as does Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. And there's a pilot project under way for Medicare fee-for-service users in Utah and Arizona. There are a couple of others...
...guess the type of music made by actress Zooey Deschanel, the wide-eyed crush of every indie kid who still uses the term record collection, you'd probably guess something feminine and retro. And you'd be right. But what you might not suspect is how downright good she is at it. (See the 10 greatest electric-guitar players...
...called the damage caused by Cyclone Tomas--which struck Fiji late on March 12 and lasted more than four days--"overwhelming." While only one death had been confirmed as of March 16, the full extent of the destruction caused by winds of up to 130 m.p.h. (209 km/h) was still being assessed. Australia and New Zealand quickly began to send aid to Fiji, which lies about 2,000 miles (3,220 km) northeast of Sydney...