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The USDA's numbers don't just sit idly on a government website. They are used to establish child support guidelines, determine foster care payments and appraise damage arising from personal injuries and wrongful death suits. They are also, ironically, intended to "educate anyone who is considering when or whether...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Million-Dollar Babies | 3/28/2008 | See Source »

A new website for editing, organizing and sharing your digital photos hails from a most unlikely creator - Adobe Systems, which is to digital imaging software what Microsoft is to word processors. And while Photoshop Express is arguably the most full-featured free photo program on the Web, the real surprise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adobe's Free Photo Editor | 3/26/2008 | See Source »

Stand-up comics are the suicide bombers of the cultural world. They act alone, using stripped-down devices - a mike, and maybe a glass of water or a barstool. Their weapon, language, is decidedly low-tech, so they rely on the element of surprise to startle unsuspecting crowds. "If a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comedy of Terrors | 3/26/2008 | See Source »

In a world where billions of text messages move through the ether daily - Filipinos hold the national record, having sent a billion texts per day in 2007 - it's no surprise that news of texting-while-walking accidents piqued such global interest. Though the lamppost bumpers were removed from Brick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texting and Walking: Dangerous Mix | 3/21/2008 | See Source »

In order to preserve an element of surprise in its announcement, the White House restricted discussions of the ABM plan to top officials on what is called a "close held" basis. Most congressional leaders were kept in the dark until the afternoon of the speech. So were most of those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Archive: Reagan for the Defense | 3/21/2008 | See Source »

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