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...These margins matter because Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada are all closely contested swing states in presidential elections. A switch of less than 10,000 votes in any of the three in 2004 would have handed each state's electoral college votes to a different party...
Faeza knows she's incredibly lucky to have a new life at all. Though security in Iraq has improved considerably in recent months, it's a safe bet that most Iraqis would willingly switch places with her. "Life is difficult here," says Faeza. "But there, in one moment...
YOUR JOB: Learn to earn. In a 21st century recession, the jobs lost during the downturn aren't necessarily the same ones that appear during the rebound, so be ready for a career switch. Fast-growing fields include health care, postsecondary education and systems analysis. You might also aim for companies that do business in the public sector. "Governments play a counter-cyclical role at a time like this," says Jared Bernstein of the Economic Policy Institute...
...election before." McCain - who was famously burned in South Carolina in 2000 after his New Hampshire victory, when a whisper campaign and George Bush's dominance of the state's Republican party structure combined to deliver a crushing blow - was openly nervous. He even asked his staff to switch his exit song at rallies from confident, macho stuff like the Rocky theme to something that would make a softer, humbler appeal to voters. Thus the confluence of John McCain and ABBA's Take A Chance...
...United Nations World Food Programme says that the timeline for when the Kenyan refugees will return home is highly uncertain. The agency has started distributing food along the Uganda-Kenya border. Kenya's opposition announced Friday that it would switch to economic protests and boycotts next week, but refugees seeking shelter are still expected to flock to Uganda. It is an unusual situation for Uganda, which still has millions of its own citizens displaced due to a brutal 20-year civil war. The conflict between Lord's Resistance Army rebels and the Ugandan government only ended in July 2006. Nevertheless...