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...critical of the government. More to the point, many Internet providers say blacklists don't work anyway: most illegal activity online happens via peer-to-peer networking, which Web filters can't block. "It's almost trivial to get around the filters," says Wheeler. "But I can't tell you how, because the government has now made that illegal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Blacklist for Websites Backfires in Australia | 3/27/2009 | See Source »

...smart, informed investors, who've been on the sidelines, into currently dysfunctional markets for mortgages and mortgage securities is the whole point. Some amount of wheel-greasing subsidy is needed - and the question of whether the plan offers too much is pretty much unanswerable. It will be easy to tell if it offers too little: no one will participate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Separating Toxic Assets from Legacy Assets | 3/26/2009 | See Source »

...Natasha Richardson, who died after suffering a head bump that seemed no worse than my daughter's, was not so fortunate. In the wake of Richardson's death, the question on a lot of minds is what distinguishes one kind of head trauma from another--and how you can tell before it's too late. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dealing with Brain Injuries | 3/26/2009 | See Source »

...Harvey's standards, A Woman a Man Walked By is kind of a lark. You can tell because she let frequent collaborator John Parish write the music (to her lyrics) and play all the instruments; when she's serious, Harvey handles everything save the shrink-wrap. Still, it's an excellent version of an underrated career in miniature...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Banshees | 3/26/2009 | See Source »

...minifridge. Is this caramel? Moose blood? I have no idea. But when I miraculously scrub it clean, all Senator Jon Tester notices is the Heineken minikeg in the garbage. In Montana, he explains, you don't throw away beer, even on office-moving day. In New Jersey, I tell him, you get pizza and beer when you help someone move. In Montana, I learn, people don't take obvious hints...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Moving On Up: The Senate Shifts Offices | 3/26/2009 | See Source »

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