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...Guttmacher Institute, could be a further widening of the birth rate between wealthier women and the working poor. "Those who can afford better methods with a big upfront cost - like IUDs or vasectomies - may see pregnancy rates continue to fall," says Camp. "But among lower-income women, a third of them are saying that they can't afford the contraception they'd like to use. They're relying on less effective, over-the-counter methods. We could likely see an increase for them in unintended pregnancies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recession Fallout: Fewer Women Having Kids | 9/24/2009 | See Source »

...good happens. It’s crucial to plan ahead. During a football game, there are certain points where you need to be yelling at the top of your lungs, jumping around, and generally losing your damn mind. These times include the following: on any kickoffs, whenever it is third down for the other team, if we (there is no “Harvard” when you are at the game. You are now part of the team) intercept a pass or recover a fumble, when we score a touchdown, when we make a big play that will secure...

Author: By Ryan D. Smith, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Friday Night Lights | 9/23/2009 | See Source »

Flaherty came in second place with about a quarter, and City Councilor Sam Yoon, Boston’s first Asian-American elected official and the only Asian-American ever to run for public office in the City, finished third with approximately 20 percent of the vote. Real estate developer Kevin McCrea finished last...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Menino Wins Preliminary Vote | 9/23/2009 | See Source »

Ralph Nader has been many things: lawyer, consumer-rights bulldog, political activist and perennial third-party presidential candidate. He has now added a new title to his business card: fiction writer. His latest book, Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!, is a 700-page populist fantasy in which a small group of billionaires and media moguls - led by Warren Buffett and including Ted Turner, George Soros, Bill Cosby, Yoko Ono and Phil Donahue - pool their massive resources to reform the U.S. With the help of a $15 billion war chest and a p.r. campaign starring a talking parrot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ralph Nader, Fiction Writer | 9/23/2009 | See Source »

...think third parties have a shot in the next elections? Sure. They'll be called the Bloomberg Party. Some billionaire will come in like Perot and turn it into a three-way race. There's so many billionaires, and a few of them are quite enlightened. You don't need a right-wing billionaire because they've already got the Republican Party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ralph Nader, Fiction Writer | 9/23/2009 | See Source »

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