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...mystery is how well former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson is doing. The "Law and Order" star is doing well in the polls, but because he is officially only "testing the waters," and has not formally entered the race, he will not have to file a report with the Federal Election Commission until October. As for the other GOP contenders, none is expected to raise much more than $1 million, further cementing the perception that their chances of breaking into the top tier of candidates are small...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Counting the Campaign Cash | 6/28/2007 | See Source »

...face value of their paychecks in order to cash them and then pay cash for every single purchase they make because they do not qualify for a credit card or checking account. "These are our core customers. We probably have more than others of this underserved customer," says Jane Thompson, president of Wal-Mart Financial Services, who notes that the average check-cashing customer at Wal-Mart earns $350 per paycheck and has never had a credit card before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wal-Mart's Unbanking Business | 6/21/2007 | See Source »

...Although he still leads the pack of official candidates in national polls, Giuliani's lofty numbers have been drifting to Earth - various national surveys showed him dropping between 2 and 6 points since early June. Meanwhile, the as-yet-unannounced candidate Fred Thompson has been rising like a hot air balloon, pulling ahead of Giuliani in a South Carolina poll and drawing even with the Mayor in one national survey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Rudy's Get-Tough Image Backfire? | 6/21/2007 | See Source »

...Emma Watson Age: 17 Spiritual Mother: Emma Thompson Screen Cred: As honor student Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series, the British actress believably delivers goody-goody lines like, "I'm going to bed before either of you comes up with another clever idea to get us killed, or worse, expelled!" New projects: The Potter series has Watson booked till 2010. The fifth movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, is due in July. Good girl factoid: During the filming of Prisoner of Azkaban, Watson put director Alfonso Cuaron's Hair in pigtails...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood Raises Good Girls, Too | 6/15/2007 | See Source »

...obsessing on Obama's association with the Muslim religion, with many variations on "barack obama muslim" appearing. Rudy Giuliani has numerous queries containing questions on his domestic policy positions, while McCain searchers are looking for information on his military service. On the lighter side, the users searching for Fred Thompson are focusing on his wife. And while Hillary has several associations with health care, specifically Medicare, her searchers seemed most focused on a different pressing issue: her theme song contest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Politics of Search | 6/13/2007 | See Source »

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