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...only every U.S. presidential campaign could be relived in song and dance. As a new musical in Germany about Barack Obama's rise to the top demonstrates, politics takes on a whole new comical meaning when set to music. In one scene, for instance, a Sarah Palin look-alike belts, "I'm a pit bull!" while surrounded by scantily clad go-go dancers. In another, John McCain performs a rock song called "See You in November" with an ever-so-slight German accent. The Obama character, meanwhile, sings excerpts from the candidate's actual speeches while backed...
...Federal Reserve has pressed the cost of the capital for the banks down to zero, and they still can't earn a large profit," says top Wall Street strategist Robert Arnott of Research Affiliates. "That's a problem...
...Times. If it works anything like FT.com, after viewing a certain number of articles, readers will be directed to a page where they have to subscribe if they want more of the Times' newsy goodness. Old-school newspaper subscribers, bless their hearts, will get access for free. (See the top 10 magazine covers...
...northern city of Kirkuk this past autumn nearly derailed plans for the entire national election, which had to be moved from its original date in January to March. That dispute was only settled with the direct intervention of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, who made personal phone calls to top Kurdish leaders while the American ambassador rounded up votes in Baghdad...
...housing was made out of blue aluminum siding lined with Styrofoam insulation. It had concrete floors and was arranged in neat rows in flat spots at the bases of the mountains. Conditions weren't luxurious, but the camps were clean and the housing dry and fairly warm. (See the top 10 deadliest earthquakes...