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...action against you. How about hiring someone to make the bank give you thousands of dollars in moving expenses during foreclosure? Sounds grand, but a homeowner can lock in this money--it's called "cash for keys"--just as easily as a company representing him by promising not to trash the house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Walking Away From Your Mortgage | 6/19/2008 | See Source »

...most enthralling entertainment since Nemo. A science-fiction epic that starts off as a smart twist on the last-man-on-Earth plot and veers into a fable about humans' overreliance on technology, the movie should connect with audiences of all ages because it stars the most adorable little trash-bot ever. He's less a trash collector than a trash connoisseur, adding new items to the treasures he keeps on shelves in the shack he has built for himself. Hmmm, what about this green thing, a plant sprout, that he found in his foraging? That goes into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WALL-E: Pixar's Biggest Gamble | 6/12/2008 | See Source »

...reliance, he says, "We'd turn into big babies that haven't grown up, that have lost the need to mature physically and socially." The movie's plot pirouettes on the ability of the humans to show as much grit and heart as WALL?E has back on his trash planet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WALL-E: Pixar's Biggest Gamble | 6/12/2008 | See Source »

...thinking this wasn't a bad life until veteran flight attendant Elaine Elling put it in perspective. "It's very glamorous," she said. "There's no other job where you thank people for their trash." I don't think I made her feel better by reminding her about Fred Sanford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scared of Flight Attendants? Become One | 6/12/2008 | See Source »

...Opponents of the government proposal say that the measure is an assault on Britain's legal traditions going back to the Magna Carta. "Terrorists want to destroy our liberties," said Cameron. "When we trash our liberties, we do their job for them." He brushed aside Brown's riposte that the opinion polls showed public support for the measure. "It is popular, but the point is we're supposed to do the right thing in this House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gordon Brown Barely Prevails | 6/12/2008 | See Source »

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