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Stories about killer bacteria ravaging your child's school gym, locker rooms and nursing homes have made for grabby headlines in recent years. But the truth is that such life-threatening infections with MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, are still largely confined to certain hospital settings, rather than the community at large. And even in the highest-risk health-care environments, according to a new report, the threat of MRSA infection is diminishing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bacterial Infections in Hospitals Decline | 2/17/2009 | See Source »

...then move on to the next hot catch - but not before offering a hug and the gentle admonition, "It's not you, babe. It's me." It doesn't so much matter that by all appearances Gregg is no gallant, that he seemed to actually be telling the truth when he said the reason he got cold feet at the altar was that he couldn't bring himself to fully support the President's agenda. What matters is that he dumped the President. He was picked to be the next Commerce Secretary, he accepted the appointment, and then he walked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After Gregg Jilts Obama, Washington Counts Score | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

...Hunger may not have the cinematic ring of An Inconvenient Truth, but its sponsors clearly hope that their appeal to Gore will do for malnutrition what his 2006 documentary did for climate change. "Gore is one of the most famous and media-savvy people on the planet," says Juan Nonzioli, creative director of the Shackleton Group, the advertising firm that designed the campaign for Action Against Hunger. "Just as he has used that power to raise awareness about climate change, we're asking that he use it for our campaign against hunger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hunger Activists Want Al Gore to Make Another Movie | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

...known the ordinary world that everyone sees,” he says. “Vilnius Poker” is reluctant to disclose itself. Gavelis leaves the reader to comb through its cryptic geographies—not unlike Vargalas’ own task—for elusive traces of truth that, when lined up, still appear mismatched. The hunt is a fascinating one, and winds through a phantasmagoric suspension of reality that tumbles along chaotically in one moment only to freeze in the next. This halting flow is a product of Gavelis’ own vivid and organic style, which...

Author: By Erin F. Riley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Madness and Civilization Converge in 'Vilnius' | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...three Republicans and a group of 15 centrist Senate Democrats had demanded in exchange for their support. Even so, House Republicans complained bitterly about being left out of the process. "Some have said that we don't want to see anything done. Nothing could be further from the truth," said Representative Eric Cantor, the No. 2 House Republican. "I don't think you're going to find a Republican in the House who says he or she doesn't think we need to act on a stimulus now. We're just concerned that the actions being talked and discussed about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stimulus Deal Shows Reach — and Limits — of Obama's Power | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

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