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Chyna wants to be a lawyer or a radio personality when she grows up. But last year she had a hard time. She and a friend got into a fight with another girl at school. "We basically jumped her," Chyna admits. The police came, and Chyna found herself in a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should Kids Be Bribed to Do Well in School? | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

McMahon says the independence he showed on health care, bucking the party line on reform despite enormous pressure from party leaders, is exactly the kind of spirit that appeals to Staten Islanders. He swept into office with 61% of the vote in 2008, in part because of the Democratic wave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health Care and the Democrat Who Voted No | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

But instead of sailing quietly into oblivion, Kaufman has decided to make waves. Most notably, he is challenging his Senate colleagues - and the Obama Administration - to get behind far tougher financial regulations than they have yet proposed, a move that has been unsettling to both bank lobbyists and White House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Replacement Senator Causing Democrats Fits | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

In late March, after most of his colleagues had split for the Easter holiday, Kaufman lingered on the Senate floor, waiting for his chance to address rows of empty chairs, a few pimple-faced pages and the C-SPAN cameras in his latest well-sourced broadside against the conventional wisdom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Replacement Senator Causing Democrats Fits | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

"I knew you were back in Baghdad," my Iraqi friend said when I phoned on April 4. I had flown in earlier that morning, and shortly after that, three car bombs had exploded outside embassies in the capital. "You are bad luck," he said with a laugh. It was our...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Officials Downplay Rash of Baghdad Attacks | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

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