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...large constrictor snakes. A House bill, introduced by Florida Representatives Ron Klein and Alcee Hastings, would not ban but more closely regulate python importation. Even that legislation has met resistance from business lobbies like the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC), which insists the problem can be contained, via regulatory programs like Florida's, without clamping down on imports. "Bans often just drive the commerce underground, which can instead worsen the situation," says PIJAC CEO Marshall Meyers. Python sales, which include the smaller and more popular ball python, are still robust in the U.S., especially in Florida, where they register...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Florida Wrestles with Its Python Problem | 7/10/2009 | See Source »

...called in an air strike on a compound after coming under fire from it. A number of civilians died, and McChrystal was not pleased. "I want you all to stop dropping compounds," he quietly told the 100 members of his staff gathered inside his command center and others linked via video. "Yes, sir," responded the commander involved. Three days later, when troops in Helmand came under fire from such a compound, they followed his order. "We made the decision to isolate the compound and not destroy it," a Marine captain said, "because we couldn't confirm if civilians were inside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New General, and a New War, in Afghanistan | 7/10/2009 | See Source »

...experience. Anyone who uses an iPhone knows that native apps are infinitely better to use than the Web. The iPhone is all about apps - not browsing the Web. Virtually any site you can think of, from the New York Times to the Huffington Post, is exponentially better when viewed via a dedicated iPhone app than it is when visited via the iPhone's browser. (See the top iPhone applications...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Google's Chrome: Taking Aim at Microsoft — and the iPhone | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

...Kadeer spoke with TIME's Bobby Ghosh via a translator. Excerpts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Woman China Blames for the Urumqi Unrest | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

...good-faith negotiations" with the Organization of American States (OAS), which suspended Honduras on Saturday over the coup. "There are times for dialogue and times for negotiation," Micheletti told reporters at a news conference on Sunday. How readily the OAS will bargain with an administration that came to power via a coup, whose soldiers have now fired on unarmed demonstrators, remains to be seen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Police Open Fire on Protesters in Honduras | 7/6/2009 | See Source »

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