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At the center of the Twilight saga is teenager Bella Swan - pale, beautiful, a bit of a klutz, and madly in love with a vampire. Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke wanted Kristen Stewart for the role from the beginning, and now Stewart is a white-hot star. She talked to TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Kristen Stewart | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

It all started in 1997 when a little-known company wanted to patent a method for letting customers of utility companies pay a fixed, predictable sum each month. The patent office rejected their application on the grounds that it was "an abstract idea that simply solves a mathematical problem."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Supreme Court: When Do Ideas Deserve Patents? | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

Cazer, the aspiring large-animal vet, grew up on a farm in upstate New York and as a child, she presented rabbits, llamas, and cows at competitions. She says that as soon as she grew out of “that phase where all little kids want to be rich...

Author: By Julie R. Barzilay, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pre-vets Chart Unique Career Path | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

Perhaps the most surprising revelation during last month's hearing was that four of Michigan's wealthiest men - including Compuware CEO Peter Karmanos Jr., auto retailer Roger Penske and Quicken Loans chairman Dan Gilbert - had given a total of nearly $240,000 in loans to Kilpatrick's family around the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick's (Money) Troubles Continue | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

Ndesandjo says his mother, who runs a kindergarten in Nairobi, inspired him to work with children. A trained pianist, he has given piano lessons to Chinese orphans and performed at an event in January that raised $37,000 to alleviate poverty in China. Harley Seyedin, president of the American Chamber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Half Brother Makes a Name for Himself in China | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

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