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Despite complaints from angry residents worried about their safety, the mayor of Dörentrup, Friedrich Ehlert, still defends his original decision to flip the switch. "If I watch TV at home, and then go into another room, I switch the lights off in the lounge," he says. "People shouldn't expect the streetlights to be on when they're not outside." But he's delighted with the new scheme, pointing out that, although the council picks up the electricity bill every time anyone uses Dial4Light (locals pay for the call), it's still cheaper than running the streetlights through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany's Bright Idea | 8/10/2009 | See Source »

...nothing about its future is certain. Its rise, like Germany's 100 years ago, could lead to murderous rivalries. Or it could help usher in a period in which more of humankind has more material benefits, enjoyed in peace, than has ever been known before. We can only watch, and wonder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Into the Unknown | 8/10/2009 | See Source »

...Friday night, and you want to watch a movie at home with that special someone. You could go to a video store and rent a film, and instantly it's yours; popcorn extra. Or you could go to Netflix, and the movie will arrive, earliest, on Tuesday. Here's hoping you had a Plan B for your big date...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Netflix Stinks: A Critic's Complaint | 8/10/2009 | See Source »

...could mean something else. Shark Week--returning Aug. 2 to Discovery Channel--is not actually a week when people get attacked by sharks. It is a decades-old TV ritual in which millions of people watch in awe of toothy monsters that will never get within biting distance of most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Media Freak-outs: Every Week Is Shark Week | 8/10/2009 | See Source »

...Watch Tiger Woods play Wii Golf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barack Obama: America's (Not So Great) Golfer-in-Chief | 8/9/2009 | See Source »

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