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...other reason that crime rates have dropped is the use of DNA, as well as other advances in forensics, in helping to solve crimes. If criminals suspect that catching them will be that much easier, they hopefully will think twice before committing the crime. Technology has undoubtedly contributed to the decrease, not only in highlighting crime hot spots as mentioned, but also in solving crimes, getting criminals off the streets, and as a deterrent. Edward Bent, FRANKFURT, GERMANY...
...attendance is down; and scandals have tarnished everyone from a world champ to the former head of motor sport itself. Bernie Ecclestone, the septuagenarian who is usually described as F1's principal stakeholder (a description that doesn't come close to encompassing his power) insists that all is now well with the world. "The sport's in better shape than it's ever been," he says coolly to TIME. "The negative things are all ironed out." But others have a more somber, realistic view of the state of F1. "The sport has been damaged. We were firefighting our way through...
...such phrases shock, it's not entirely unintentional. Clegg is trying to cut through the tangle of well-meaning woolliness shrouding a party that traditionally attracts more than its share of affluent supporters in sandals and bicycle clips. In an hour-long town-hall meeting in a key Lib Dem target constituency, he uses the word fair 25 times. "If I hear him say again that a child growing up in one part of [the northern English city] Sheffield has got much better life chances than a child growing up in another part of Sheffield I think I might scream...
...easy to be high-minded when you're a party leader in no danger of attaining real power. But there's every evidence that Clegg's principles run deep. That matters. The accommodations he makes if Britons return a hung parliament could have an impact well beyond Westminster. For the politician - and for Britain - this is uncharted territory...
Given that intent, it is hardly surprising that Washington has had such a difficult time formulating a successful Iran policy. Right now, the Obama Administration is embarking on the sanctions track, pursuing both a U.N. Security Council resolution, as well as measures by a coalition of the willing that would go beyond anything imposed by the U.N. The idea is that a tough sanction regime would hit the Iranian government - and especially the Islamic Revolutionary Guards - while sparing Iran's population. (See the top 10 players in Iran's power struggle...