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...These people are criminal psychopaths," said Sir Hugh Orde, Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland at a quickly convened press conference on Monday night. "They are determined to wreck what 99% of the people in Northern Ireland want." Orde acknowledged his officers face a serious threat but said "We will continue unrelenting in our job to protect the community...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Policeman Shot Dead in Northern Ireland | 3/10/2009 | See Source »

...mortgage crisis, the deficit, the mass layoffs and the home foreclosures sweeping the country are all signs that the economy is a wreck, but for Orman, 57, things could hardly be better. (See the best business deals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Suze Orman: Queen of the Crisis | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...Buckfast - also known in Scotland as "Buckie," "Beat the Wife," "Wreck the Hoose Juice" and "A bottle of [expletive] ya lookin' at" (see earlier description of a Glasgow kiss) - has an alcohol content of 15%. The survey of young offenders found that of those who could remember what they'd been drinking before committing the crime that put them behind bars, 43.4% answered Buckfast. Indeed, the beverage is so frequently associated with disorder that there have been calls to ban it. But opponents of such an idea say the only effective way to tackle Scotland's alcohol problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation o' Drinkers: Scotland Takes on Alcohol Abuse | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...creative potential. Once a lineage of animals evolves networks for arms and legs, it's not easy for evolution to rewire the networks to produce, say, wheels. For one thing, many networks share some of the same genes. A change to a gene that improves one network may wreck another one. So for the most part, we're stuck with what evolution gave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ever Evolving Theories of Darwin | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...understand how this works, think of Strata as a car insurance policy with a deductible. And then imagine you just had the worst wreck of your life while driving your diamond-encrusted Rolls Royce. The first $130 million in losses from the accident is your deductible. You are covered for the next $20 million in losses. The next $850 million comes out of your pocket again. (See pictures of expensive things that money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Geithner's "Bad Bank": A Toxic Financial Mutant | 2/9/2009 | See Source »

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