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...back, but it turns out that it wasn't the right kid. They had invested so much into having a happy ending for the story that they couldn't acknowledge their mistake. The story follows Angelina Jolie's character trying to convince the police to admit their wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Changeling Writer J. Michael Straczynski | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

...Freezes, Kill You.) In part, he says, this haphazardness is by design. "Reading my lyric sheets even gets confusing for me sometimes," he admits. "I'll skip words so people can't ever figure out where I'm going, just in case my written words slip away into the wrong hands." Frustrating as that may be for readers, this safeguard against creative theft illuminates the tooth-and-nail feistiness required to reach the pinnacle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eminem: The Way I Am | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

...that whites who do not vote for Obama are motivated by racism [Oct. 20]. Obviously race influences some voters, but what about blacks? Certainly some African Americans will vote for Obama because he is black. How many of these voters will cancel out white voters who vote for the wrong reasons? James C. Perley, Little Sioux, Iowa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

Meanwhile, as things wind down, Murphy's Law takes over: If something can possibly go wrong, it will. In the final days of one of Bob Dole's presidential campaigns, a GOP superstar was scheduled to appear in a splashy "turn things around" rally for Dole and make a surprise endorsement. The phone rang late the night before--the superstar was canceling the appearance, citing a "dental emergency." At least give that shirker points for creativity. Candidates know that national politics is a brutal Serengeti, and the animals that roam there have highly attuned survival instincts. When they start...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here Be Monsters | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

...probably the most intangible one, which is changing people's outlook and putting animal rights on the map. People are afraid that if they're doing something wrong to animals, peta will come a-callin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Ingrid Newkirk | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

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