Sunday, May 17, 2009

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Islam's Trillion-Dollar Halal Economy

By CARLA POWER

Islam has always dictated how certain foods should be prepared. Now firms are applying halal concepts to everything from perfume to hotels. A look at a trillion-dollar industry

Doctors Versus Midwives: The Birth Wars Rage On

By JEFFREY KLUGER

There are a lot of reasons hospital-based doctors disagree with midwifery. Here's one: The only time OBs see midwives is when they come to the hospital with a patient in crisis

The Outlook For Stocks Is Decidedly...Mixed

By BARBARA KIVIAT

Talk of 'green shoots' and bullish momentum gives way to rising foreclosures, weak retail sales and oodles of self doubt

The Art and Heart of Blind Photographers

By MATT KETTMANN / SANTA BARBARA

An exhibition in Riverside, California focuses on the extraordinary vision of artists without limited or no sight

Why Rookie Lawyers Get $60,000 Paid Vacations

By KATHLEEN KINGSBURY

Top-tier law firms respond to the recession by paying newly minted lawyers big bucks to stay away from the office

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Swampland

By Ling Woo Liu

The number of Chinese babies adopted by American families has dropped by 50% since 2005, mainly due to stricter adoption policies Beijing rolled out in 2007.

Special Package

The 62nd Cannes Film Festival

Famed film directors, a slew of stars and a roster of new releases. It must mean that Cannes 2009 is in full swing. As always, Richard and Mary Corliss will be keeping tabs on all the latest news and reviews from the world's most famous film festival

Quotes of the Day

"I haven't abused the rules. I have been absolutely at the core of the rules."
SHAHID MALIK,
Britain's junior justice minister, who temporarily stepped down from his post, pending an investigation into his expense claims. He is the first serving government minister to be forced out since the expense scandal broke
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Postcard from...

Aracena

What Swine Flu? Spain Celebrates Cured Ham

By Lisa Abend

At this year's World Congress of Cured Ham in Aracena, Spain, attendees laughed in the face of swine flu to celebrate the finest of pig produce

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