Sunday, August 2, 2009

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Today's Top Stories

In the Recession, Shoppers Are Becoming Hagglers

By SEAN GREGORY

In this economy, shoppers are haggling everywhere--even at big retail chains--and are coming out on top

Expedition Sets Sail to the Great Plastic Vortex

By BRYAN WALSH

What's twice the size of Texas, floating in the Pacific, and is made up of nothing but plastic garbage? The great plastic vortex of the Pacific.

Florida Looks at New Ideas for Battling Hurricanes

By SIOBHAN MORRISSEY / MIAMI

Hurricane season has been abnormally quiet and public complacency is worrying weather watchers. Still, three ways of dealing with storms aren't exactly promising

Media Freak-outs: Every Week Is Shark Week

By JAMES PONIEWOZIK

Summer is high season for media freak-outs. Is that the apocalypse, or is it just my TV?

A Reporter's Diary: Making a Tricky Exit From Iran

By SHANE M

Recently out of Iran, a reporter for TIME recounts what daily existence was like when the Islamic Republic seemed to be ever more intrusive and coercive

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The phrase "health insurance reform" is indeed an effort to tailor his message to the concerns of people who have coverage — who are, after all, the vast majority in this country.

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Quotes of the Day

"I apologize to the residents of Hoboken for the disruption and disappointment this case has caused. "
PETER CAMMARANO,
mayor of Hoboken, N.J., who resigned Friday after being arrested last week in a federal corruption probe; the city's youngest mayor had been in office three weeks
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Soccer in Seattle: A New Kind of Football Team Woos Fans

By Tiffany Sharples

A marching band, a foreign star player, and conscious efforts to create a fan subculture all form part of the Seattle Sounders' master plan to grow the world's game on these shores

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