Saturday, August 8, 2009

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Today's Top Stories

The Case for Leaving Iraq — Now

By TIM MCGIRK

Why even some U.S. officials are arguing that there's no point staying because Washington has lost its ability to influence events on the ground

Why is Los Angeles Losing Its Police Commissioner?

By ALISON STATEMAN / LOS ANGELES

Bill Bratton is credited with turning around the most scandal-prone big city police department. In a TIME interview, he doesn't quite close the door to larger ambitions

In Marriage, Worse First Can Mean Better Later

By TIFFANY SHARPLES

Why facing stressful life events early in coupledom can lead to longevity

How Americans Got Into a Credit Card Mess

By BARBARA KIVIAT

A new book explains how American culture and an out-of-control financial industry combined to create a mountain of credit card debt that may never be paid off

Bernie Madoff — Publisher's Best Friend?

By ANDREA SACHS

Publishers have invested in three books on the Madoff scandal. Is there a payoff for the reader?

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Swampland

By Karen Tumulty

ur colleague Massimo Calabresi knows a lot about the risks a reporter must take to uncover the truth in an international danger zone

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Top 10 Urban Biking Trips

There's no better way to explore the urban jungle than by bicycle. So, we've picked 10 great city routes — mostly on bike paths and out of traffic — that offer visitors a cheap, fun, green way to see a new city

Quotes of the Day

"I have decided to move back to our home in Charleston with our sons for the upcoming school year. "
JENNY SANFORD,
First Lady of South Carolina, announcing she will move out of the governor's mansion; in June her husband Mark admitted to an affair
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Freetown

Singing to Stop the Fighting in Sierra Leone

By Glenna Gordon / Freetown

Seven years after the end of its brutal civil war, Sierra Leone is still struggling with ethnic tensions and conflict. But at a studio in the country's capital, young musicians are trying to make a change through song

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