Friday, August 14, 2009

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Less Vegas: The Casino Town Bets on a Comeback

By JOEL STEIN

The casino town bet big on the real estate boom — and lost. But the rapid reset of home, hotel-room and casino prices has encouraged some in America's most optimistic city to go right back to the table

California's Prison Crisis: Be Very Afraid

By ALISON STATEMAN / LOS ANGELES

The Chino prison riots are only a symptom of the system's very deep problems, exacerbated by overcrowding, a budget crisis and a failure to set priorities

A New Look Inside Babies' Minds

By RANDY JAMES

In her book 'The Philosophical Baby,' psychologist Alison Gopnik says babies are learning and developing much faster than most people realize

Obama Heads for a Montana Showdown

By PAT DAWSON / BILLINGS

Local mistrust of the President's proposals has been fired up by conservative activists. But health-care advocates are preparing counter-protests

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Swampland

By Amy Sullivan

You would think that if Republicans wanted to totally mischaracterize a health care provision, they would at least pick something that they hadn't already voted for a few years earlier.

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Top 10 Mysterious Monsters

As two filmmakers from New Zealand set out this month to find the fabled and feared Mongolian Death Worm, a look at ten creatures that have eluded even the most determined of hunters

Quotes of the Day

"Now that I've interviewed you, would you like to become my homeboy?"
Sixth-grader DAMON WEAVER,
asks his final question to President Barack Obama during their interview at the White House
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The Flu Hunters: Racing to Outsmart a Pandemic

By Eben Harrell / London

At London's World Influenza Centre, virologists are studying swine flu's every move, hoping to predict what it might do next — and how deadly it could become

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