Saturday, August 29, 2009

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Ted Kennedy's Wake: A Fond Farewell to 'Captain Ahab'

By JAY NEWTON-SMALL / BOSTON

His friends, colleagues and family members pay tribute with poignance and humor

Japan Gets Ready for Big Elections — And Big Change

By COCO MASTERS / TOKYO

The 54-year reign of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party is expected to come to an end on Aug. 30 in the country's first general election in four years

The Swine Flu Wars: H1N1 Comes to Alabama

By CARMEN K. SISSON / TUSCALOOSA

Schools are starting — and closing — as the virus spreads throughout the country. Alabama is tracking it through school absenteeism and crowded ERs.

Germany's Ph.D. Scandal: Were Degrees Bought?

By TRISTANA MOORE / BERLIN

The reputation of Germany's higher education system has been shaken by the revelation that investigators are looking into a PhD scam in which professors were paid to help students gain their doctorates

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Mike Huckabee told his radio audience today that under the Obama health plan, Ted Kennedy would have been told to "go home to take pain pills and die" upon being diagnosed with a brain tumor

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Is Yemen Chewing Itself to Death?

By Andrew Lee Butters

Never mind the social effects of an entire nation addled by the narcotic leaf khat, growing the plant could leave the country short of drinking water

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