Sunday, November 15, 2009

Sunday's Top News: 5 Things the U.S. Can Learn from China

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5 Things the U.S. Can Learn from China

By BILL POWELL / SHANGHAI

While the U.S. remains mired in an economic funk, the Asian giant drives ceaselessly forward. On the eve of Obama's first visit there, a look at what the world's rising power can teach us now

On the Copenhagen Agenda, Reducing Deforestation May Still Succeed

By BRYAN WALSH

Climate negotiators have real hope that a proposed agreement to reduce deforestation could prove to be a bright spot in a meeting that might otherwise be considered a failure.

Happiness Paradox: Why Are Americans So Cheery?

By NANCY GIBBS

Times are hard — so what are we to make of the sudden outbreak of contentment?

Good and Bad News for Boxing: Only One Pacquiao

By HOWARD CHUA-EOAN / LAS VEGAS

The Filipino boxer wins by TKO in an electrifying match with Miguel Angel Cotto. But is it enough to save boxing?

Will the British Airways and Iberia Merger Lift Off?

By ADAM SMITH / LONDON

The struggling British and Spanish carriers have joined forces to create Europe's third-largest airline. They still have a lot of obstacles to overcome before becoming profitable

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By Michael Scherer

Singapore This phrase, "first Pacific president," is everywhere here among President Obama's senior staff. In Tokyo yesterday, Obama used it himself: As America's first Pacific President, I promise you that this Pacific nation will strengthen and sustain our leadership in this vitally important part of the world. It is another feather, the White House seems to suggest, in [...]

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The 50 Best Inventions of 2009

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Quotes of the Day

"We're not really into the drama. We have other things to concentrate on."
SARAH PALIN,
in an interview with Oprah that will air Monday, on whether her almost son-in-law Levi Johnston will be coming to Thanksgiving dinner
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Minneapolis

Postcard from Minneapolis

By Harriet Barovick

In a pioneering Minnesota charter school, you don't have to be Chinese to get a head start in Mandarin. Saying ni hao to language immersion in the heartland

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