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Top 10 Sources of Salt in Your Diet

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:18:00 -0800

Time - Feb. 08 - Bread and rolls are the No. 1 source of sodium in the American diet, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Salty snacks like chips and pretzels come in at No. 10. The finding seems unlikely, since bread isn’t actu

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Warren Buffett Ready to Take Republicans' Tax Challenge

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Time - By Rana Foroohar - Jan. 11 (News) - Buffett has pledged to match 1 for 1 all such voluntary contributions made by Republican members of Congress. “And I’ll even go 3 for 1 for McConnell,” he says. That could be quite a bill if McConnell takes the challenge; after all, the Senator is worth at least $10 million. As Buffett put it to me, “I’m not worried.”

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How Climate Change Has Driven Evolution

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:40:00 -0800

Time - Dec. 27 - This painting by artist Carl Buell depcits a scene from the late Eocene of North America. A new study shows how climate change drove species diversity in the past. We are the products of our environment — and that goes for egrets and elephants as much as

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Mind Your Manners: The Secrets of Switzerland's Last Traditional Finishing School

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By William Lee Adams - Oct. 24 (Special Report) - If lunch at the Institut Villa Pierrefeu (IVP) often feels like a rehearsal, that's because it is. Under the watchful eye of Rosemary McCallum, a Cordon Bleu-trained chef and expert on table manners, 13 female students practice the skills they've studied in courses on European etiquette and table service. As the meal unfolds in a stately dining room with corniced ceilings, McCallum gently reminds the five student servers that they must pick up champagne glasses near the bottom of the stems and offer the pear-and-Roquefort tarts from the left. Back home, four of the five women serving have live-in staffs. But the program requires them to rotate through the service role anyway so they can better train and manage their employees. Vera, a 30-year-old playing the role of hostess, steers the conversation from her work with orphans back home in Lebanon to a Mexican guest's love of horseback riding. All goes well until Vera's fondness for Toblerone mousse leads her to commit a crucial error. "Your husband is still eating, and you've already finished," McCallum says. "Remember to pace yourself." Vera glares across the table at her husband, played by a female classmate from India. "Well," Vera says, "my husband should learn to eat faster."

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Talk About a Buzz: Marijuana-Infused Wine Gains Popularity in California

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:09:36 -0700

Time - Oct. 07 - Marijuana still hasn't been legalized in most parts of the U.S, but obviously that hasn't stopped people from experimenting with it.

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Germans and the Euro: Can't Live With It, Can't Live Without It

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Time - Sep. 28 (News Report) - If it's the big picture you're after, Frankfurt is the only destination in Germany. Most German cities are low-rise, fashioned from timber, stone and brick, though concrete and steel have been widely deployed to plug gaps left by Allied bombing raids. But the city on the Main didn't just repair and restore. It reached for the sky, and in the process helped to power the Wirtschaftswunder, Germany's postwar economic miracle. "Bankfurt" or "Mainhattan," nicknames coined as shining towers rose up to accommodate the core of Germany's financial services industry, is home to the world's fifth largest stock exchange, the national or European headquarters of 218 banks, a thicket of hedge funds and major insurance companies and the Deutsche Bundesbank, Germany's central bank. Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2095157,00.html#ixzz1ZHFSl5hM

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What Korean Lunches Tell Us About the Welfare State

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 04:46:00 -0700

Time - By posted by Micheal Shuman - Aug. 28 (News Analysis) - There is an unusual political battle going on in South Korea right now, over, believe it or not, school lunches. The Seoul city council voted to implement a large-scale program to feed every primary and middle school student in the capital – all 850,000

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This Is an Emergency Fund Emergency: 64% of Americans Don’t Have $1,000 in Savings

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By Brad Tuttle - Aug. 11 (News) - If you suddenly needed $1,000 to cover an unexpected expense, how would you come up with the money? In a new survey, only 36% of Americans said they’d simply turn to their trusty savings accounts. The rest would be forced to hit up friends, family, or loan operations for the money, get a cash advance on a credit card, disregard payments on monthly expenses, or pawn some of their stuff.

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After Downgrade, Chinese Press Blasts U.S. Borrowing

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:59:00 -0700

Time - Aug. 09 - An investor watches the electronic board at a stock exchange hall on July 12, 2011 in Huaibei, China. (Photo: ChinaFotoPress / Getty Images) Official Chinese media have lashed out at American debt following rating agency Standard & Poor's decision to dow

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A New Study Shows That Global Warming Is Leading to Extinctions

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By Tara Thean - Jul. 12 (Special Report) - With all the climate conversation currently littering the Internet, and the myriad ways that extreme weather is linked to global warming, it's hard not to get confused about climate change sometimes – and given the sheer volume of muddled information out there, you might even be forgiven for being unconvinced by the arguments thus far. But University of Exeter scientists have brought us some simple proof that climate change seems to be as bad for our planet as we've been led to believe. Their study shows that the loss of animal and plant species that have already happened match previous predictions in terms of the relative risk to different species around the world. And based on that information, the scientists have made a frightening forecast: one in 10 species will be extinct by 2100 if climate change continues affecting the world the way it is now.

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No Grand Bargain: Boehner Walks Away From Big Deficit Deal

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By Jay Newton Small - Jul. 10 (News Report) - After days of hype in Washington, House Speaker John Boehner threw cold water on the prospect of a grand bargain on deficit reduction Saturday night, effectively scaling back negotiations on a deal tied to the effort to raise the debt ceiling before an Aug. 2 deadline. “Despite good-faith efforts to find common ground, the White House will not pursue a bigger debt reduction agreement without tax hikes,” Boehner said in a statement. “I believe the best approach may be to focus on producing a smaller measure, based on the cuts identified in the Biden-led negotiations, that still meets our call for spending reforms and cuts greater than the amount of any debt limit increase.” The decision to seek a smaller, $2 trillion deal (door No. 2, as it turns out) came after an afternoon call between Boehner and Obama. Boehner suggested dealing with most revenue issues in a sweeping tax reform bill later in the year, a GOP leadership source said, but Democrats demanded that significant revenue increases be part of the debt ceiling deal — something Boehner felt couldn’t pass the House. Talks also broke down, the GOP source said, over cuts to entitlements — a measure House Democratic leaders have long said their members can’t swallow.

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The Road (Maybe) Ahead

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By Mark Halperin - Jul. 09 (Opinion) - This isn’t a prediction, but here is one highly plausible sequence of a series of events that could play out on the debt crisis.

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The Optimism Bias

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By Ali Sharot - Jul. 02 (Special Report) - We like to think of ourselves as rational creatures. We watch our backs, weigh the odds, pack an umbrella. But both neuroscience and social science suggest that we are more optimistic than realistic. On average, we expect things to turn out better than they wind up being. People hugely underestimate their chances of getting divorced, losing their job or being diagnosed with cancer; expect their children to be extraordinarily gifted; envision themselves achieving more than their peers; and overestimate their likely life span (sometimes by 20 years or more). The belief that the future will be much better than the past and present is known as the optimism bias. It abides in every race, region and socioeconomic bracket. Schoolchildren playing when-I-grow-up are rampant optimists, but so are grownups: a 2005 study found that adults over 60 are just as likely to see the glass half full as young adults.

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It's the Ads, Stupid: Why TV Leads to Obesity

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By Alice Park - Jun. 28 (News) - How much TV do your kids watch? If you don't know, you might want to find out, say experts, since the time children spend in front of a TV or computer screen can have a profound effect on their physical and developmental health.

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Afghan Sitrep: A Grunt from the Front Sounds Off - Battleland

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By Chuck Spinney - Jun. 09 (News Report) - Attached below is a more informed, less self-interested view. It is from an email written by an active duty colonel who travels all over Afghanistan. For obvious reasons, he must remain anonymous, but it came to me from a trusted source. This colonel, unlike many of his peers, actually goes on foot patrols with troops to see things for himself. His message, which is only a few days old, is bad Ju Ju, I am afraid. Read more: http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/06/08/afghan-sitrep-a-grunt-from-the-front-sounds-off/#ixzz1Om5KBFQ4

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The Damage to the Fukushima Nuclear Plant Is Worse Than Previously Thought

Fri, 13 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By Krista Mahr - May. 13 (News Analysis) - In the two months since Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was pummeled by a quake and tsunami, no news has generally been good news. Unfortunately, today, there's some news.

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Do Girl Scout Cookies Harm the Environment?

Thu, 05 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By Tara Kelly - May. 05 (Special Report) - Girl Scout cookie lovers, beware. Because of palm oil, a key ingredient, those delicious and addictive treats may not be as innocent as they seem. Not only is the ingredient linked to child labor in Indonesia, but it also allegedly contributes to rainforest deforestation.

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Fidel Castro Steps Down from Cuba's Communist Party Central Committee

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:47:47 -0700

Time - Apr. 19 - News that Fidel Castro has resigned from the Central Committee of Cuba's Communist Party isn't very surprising — slowed by chronic health problems, the 84-year-old has effectively been out of political life since passing over the reins to his brother Raul in 2006.

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House Passes Ryan's Budget in Party-Line Vote

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By Alex Altman - Apr. 16 (News Analysis) - House Republicans passed their 2012 budget resolution Friday afternoon, sending to the Senate a blueprint that would transform major entitlement programs like Medicare and Medicaid, lower taxes and cut some $6 trillion over the ensuing decade.

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Banning Brown Bagging: Chicago School Cracks Down on Homemade Lunches

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By Kayla Webley - Apr. 13 (News) - The days of brown bagging it are over for students in a Chicago school. In an effort to encourage healthy eating, their principal banned lunches brought from home.

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A Little-Known Problem in Children With Autism: Wandering Away

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By Amie Ninh - Apr. 13 (News) - For any parent, few things strike more fear than a missing child. But for parents of children with autism, the potential for wandering may be more dire: children with autism have a tendency to flee, and can sometimes put themselves in harm's way. Although it is a little-known problem, wandering is perhaps the leading cause of death among children with autism.

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The 'Health Halo:' Does Organic Food Really Taste Better?

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By Meredith Melnick - Apr. 12 (News) - If a box of chocolate cookies had an "organic" label, would you feel less guilty about eating them? Would you think they were more nutritious, or tastier? Economists who study social psychology refer to something called the "halo effect," a bias in judgment that causes you to assume that one positive attribute comes packaged with a bunch of others.

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Japan: Corpse Recovery Poses Problems

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By Eric Talmadge, Shino Yuasa - Mar. 31 (News Report) - In the shadow of Japan's struggle to stem radioactive leaks from its stricken nuclear complex, police in white moon suits pull bodies of tsunami victims from an evacuated zone in halting work interrupted by radiation alarms.

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The Great Wall Street Sucking Sound

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

readersupportednews.org - By Rana Foroohar - Mar. 31 (News Analysis) - 'We continue to let bankers off the hook by trimming the already inadequate budgets of the agencies that regulate them and shying away from restructuring the largest financial institutions in ways that would better protect consumers. Bankers will undoubtedly continue to push the story line that they are funding innovation. The question is whether it's the kind that's real or the kind that's synthetic.' Rana Foroohar, TIME

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The Tale of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant - Photo Essays - TIME

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By Various Photographers - Mar. 23 (News Report) - Engineers battle the earthquake-damaged reactor in hopes of averting a catastrophic meltdown

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