Thursday, August 25, 2011

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1 million dead in 30 seconds
1 million dead in 30 seconds

In an increasingly urbanized world, earthquakes threaten unprepared cities with mass destruction.

'Victory' in Libya Chapman: 'Victory' in Libya

For a president blanketed in gloom, the rebel victory in Libya comes as a welcome ray of sunshine. It took a lot longer than expected, but Barack Obama managed to help bring about the apparent downfall of Moammar Gadhafi. Having avoided the danger of defeat, he now has to worry only about something equally scary: the perils of victory.
Bernanke, resist the pressure to panic

A year ago at the Federal Reserve's annual economic conference in Jackson Hole, Wyo., Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke unveiled plans to crank up the government printing presses and pump more dollars into the global economy.
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It was only a paper moon — but a legendary hoax Kass: A paper moon, but a legendary hoax

Of all the hoaxes in American history, my favorite involves the first "scientific" proof of life on the moon: The winged humanoids called Vespertilio-homo, or man-bat, written 176 years ago this week in the New York Sun.
Apple's Steve Jobs: A real-life Willy Wonka with an eye for detail, beauty Rosenthal: Steve Jobs a real-life Willy Wonka

He had a full head of hair, which, like his beard, was thicker and darker than we would come to know. He wore a light blue, open-collared Oxford shirt under a sports jacket instead of the turtlenecks that became his trademark.

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