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...even driving business: a dispensary security guard - an off-duty cop whose wife uses marijuana to alleviate symptoms of fibromyalgia and who declined to give his name - says he is starting a security business that specializes in protecting pot shops. "There's a niche," he says with a shrug...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard from Denver | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

...resonance. "Certainly, we wanted to honor U.S. bravery in The Pacific," Hanks says. "But we also wanted to have people say, 'We didn't know our troops did that to Japanese people.' " He wants Americans to understand the glories - and the iniquities - of American history. How did this shrug-prone comedic actor transform himself into our most ambitious champion of U.S. history? And how is his vision of history shaping the way the past informs and, yes, entertains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Tom Hanks Became America's Historian in Chief | 3/6/2010 | See Source »

...salad, Coudreaut sautéed a very simple wild-salmon fillet for me - just salmon seasoned with salt and pepper and cooked in olive oil. Four ingredients. I asked why four ingredients couldn't work at McDonald's. Coudreaut thought for a moment and gave a half nod, half shrug. "Maybe five years from now," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McDonald's Chef: The Most Influential Cook in America? | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

...story is weak revenue," says analyst Christopher Whalen of Institutional Risk Analytics. "So the Street can shrug [because of TARP repayments], but it does not get better next quarter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bank Earnings: Economic Woes Persist | 1/20/2010 | See Source »

Testing has since helped clean up the sport. But it still struggles to shrug off the stain of doping. "I wish I had never played during the steroid era," McGwire said in his confession. He may not be alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Steroids | 1/13/2010 | See Source »

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