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That volatility was all positive and profitable as Las Vegas morphed from a place where people went just to gamble and get a lap dance to a destination where middle Americans wanted to vacation. It became so mainstream that even the Southern Baptists had a convention in the city. "Visitors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind Vegas's Bad Bet | 12/29/2008 | See Source »

Not everyone, however, agrees on what the right course of action is to curb a problem that grows more complicated as families become increasingly international. Some human-rights groups say the Forced Marriage Act may inadvertently discourage women from seeking help. Sumanta Roy, acting director of Imkaan, a nonprofit organization...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Way to Curb Forced Marriages | 12/26/2008 | See Source »

Accountant Ronald Niemaszyk, whose firm, Jordan Patke & Associates, specializes in reviewing the books of hedge funds, agrees that in many cases it is common to rely on brokerage statements when auditing funds. But in this case, Niemaszyk says, the auditors most likely should have looked deeper. "You have to look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Madoff Fraud: How Culpable Were the Auditors? | 12/17/2008 | See Source »

The only species of rat (of the four-legged variety, anyway) that lives in New York City is the Rattus norvegicus, also known as the Norway rat or the brown rat. Nobody knows exactly how many live here, but everyone agrees that the population has exploded in recent years - thanks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mapping the Rats in New York City | 12/15/2008 | See Source »

Emile agrees, pointing out that all of the contestants attend university and arguing that brains are central to the event. In whittling down the field from 70 applicants to 15 contestants for each pageant, organizers "got a sense of what each girl is about" with questions that revealed their character...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A British Row Over College Beauty Pageants | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

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