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Then there are the financial forecasts. No one loves a look at the year ahead more than the folks who manage money for a living (or who sell advice about how to manage it). That makes perfect sense. Unlike the people predicting, say, the rise of homemade beer, the professionals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 2010 Financial Forecasts: A 50% Chance of Being Right | 12/21/2009 | See Source »

One in 110 American children are considered to fall somewhere along the autism spectrum, according to the latest report released by the federal government. The new figure, which was released initially in October, comes from the most comprehensive set of data yet on the developmental health of eight-year-olds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autism Numbers Are Rising. The Question is Why? | 12/19/2009 | See Source »

But as striking as the new figure is, it's not clear how much of the rise reflects a true increase in ASD risk and how much is due simply to improved awareness and diagnosis of the disorders. Increased access to special education classes and other therapies may also be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autism Numbers Are Rising. The Question is Why? | 12/19/2009 | See Source »

The death penalty used to be a big deal, important enough to figure prominently in the 1988 presidential debates. Four years later, in 1992, White House aspirant Bill Clinton, then governor of Arkansas, rushed home from the campaign trail to preside over an execution - because that's how politicians proved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dwindling Death Penalty: Victim of the Recession? | 12/18/2009 | See Source »

However, some agents worry that the reins of this smuggling empire may now be taken over by Beltrán Leyva's feared chief of hit men, Edgar Valdez, 36, a Texas-born fugitive known as "The Barbie" because of his blond hair. Mexican officials allege that Valdez was behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mexico Takes Down a Drug Lord. But Will It Make Any Difference? | 12/18/2009 | See Source »

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