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People stood on higher ground, watching their houses collapse under the force of a wall of water that rushed through their crowded neighborhood in Jakarta. Five days later, as the death toll approached 100 after the bursting of a 75-year-old dam on March 27, rescue workers were still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia Looks Inward After Dam Bursts | 3/31/2009 | See Source »

The bombing raid came after an intelligence tip-off. In early January, at the height of Israel's assault on Gaza, Israel's foreign-intelligence agency, Mossad, was told by an informant that Iran was planning a major delivery of 120 tons of arms and explosives to Gaza, including antitank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Israel Foiled an Arms Convoy Bound for Hamas | 3/30/2009 | See Source »

The prosecution paints a more complex picture, contending that Lynch's operation was pervaded by marijuana transactions outside the store by his employees and customers; they claim evidence shows that, though Lynch may not have known of such transactions, "the atmosphere and example that defendant set, and that his employees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In California Marijuana Truce, a Legal Gray Area | 3/29/2009 | See Source »

The most obvious reason the small-TV era has made television better is the rise of cable. Even as Fox finds new hours on the clock to air American Idol, brilliant comedies and (especially) dramas on cable are flourishing - Breaking Bad, United States of Tara, In Treatment, Rescue Me and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here's to the Death of Broadcast | 3/26/2009 | See Source »

Bob Shorb, Skidmore College's fast-talking director of student aid and family finance, did more reading than usual this year. And not just because the 4,000 financial-aid applications that landed on his desk made up a record 62% of the applicant pool. Shorb, who has worked in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colleges Face a Financial-Aid Crunch | 3/26/2009 | See Source »

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