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Arizona Illegal-Immigrant Law Draws Strong Opposition
The toughest anti-illegal-immigrant measure in a generation passed the Arizona legislature this week.
Why Greece’s Problems Are Everyone’s Problems
If you want to feel really good about the state of politics in Washington, look to Athens.
Trading for a High
In the basement of a Cape Cod on a suburban street in northern New Jersey, a teenage boy turns to a friend and asks impatiently, “What did you get?
Does Divorce Hurt Kids?
Here’s an old bit from a stand-up comic’s act: “Some say the glass is half empty. Some say it is half full.
Peru’s Airport Siege: A Bad Omen for the New President
If the past few days are any indication of things to come, Peru’s President-elect Ollanta Humala is in for a rough ride when he takes office on July 28. On Saturday, indigenous protesters in the country’s southeast radically upped the stakes in their nearly seven-week campaign against the government’s mining and oil/gas policies by taking over an airport in Juliaca, the business hub of the Puno department
Chavez in a Cuban Hospital, Venezuela in Holding Pattern
No one ever got rich betting on the demise of Hugo Chvez. As a leftist Venezuelan paratrooper officer, he led a failed coup in 1992, but he was let out of prison just two years later and started campaigning for the presidency, which he won in 1998.
The Diverted Ambulance: How ER Crowding Can Kill Patients
Imagine you’re having a heart attack. Your co-workers call 911, and the medics arrive
Puppy Shrinks, Kitty Therapy: Inside the World of Pet Psychologists
This post is in partnership with Worldcrunch, a new global-news site that translates stories of note in foreign languages into English. The article below was originally published in Le Figaro .
My $650,100 Lunch with Warren Buffett
What would you pay to have lunch with the richest man in the world? For me and Mohnish Pabrai — a friend who, like me, runs a U.S.-based investment fund — the answer is $650,100.