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Saturday, January 14, 2012

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Top Stories from the last 24 hours


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Exclusive Video: The Women of 'The Help' Delve Into Life Before and After the Film

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Exclusive Video: The Women of 'The Help' Delve Into Life Before and After the Film
THR's awards analyst Scott Feinberg sat down with Viola Davis, Jessica Chastain, Octavia Spencer, and Ahna O'Reilly in New York to chat about their lives and work.

 
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The Perils Of 2012

Joseph Stiglitz | Project Syndicate | 12 January 2012

Asian economies are showing pragmatic commitment to growth. By contrast, West's mix of ideology and vested interests almost looks like a commitment not to grow. Expect more global economic rebalancing. And political tension Comments

Can A Scientist Define “Life”?

Carl Zimmer | Txnologist | 10 January 2012

Hang on a minute, I hear you say. If scientists are working to create, locate, even manipulate life, surely they must be able to define it? Well, it's not so simple. As Zimmer shows, there's no agreement as to what life actually is Comments

My Mesopotamian Getaway

Emma Sky | Foreign Policy | 13 January 2012

Nice mix of travelogue and political analysis as Sky returns to country she worked in as adviser to US army. A rounder picture of Iraq than one usually gets, with some cause for optimism. But fears loom over PM's power play Comments

What Remains

Max Rivlin-Nadler | The Awl | 11 January 2012

Writer visits National Funeral Directors Conference. Finds industry in turmoil. Cremation numbers up, burials down, demand for religious ceremonies falling. What value-added services do people really want? Can Disney provide clues? Comments

The Story Of The Self

Charles Fernyhough | Guardian | 13 January 2012

Interesting look at what we know about memory, quirks and all. "Similar neural systems seem to underpin past-related and future-related thinking. Memory is endlessly creative, and at one level it functions just as imagination does" Comments

When Barbara Jean Was Missing

Rebecca O'Connor | Rumpus | 13 January 2012

Writer goes in search of family history and the grandmother she never knew, who committed suicide. "We had always talked like Barbara Jean had made her choice. Now I wonder how many choices were made for her" Comments

Box Office Report: Mark Wahlberg's 'Contraband' Tops Friday With Strong $8.7 Mil

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Box Office Report: Mark Wahlberg's 'Contraband' Tops Friday With Strong $8.7 Mil


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Cheat Sheet - Is Romney Really Like Kerry?

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Today: Cruise Ship Capsizes Off Italy , Newt Asks For Bain Film Removal , Taiwan President Reelected
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January 14, 2012
DEJA VU

Up against a vulnerable incumbent, Republicans are set to pick a rich, bloodless Bay Stater as their nominee—just as Democrats did when they lost in 2004. But Michelle Cottle says Romney has a few crucial virtues that Kerry didn't.

SINKING

A cruise ship carrying 4,200 on board ran aground near the Italian island of Giglio late Friday, killing at least three. The Costa Concordia reportedly hit a sand bank by the island, sustained a 160-foot tear in its hull, and tipped into the cold water. An emergency operation using helicopters was underway to rescue those on board, though "scores" are reportedly still missing. Passengers said that the lights went out during dinnertime, and people rushed for lifeboats as the ship leaded to its side. Some survivors blamed the disorder on the crew, who they said lacked an emergency plan. NBC News reports that 129 Americans were onboard.

HAVE/EAT CAKE

It’s easy to take the high road when you helped build the low road. Republican candidate Newt Gingrich is asking that the film that shows Mitt Romney as a corporate takeover artist and job killer be edited to fix errors or removed entirely. The film, which covers Romney’s time at the private equity firm Bain, was made by the pro-Gingrich super PAC Winning Our Future, whose members say that they’ll only alter the film if Mitt addresses some of their questions. The harsh nature and widely-reported errors in the film have pushed many to ask Gingrich to denounce it. It also brings in to question the power of super PACS, who sometimes run as many ads per day as the candidates they support.

VOTE

Now this is great voter turnout. Taiwanese polls closed Saturday, as an estimated 80 percent of the 18 million eligible voters turned out to choose the next president. Incumbent President Ma Ying-jeou's Kuomintang party has declared victory over the Democratic Progressive Party's Tsai Ing-wen and James Soong with a comfortable margin of 51.9 percent to 45.3 percent, though not all votes have been counted yet. On the eve of the election, Ma and Tsai were deadlocked. The win for the pro-China Kuomintang gives the incumbent a renewed mandate for closer ties with the mainland, as tensions across the Taiwan Strait have eased over the last few years.

IT'S ABOUT TIME

Qatar¹s Emir has had enough of the violence. In an interview to be aired on 60 Minutes, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani became the first Arab leader to ask for troops to be deployed in Syria. Qatar has always criticized the Assad regime for the chaos that has roiled Syria for 10 months. The calls come as the Arab League warned of civil war in the nation. Saturday, a Lebanese man was reportedly killed after being struck by a bullet, and troops opened fire at a checkpoint in Homs, killing two. Since March, an estimated 5,000 people have been killed and another 5,000 have fled to Lebanon.


ESCALATION
U.S. Warns Israel: Don’t Strike Iran
Tehran says it has evidence CIA killed scientist.
DON’T PANIC
Fungicide Found in Tropicana OJ
But at low levels.
SACREBLEU!
Sarkozy Does Damage Control
After S&P knocks France down a notch.
SHAKEUP
Could Stephen Colbert Take Texas on Super Tuesday?
A look at the states he could still qualify for.
ETERNAL FRANCHISE
Twilight Saga May Go On
After fifth film.
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