• The FLAMING LIPS: (Singing "Haven't Got a Clue") You haven't got a clue...

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  • In the U.S., where the average CEO makes about three times the salary of his French, German or Japanese counterpart (according to Towers Perrin, a compensation consultancy), most boards wouldn't dare put specific remuneration packages to a shareholder vote (and they aren't required to).

    FORBES: I'll pay yours if you'll pay mine

  • There is a supporting role for Mycroft, a possible appearance by Moriarty (Watson isn't sure) and a plot of such dazzling complexity that diagrammatic summary wouldn't do it justice.

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  • They are offered every possible medical intervention, including quadruple-bypass surgery and dialysis (for Olimpia, a grandmother with a slim chance of survival) and bariatric surgery (for Marta, a younger family member who can't lose a pound on her own).

    WSJ: Book Review: Twelve Patients

  • This would allow Congress to challenge a president's characterization of a threat with the public (as well as call out a president if he isn't addressing a threat).

    CNN: Presidents should share secrets with Congress

  • The old, Schwarzenegger-model Terminator (the T-800) had been superseded by a more advanced model, the T-1000 (Robert Patrick), who is sleeker and more versatile.

    NEWYORKER: Terminator 2: Judgment Day

  • And by a miracle (don't say it), a nearby shop door opened and out stepped an American who had heard the commotion.

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  • EU's lack of democratic accountability (acutely felt by the British, who dislike the reform treaty that Mr Brown aims to ratify without a referendum) won't solve themselves.

    ECONOMIST: The prime minister's developing view of the world

  • "It's a problem (the drillers) didn't create, but hopefully a problem they can help solve, " said Sen.

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  • Tell that to the IRS. In the San Antonio case, the estate's lawyer Howard Newton, who was Elsie Church's son-in-law, says the IRS wouldn't settle because it was "obsessed" with the fact that the partnership was created just two days before her demise. (The judge found this irrelevant and coincidental: She died of a sudden heart attack.) Don't put your home into a partnership.

    FORBES: Partners, But Not With The Irs

  • Also through the Connector, small firms with fewer than 50 employees will be able to choose from a broader array of plans from seven carriers. (Mammoth insurer UnitedHealth Group (nyse: UNH - news - people ) submitted a bid but didn't make the cut.) If employers still choose to skimp on health benefits, all residents will have access to those same small-company plans.

    FORBES: The Future Of Universal Health Care

  • "From our point of view, the good thing is that Owen wasn't injured or knocked out, and from a rugby perspective I'm glad (Brits) wasn't sent off, it was just a yellow card, because it would have been less of a workout for us and the rugby as a spectacle, " said Gatland.

    CNN: Lions maul Barbarians in tour opener

  • The four bases - adenine (A), guanine (G), thymine (T), and cytosine (C) - spell out the genes.

    BBC: DNA pioneer is honoured

  • "I had to finish what I was doing very quickly because once it was (revealed to be) a Leonardo, it couldn't stay here (in the studio), it wasn't insured to stay here, " Modestini said.

    CNN: Decoding da Vinci: How a lost Leonardo was found

  • For this scene and a specific, the emergency room, they didn't have - like a child gauge chest(ph) tube, but they can't leave the child bleed in his chest till he dies so they use the adult-size chest tube.

    NPR: Doctor Takes Camera 'Inside the Red Zone' of War

  • The fund has one strike against it--a steep expense ratio (1.6% a year)--but I couldn't find a cheap alternative from Vanguard.

    FORBES: Doomsday Investing

  • After that, he worked at a chai (tea) stall and then at a dhaba (roadside eatery), where he didn't get paid but got something even better: food and shelter.

    CNN: Poverty tours: A learning experience or simply gawking?

  • "We don't really have a good way of explaining (mental illness) to people because to be honest we don't have a particularly good insight into the details ourselves at the moment, " he said.

    BBC: Brain scan study to understand workings of teenage mind

  • But some of them (say, a small church or a walk-a-thon) can't handle noncash contributions.

    WSJ: Invasion of the Charity Snatchers!

  • Next, you enter the names of brokerage firms that handle your accounts, like Fidelity for a 401(k) or T.

    WSJ: Offering a Helping Hand on Retirement Saving

  • Unlike mopeds and scooters (like a Vespa, for example), electric bikes don't require a license or insurance in most states.

    WSJ: The Best Electric Bikes: High-Wattage Wheels

  • There are also sommeliers who know a lot about wine but don't like the labor that comes with the job: "They tend to spend more time acquiring degrees than working the floor, " said Mr. Johnnes, who once hired a sommelier who could name all of the subregions of the Loire (there are quite a few) but didn't enjoy the physical part of the work.

    WSJ: Daniel Boulud's Sommeliers on What Makes a Great One | On Wine by Lettie Teague

  • We want to make sure that people who don't have coverage can find an affordable choice in a competitive marketplace. (Applause.) We want a system in which seniors don't have these huge gaps in their Medicare prescription drug coverage -- (applause) -- and where Medicare itself is on a sounder financial footing.

    WHITEHOUSE: Creating New Jobs by Investing in High-Speed Rail

  • Between the two most widely available persimmon varieties, Fuyu (what you want) and Hachiya (what you don't), there is a world of difference.

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  • Green's family, the Grusinskys, are a different tribe: Burt (Robert Duvall) is a veteran cop who can't stomach what his younger son is doing with his life.

    CNN: Review: 'We Own the Night' owns the screen

  • So why would it be significantly cheaper for banks to borrow on the repo markets for a year than for a day (which as I say wasn't so even a month ago)?

    BBC: Where to find bank stress

  • Some detractors have slammed Gore for hypocrisy because, while he has advocated higher taxes on the rich, he tried to get the Al Jazeera deal done by December 31 to avoid the Obama tax hike. (The sale didn't close until January 2.) I don't see a problem trying to legally take advantage of changes in the tax code, no matter what your political stance.

    CNN: Why Al Gore's Al Jazeera deal doesn't seem right

  • Trying to conserve her energy, she barely qualified for the final ("Definitely a little bit of a scare, " she said.) She didn't have enough time for a proper cool-down, so as her U.S. teammate Ryan Lochte swam to a fourth-place finish in the men's 200-meter freestyle, Franklin swam slow, lonely laps by herself in the adjacent diving well, trying to lower her heart rate and ready for her main event.

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  • The last mayor to cut taxes was Edward Rendell, a Democrat (Philadelphia hasn't had a Republican mayor since 1952).

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  • There's no reason that a book retailer (or someone else) couldn't define the digital reading experience and create a commercial proposition around reading.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

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