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Postcard from New Delhi

The Commonwealth Games were meant to showcase the new greatness of a developing India. But they have become a source of deep anger instead

BRIEFING

How Palin Is like Clinton (Washington: The Politics Page)

Bill Clinton is the best handicapper in American politics. So when, on the eve of his annual Clinton Global Initiative conference in New York City, he assessed the power and peril of Sarah Palin, everybody paid attention

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Tom Selleck (Q&A)

The star of Magnum P.I. talks to TIME about his new role on the CBS show Blue Bloods, his mustache, and a Magnum comeback

SCIENCE

Code Blue (Environment / Special Report)

One woman's quest to save our oceans the simple way: protect them

Sylvia Earle

Video: Sylvia Earle, an oceanographer who is nicknamed "Her Deepness", is making her dream of saving oceans a reality

SOCIETY

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Wrist Watch (Global Business / Marketing)

There's no evidence that sports bracelets work. And none that the pros and fans buying them care, either

Get Current on Currencies (Global Business / Investment Horizon)

Why the money of other nations is becoming an asset class rather than a commodity

Business Books (Global Business)

The Internet's power to bust paradigms isn't finished. People who ignore it are

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