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The 50 Best Inventions of the Year (Special Report)
Flying cars! Jet packs! Lasers that zap malaria-carrying mosquitoes! Here are 2010's biggest (and coolest) breakthroughs in science, technology and the arts
WORLD
China's Kidnap Victims Search for Their Families
Beginning in the late 1980s, countless children in China have been kidnapped and sold to other families. Many victims are now seeking their true parents and siblings. Here is one man's story
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Philippines Obsession with Basketball (Books)
The Philippine obsession with basketball offers rich material for a slam dunk of a study
GLOBAL BUSINESS
Can India Build Its Future? (Economic Development)
Investors are funding airports, roads and utilities. But basic services are lagging
Can China Tap the Brake? (Investment Horizon)
Once a growth manager, Beijing now has to slow things down. The task is a tricky one
Business Books
The 30-year history of the 2007-09 financial crisis. How Wall Street fed the sleazy subprime-mortgage industry