Trimming the Times

Iran's Nukes, the Air Force's Error, and Even Financial Advisors Need Advice

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Dashiell Bennett 596 Views Nov 9, 2011

 

Now that The New York Times pay wall is live, you only get 20 free clicks a month. For those worried about hitting their limit, we're taking a look through the paper each morning to find the stories that can make your clicks count.

 

Read of the Day: A professional financial planner tells the story of how he ended up buying a house he couldn't afford and eventually lost it in the Great Recession.

 

World: The IAEA finally releases its report accusing Iran of ramping up its nuclear efforts, but the U.S. is keeping its strategy and response quiet.

 

U.S.: The Air Force is pushing senior officers for "gross mismanagement" of the Dover Air Force Base mortuary, which mishandled (and occasionally lost) remains of soldiers killed overseas. A second federal appeals court has upheld the Affordable Health Care Act.

 

Business: Fresh off the massive Groupon IPO, Yelp looks to become the next biggest stock market smash. Technology makes it easier than ever for immigrants with no English skills to come to America and still make a fortune.

 

Technology: How iPads and phone apps are making the traditional cookbook obsolete. The FCC convinced several broadband carriers to offer reduced-price internet service in low-income homes, in order to close the "digital gap."

 

Books: Bill Clinton takes on the tea party, stumps for Obama's second term, and basically solves America's problems. “The Great Big Book of Horrible Things" ranks history's greatest atrocities by death count. The research used to compile the figures is praised, but naturally some historians object to the totals.

 

Arts: Julie Taymor, who was ousted as director of the Spider-Man musical, is now suing the producers for royalties.

 

Sports: A bizarre sidebar to the Penn State scandal: What happened the to district attorney who chose not to prosecute Jerry Sandusky, then disappeared seven years later.

 

Obituaries: Dwight Errington Myers, also known as Heavy D.

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