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10:01 pm
Wed December 21, 2011

U.S. And Pakistan Relations: From Bad To Worse

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Relations between the U.S. military and the Pakistan military have become even more strained since American forces were involved in a shooting last month that left 24 Pakistani soldiers dead. Here, Pakistani soldiers march during a ceremony in September.
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Students shout anti-U.S. slogans during a protest in Karachi this month. Pakistanis say that NATO force deliberately killed Pakistani soldiers last month, while the Americans have called it a tragic accident.
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Originally published on Thu December 22, 2011 9:04 am

In Pakistan, transit routes for NATO supply trucks heading to Afghanistan remain shut. The CIA drone missile program has gone quiet in Pakistan's tribal area. Pakistan's government has called for a re-negotiation of its troubled relationship with the U.S.

All of this is fallout from an attack on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border last month in which NATO fire from helicopter gunships killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.

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Education
10:01 pm
Wed December 21, 2011

Texas Schools Grapple With Big Budget Cuts

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What's known as Middle School No. 8 in Leander, Texas, was supposed to help relieve overcrowding in the rapidly growing community. But after significant statewide cuts to education, the district can't afford to open the school.
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School funding in Texas is in turmoil. State lawmakers slashed more than $4 billion from education this school year — one of the largest cuts in state history — and more than 12,000 teachers and support staff have been laid off.

Academic programs and transportation have been cut to the bone. Promising reforms are on hold or on the chopping block. Next year, the cuts could go even deeper.

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Author Interviews
10:01 pm
Wed December 21, 2011

'The Dead Witness': Classic Victorian Crime Fiction

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Michael Sims, editor of The Dead Witness, resurrects long-forgotten Victorian crime writing.
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With his pipe, deerstalker hat and formidable "methods," Sherlock Holmes may be the most recognizable face of the Victorian mystery story. But how does he stack up against Edgar Allan Poe's C. Auguste Dupin, who pioneered deductive reasoning? Or quicksilver Violet Strange, debutante by day, intrepid sleuth by night?

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It's All Politics
4:25 pm
Wed December 21, 2011

Staying In Shape On The Campaign Trail: Romney Drops A Few Pointers

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Romney eats a slice of pizza — this one with the cheese still on — at a campaign stop in Newport, N.H
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Mitt and Ann Romney campaign at Village Pizza in Newport, N.H.
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Originally published on Thu December 22, 2011 2:09 pm

Stumping in New Hampshire on Wednesday, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney revealed a bit about his strategies for staying in shape on the campaign trail.

"Hey, I heard you pull the cheese off your pizza to stay thin. Is that true?" asked a woman at Village Pizza in Newport, N.H., in the southwestern part of the state, where the Romney bus tour had made a stop.

"You know, on occasion, but on the campaign trail you need all the calories you can get," laughed Romney.

"And do you run three miles a day like they say?" she asked.

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The Two-Way
4:14 pm
Wed December 21, 2011

Report: Canada's Less Productive, Yet Gaining On U.S. Quality Of Life

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Canadians live it up, while Americans work. This is actually an October picture of Canada's national baseball team at the Pan American Games in Lagos de Moreno, Mexico.
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Originally published on Wed December 21, 2011 5:09 pm

According to Canada's statistics agency, Canadians are less productive than their U.S. counterparts, yet their standard of living gained 5 percent during the 14 year period they analyzed.

Now, the reasons for that argument are quite complex, but The Wall Street Journal boiled it down to a lesson Americans can take from their neighbors to the north: "Be less productive, live better."

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