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What kind of an eater are you?
From locavores to femivores, to fast food junkies and punk domestics, here are 11 labels for every kind of person at the dinner table.
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Bestselling books the week of 5/12/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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China's growing military might: top 4 concerns for the Pentagon
In a report issued this week, the Department of Defense for the first time directly accused China’s military of using cyberattacks to spy on US networks. In this arena and others, “China’s military buildup shows no signs of slowing,” said David Helvey, deputy assistant secretary of Defense for East Asia, who presented the report.Here are Pentagon officials’ top four concerns as they carefully monitor the growth of China’s military.
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Fortune 500: Top 10 companies in 2013
Fortune has released its annual list of the largest corporations in the United States, and there were a few notable changes in this year’s group. Here are the Top 10.
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Top 5 bull markets since 1929
The bull market that started in 2009 is currently the fifth most spectacular rise in stock prices since at least 1929. Can you guess which bull markets have been even more impressive?
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Sea of Poppies
An absorbing tale of the motley crew assembled aboard a British trading ship.
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China's land reform aims to revolutionize 750 million lives
Beijing hopes the policy will improve farming and free peasants to seek a better livelihood.
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Reporters on the Job
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Ride the red wave
Three readily available plants come together to create a scene of contrasting color and texture.
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Five Asian writers to watch
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Latin America better girded for financial crisis
The region is affected by global downturn, but more prepared this time thanks to greater foreign reserves and less external debt.
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Brits try to retrieve assets frozen in Icelandic banks
The country's banks expanded greatly during boom years and now can't roll over the debt.
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Fallout of US-India nuke deal
Could China's plan to help Pakistan build nuclear power plants be the first of many pacts in the region?
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Opinion: More U.S. troops to Afghanistan?
Before sending more brave men and women there, let's question conventional wisdom. It will take more than military might to succeed in Afghanistan.
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The Widows of Eastwick
'The Witches of Eastwick' ride again in John Updike's none-too-successful sequel.
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Cash-strapped Pakistan finds few friends in time of economic need
Pakistan asked the IMF for a loan Wednesday, after allies rebuffed its requests for aid.
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The Monitor's View: Value a forest, cool a planet
The true economic worth of trees isn't recognized. That has to change – and quickly.
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As US shoppers retreat, can world thrive?
Consumers were the biggest engine of global growth. But indebtedness prevents that now.
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Moon mission takes India's space program in new direction
Chandrayaan, launched Wednesday, will map the moon's surface. But most Indian space projects look for applications on Earth, such as telemedicine or distance learning for its far-flung population.
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France's Sarkozy emerging as leading figure
President Nicolas Sarkozy heads to Asia this week to broach the idea of bringing India and China together with G-8 nations in a 'Bretton Woods II' framework of economic rules.
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World
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China's economy cools
Its growth rate slowed to 9 percent in the third quarter as exports to the US and Europe start to slacken.
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Reporters on the Job
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eBay bans ivory sales
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Pakistan eyes 'peace pipeline' for region
It hopes a deal to ship Iranian gas to India via Pakistan can boost its energy supply, regional ties.
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Financial crisis fallout: from your stocks to America's global role
Some economists see some rays of light amid the economic gloom.
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A financial new world order?
Bush says reforms must improve, not fetter, the free market; Europeans hint at more robust intervention.
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