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Will this man make you happy?

The government's 'happiness tsar', Richard Layard, thinks he knows why we're all so miserable

 

 

 

'Clinton women should get over it'

Barack Obama angers senior allies of his former rival.

 

 

 

The world's funniest travel signs

 

 

Many Dutch prepare for 2012 apocalypse
'You know, maybe it's really not that bad that the Netherlands will be destroyed'
--United Press International

 

 

Rove: Obama's 'coolly arrogant'
He's guy at country club with martini making 'snide comments'
--ABC News

 

 

Wonder drug 'can cure shyness'
Hormone produced naturally by body during sex, childbirth
--London Evening Standard

 

 

Newspapers face worst year for ad revenue
'I think it's inevitable that there will be closures in this industry, and maybe bankruptcies'
--New York Times

 

 

10 best jobs for workers with 2-year degree
You can earn $40,000 and up without bachelor's
--CareerBuilder.com

 

 

At Google, Slow Growth in News Site

By MIGUEL HELFT

Six years after its start, Google News is far from achieving the kind of dominant position in news that the company has in other areas.

• Bits: Google to Unveil New Ad-Planning Tool
• Times Topics: Google Inc.

 

The Times and I.H.T. Study Web Merger

By DOREEN CARVAJAL

The New York Times Company said that it was developing plans to merge the Web site of the International Herald Tribune with that of The New York Times.

 

 

Army General's Nomination Called Historic
Washington Post - By Josh White President Bush has nominated Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody to take over the Army's Materiel Command as a four-star general, and if confirmed by the Senate she would be the first woman in US history to receive such a high military rank.