Before Susan Boyle came along and gave nearly everyone in the world goosebumps, there was Paul Potts. The winner of the TV program “Britain’s Got Talent” in 2007, Potts recalls the butterflies he felt in the lead-up to his audition
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Can Detroit Be Retooled Before It’s Too Late?
The automobile business is great. Just ask someone who’s in it. “People want to buy cars,” says Rod Buscher, CEO of Summit Automotive Partners in Denver, which owns 30 assorted dealerships nationwide.
How to Predict What You’ll Like? Ask a Stranger
To figure out whether you’ll like the restaurant around the corner or that new guy in accounting or a vacation in Madrid, or just about anything else you’ve never personally experienced, try asking a stranger who has. That person is more likely to predict — more accurately than you — your future reaction, according to a new study published in the March 20 issue of Science
War Games in the South China Sea: Behind the U.S.-China Spat
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and China’s Foreign Minister, Yang Jiechi, both agreed on Wednesday that China and the U.S
Obama speech to Congress focuses on economy
President Obama spoke to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night. Here is a transcript of the speech, as prepared for delivery: President Obama: Madame Speaker, Mr
The ‘day of reckoning has arrived,’ Obama will say
President Obama will tell the country the "day of reckoning has arrived, and the time to take charge of our future is here" in his first speech to a joint session of Congress, according to excerpts of his address. “Now is the time to act boldly and wisely — to not only revive this economy, but to build a new foundation for lasting prosperity,” Obama will say. Obama’s address comes two days before he will submit his budget summary to Congress.
Clinton Delivers for Obama
No winner of a hard-fought, down-to-the-wire presidential nomination battle ever received a stronger boost from his vanquished foe than Senator Barack Obama picked up from Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton here Tuesday. After days of backstage carping among both her supporters and his, no one knew exactly what to expect. Obama didn’t just beat a strong and popular candidate; he snatched the reins from the party’s old guard and ticked off a former President, Bill Clinton, in the process