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Sober Obama speech draws on surprising sources

Barack Obama, who shot from obscurity to fame based on a single speech and then captured the White House in a campaign marked by soaring rhetoric, delivered a restrained, sober inaugural address Tuesday.

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UK town launches its own currency

Tired of soaring prices and uncertain financial markets, a small town in southern England is fighting back -- with its own local currency.

Time.com: Earning Our Pride

We're the sons of immigrants and we love this country. We wrote The True Patriot because we believe that over recent decades, the idea of patriotism has been hijacked by the right and abandoned by the left

Time.com: The Wire's War on the Drug War

The writers of the HBO series believe the war on drugs has ruined millions of lives. Here's the suggestion for how to end it

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