TAIZ, Yemen — Every day, Ahlan Muthana breaks away from the past. At pro-democracy rallies, she leads crowds of protesters chanting against the government, an act unthinkable for a Yemeni woman only a year ago. Men who never took her seriously now listen to her ideas and, like disciples, join in her calls for justice. Read full article > >

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For Yemeni women, the future looks uncertain

The rise of “mompreneurs” has been helped by the rise of Internet and social media, which allow child-raising women to exchange ideas without having to leave the house.

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Prototype: If Moms Can’t Find It, They Invent It

The color of 2012 is a citrus-red hue that will give your weary eyes a break from all of those neutrals. Tangerine Tango , Pantone’s 2012 color of the year, was selected because, “there’s the element of encouragement with orange, it’s building on the ideas of courage and action, that we want to move on to better things. I think it would be a disservice to go with a relaxed, soothing color now,” Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, told the Associated Press. Read full article > >

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Tangerine Tango: Pantone’s color of the year in fashion

This is America under President Gingrich: There are two Social Security systems — one old, one new, running side by side. There are two tax systems and two versions of Medicare. Immigration decisions are handled by citizen councils spread across the country. And in the White House is a president who is eager to do battle with the judicial branch. Read full article > >

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Newt Gingrich as president could turn the White House into an ideas factory

Along July 26th Street, named for the era of a long-ago revolution, Egypt’s divides were bridged, briefly, by the simplest of ideas: a chance at self-determination.

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In Cairo, an Election Bridges Egypt’s Divides

With the holiday this week, our list of the best weekend events goes from Thursday through Sunday, so we’ve got you covered from the first bite of turkey to the last snap of football on Sunday. Check out a few of the highlights here, and then view our full list of a dozen ideas. Once you’ve finished your big Thanksgiving dinner, head to the Kennedy Center to dance some of those calories away. The Daryl Davis Band performs two sets of swing tunes for you to jump, twist and dance along to on the floor. Gottaswing providing dance lessons before each set. Read full article > >

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Plan your Thanksgiving weekend: Swing dancing, Mastodon

Though several YouTube clips portray him as a radical, many of Dr. Norman Finkelstein’s ideas and resolutions to the Israel-Palestine conflict are so reasonable that it is no wonder his opponents try to silence and/or discredit him (in fact, an acquaintance of mine complained he wasn’t radical enough!). Speakers can easily be put-down as “extremist” or “anti-Semitic” when their ideas are radically out of the norm. But with Finkelstein these labels go down like a lead balloon.

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“There Has Not Been a Peace Process; There Has Been an Annexation Process”: Norman Finkelstein Discusses the Israel-Palestine Conflict

The most festive season of the year is upon us, the time for beautifully decorated homes to open their wreath-bedecked doors for holiday parties. This is also the season for fear: Fear of sending out that Evite for the first time, of setting up the buffet and of welcoming friends to your less-than-perfect home. It’s easy to dig up an excuse for not throwing a party. You may worry that your apartment is too small for entertaining more than two people. Or your holiday to-do list is already packed and there’s no room for hosting guests. Maybe the gloom-and-doom economic cycle has you convinced you’re too broke to swing it.None of these woes should prevent you from hosting a holiday celebration. In fact, everybody needs a party this year. Our local experts share their secrets, such as using your car as a temporary party day storage zone or where to get the cheapest mini-cupcakes. We’d like to know how you pull off a holiday party with a packed December calendar. Share your ideas at localliving@washpost.com. We’ll post the best ones in this section and online in the coming weeks. Read full article > >

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Let’s Get This Party Started

Steve Jobs originally wanted Apple to be able to operate the iPhone without help from carriers. That’s what John Stanton, a venture capitalist and wireless industry veteran, told his audience at a Seattle speech Monday, IDG News reported . According to Stanton, when Jobs was first percolating ideas about the handset from 2005-2007, he discussed the plausibility of going around carriers and using the unlicensed spectrum that WiFi networks rely on for the phones. Read full article > >

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Report: Steve Jobs wanted Apple to be a wireless carrier

Steve Jobs originally wanted Apple to be able to operate the iPhone without help from carriers. That’s what John Stanton, a venture capitalist and wireless industry veteran, told his audience at a Seattle speech Monday, IDG News reported . According to Stanton, when Jobs was first percolating ideas about the handset from 2005-2007, he discussed the plausibility of going around carriers and using the unlicensed spectrum that WiFi networks rely on for the phones. Read full article > >

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 THE WOODLANDS, Tex. – Finally, they have the debate stage to themselves: The philosopher-politician vs. the businessman-preacher.  Newt Gingrich, the onetime House speaker whose appeal is his endless buffet of ideas, and Herman Cain, the former restaurant executive whose appeal is his folksy simplicity, first locked arms in the mid-1990s over their mutual abhorrence of health-care reform and adoration of welfare reform. If any two Republican presidential hopefuls may be brothers from different mothers, as Cain referred to his relationship with the wealthy Koch brothers, they are Gingrich and Cain. Read full article > >

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For Gingrich and Cain, it’s a friendship and a contest

CAIRO Diplomatic versions of the three-cushion shot in billiards are perilous, but let’s suppose you could accomplish the following: Lift the stature of Egypt’s fragile transitional government, support Israel’s desire for Arab recognition, reanimate the Palestinian peace process and deal a blow to Iran. Read full article > >

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The Mideast’s new game

When Federal Reserve policymakers meet to decide the nation’s monetary policy, they usually discuss where the economy is heading and how they should adjust interest rates to try to keep prices stable and Americans employed. At their meeting this week , bigger ideas will be on the table. No major policy changes are expected out of the two-day session beginning Tuesday, but the discussion will probably focus on some core questions about how the central bank communicates with the public about its goals and expectations for the economy. Read full article > >

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Fed policymakers mull how to share economic goals and expectations

Democracy and Islam can coexist in Tunisia, Rachid al-Ghannouchi believes, and his ideas may be tested if his party succeeds in Sunday’s voting.

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Rachid al-Ghannouchi Imagines Democratic Future for Tunisia

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain has cast himself as the outsider, the pizza magnate with real-world experience who will bring fresh ideas to the nation’s capital. But Cain’s economic ideas, support and organization have close ties to two billionaire brothers who bankroll right-leaning causes through their group Americans for Prosperity. Read full article > >

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Cain’s longtime ties to controversial Koch brothers’ group key to his surging presidential bid