A group headed by Magic Johnson and financed largely by Guggenheim Partners was named the winning bidder of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Magic Johnson’s Group Wins the Bidding for the Dodgers

The trouble with today’s job market is that old success rules no longer apply. If you study hard in college . . . Wait, never mind. If you’re willing to be flexible . Oops, nope! Too bad. Despair might seen more manageable if it came with peppy phrases and Magic Job Wands. Watching “ The Headhuntress ,” Bravo’s one-hour special debuting Monday, one can almost believe that it does. Read full article > >

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On ‘Headhuntress,’ Wendy Doulton’s job is to fill high-end jobs

In their ongoing quest to eliminate academic achievement gaps, Montgomery County educators are seeking help from the Magic Kingdom. It is not enough, they realized, to spend more on poor children or to promote college-level classes for all if school employees are not fully committed to the cause. So Maryland’s largest school system sent a delegation to Disney’s complex in Orlando a few years ago for a lesson in motivating employees from a company that specializes in making dreams come true. Read full article > >

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To inspire, schools take a page from Disney

Nothing like a busted Amtrak train to bring me face-to-face with the one man Republicans would love — and I mean LOVE — to get into the 2012 race for the Republican presidential nomination. Former governor Jeb Bush (R-Fla.) and his wife Columba were just a few rows behind me. So, of course, I couldn’t resist asking him a question he has heard myriad times. “Is there any possible way your party could convince you to run for president,” I asked? “I don’t think so,” he said. “A lot of people are asking me that, and it’s flattering. But the Magic Eight Ball says, ‘Outlook not so good.’ ” Read full article > >

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Jeb Bush’s Magic Eight Ball and the GOP 2012 field

Here’s an economic policy the public can believe in.

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Economic policy needs common sense, not Fed magic, for long-term growth

Curtains close on the magic of Iraq’s cinemas

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Does Obama still have the magic that swept him to power?

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Back on campaign trail

Hoping to return to some of the magic of young people’s involvement in the 2008 presidential campaign and election, President Barack Obama drew thousands of college students at a rally in Madison, Wisconsin, on Tuesday night. With polls and surveys…

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Obama Tries to Reignite 2008 Energy

His political value diminished, President Obama is trying to recapture the magic of his presidential campaign with a large get-out-the-vote rally.

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Political Memo: Obama Returns to Campaign Mode With Altered Team

The iconic, long-celebrated triceratops might have gone the way of the unicorn and the magic dragon.

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Triceratops might be a mythical beast