| The Loop: Nobel grilling
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 Welcome to the Loop, the Magazine's weekly letters column, including the best of your thoughts on Twitter and Facebook.
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| Motorists get a pass to go well beyond speed limit
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 Tribune analysis shows that most citations for speeding on Chicago-area interstates are for driving far above the legal limit A Tribune analysis shows that most citations for speeding on Chicago-area interstates are for driving far above the legal limit.
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| Market-Making Is Making Markets
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 I've been on a servicey kick lately so today I'm going to do something really simple and servicey and tell you what "market making" is. Then we'll probably talk about the Volcker rule; that happens a lot.
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| Wonkblog: What's next for the gun control movement? A Brady Campaigner lays it out
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 A year ago Saturday, the dialogue around guns in America changed: The mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., mobilized more people in a more sustained way than any such tragedy had before it. At least, that's what gun-control advocates sensed. But it wasn't enough to get anything done on Capitol Hill, and since then, Brian Malte, mobilization director for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, has overseen efforts in dozens of states to strengthen gun-control laws and has more in the works for 2014. In the meantime, he says, work on the federal level is still very much underway. I spoke with Malte about those efforts. The transcript has been edited for length and clarity. Lydia DePillis: What explains gun advocates' success in the states, when things failed so spectacularly in Congress? Brian Malte: First of all, starting at the federal level, we still feel like we have a lot of momentum. If you look at the vote in the Senate, the Toomey-Manchin background check legislation, ...
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| Why it pays to date Madonna
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 Young? Ambitious? Male? Then, some might ask, why not give your career a boost by becoming Madonna's boyfriend? It worked for Jesus Luz, a small-time Brazilian model propelled to fame through his fling with the American singer. Now it seems to be working for Brahim Zaibat, 28, a Franco-Algerian who grew up in a drug-ridden council estate in Lyon. Zaibat, a hip-hop dancer, was dumped by the ...
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| Jools Holland on tour
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 Christmas isn't quite Christmas until the pianist and his rhythm and blues orchestra have laid down some boogie-woogie in your town. Mel C joins them for Never Be the Same Again. Brighton Centre (0844 8471515), today; Motorpoint Arena Cardiff (029-2022 4488), Thur; Plymouth Pavilions (0845 1461460),
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