A few quick articles from the NYTimes....

Japan is expanding its military role, ostensibly in response to China becoming so powerful.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/world/asia/japan-expands-its-regional-military-role.html

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Closing doors is the smartest thing you can do in a fire.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/28/nyregion/a-closed-door-the-best-ally-in-a-home-fire.html

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Most Americans are paying less in taxes than they were or would have been a few decades ago.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/30/us/most-americans-face-lower-tax-burden-than-in-the-80s.html

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