Liliane Bettencourt

Good news

Good news, bad news: August 25-31, 2011

Plans to build a 4,300-km pipeline between the Alberta oil sands and refineries in Texas will have “no significant” environmental impact, according to a U.S. State Department report.

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Sarko’s summer soap opera

A scandal over a billionaire heiress’s fortune won’t help the French president sell austerity

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Newsmakers of the week

Judy Blume causes a moral panic, Kiefer Sutherland demands satisfaction, and introducing Dr. Dolly Parton