December 28, 2009

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December 28, 2009

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TIGER'S FALL FROM GLORY
NEWSMAKER

TIGER'S FALL FROM GLORY

By CHARLIE GILLIS, JOHN INTINI, ANNE KINGSTON13 min
SUDDENLY THE WORLD HATES CANADA
NATIONAL

SUDDENLY THE WORLD HATES CANADA

By JONATHON GATEHOUSE12 min
INTERVIEW

INTERVIEW

By NICHOLAS KÖHLER9 min
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TIGER'S FALL FROM GLORY 3839
NEWSMAKER

TIGER'S FALL FROM GLORY

How a car crash exposed the strange and embarrassing life of the world’s greatest athlete By CHARLIE GILLIS, JOHN INTINI, ANNE KINGSTON13 min
SUDDENLY THE WORLD HATES CANADA 1819
NATIONAL

SUDDENLY THE WORLD HATES CANADA

How did a country with two per cent of the world’s emissions turn global villain? By JONATHON GATEHOUSE12 min
INTERVIEW 1617

INTERVIEW

R & B sensation Justin Bieber on Usher and Justin Timberlake, his mom and his fans, and what his swagger coach teaches him By NICHOLAS KÖHLER9 min
THE REAL ESTATE GAMBLE 3233
BUSINESS

THE REAL ESTATE GAMBLE

A home is seen as a ticket to retirement. But is that wise? By JASON KIRBY9 min
KING of an alternate WORLD 4647
THE BACK PAGES

KING of an alternate WORLD

James Cameron invents a new universe— and a new kind of filmmaking By BRIAN D. JOHNSON8 min
MAIL BAG 67

MAIL BAG

IT IS REFRESHING to see Maclean’s acknowledge that the image of priests as pedophiles is largely a media creation (“The truth about priests,” Society, Dec. 7). Many apparently intelligent people believe that this problem is much more widespread in the Catholic Church than it is anywhere else.
CENTRE OF THE STORM 2223
NATIONAL

CENTRE OF THE STORM

The gentle Canadian who has changed the climate science world By COLBY COSH7 min
Tales of over-the-top Christmas 5253
THE BACK PAGES

Tales of over-the-top Christmas

In a wealthy suburb, a writer discovers people who take celebrating to a whole new level By BRIAN BETHUNE7 min
NEWSMAKERS 1011
THIS WEEK

NEWSMAKERS

Santa shook like a bowl full of Jell-O at the Southlake Mall in suburban Atlanta, but not in a good way. Police in Morrow, Ga., say 45-year-old William C. Caldwell III dressed as an elf and waited an hour in line to have his picture taken with St. Nick.
THE CITY OF GOLD TURNS TO DUST 2627
WORLD

THE CITY OF GOLD TURNS TO DUST

Dubai is a financial mess. Who’s to blame for the collapse? By ANNE KINGSTON7 min
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