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2010-06-30       The Daily Brief     Leo Hindery, Jr.: Toronto's G-20: A New Kind of Musical Chairs AP Leo Hindery, Jr.: The vision we have of economic and trade harmony is completely belied by the realities bound up within the twenty incredibly diverse nations that comprise the G-20. Wouldn't it be far better for the United States to first get its own stimulus and job creation efforts in order, with all possible conviction and action by President Obama and his administration? Wouldn't it be far better if in turn all the G-20 nations, including the U.S., sought to perfect and balance diplomacy between and among themselves rather than try to balance their (currently) un-balanceable economies and trade practices? We need a more sensible approach forward. Click here to read more. Dr. Judith Rodin and Michael R. Bloomberg: Empowering Cities Through Service Cities of Service, from Seattle to Savannah, are establishing innovative citizen-service strategies to address challenges from public safety to homelessness to struggling schools. Raymond J. Learsy: BP's Smoking Gun and the Manipulation of Oil Prices BP is clearly in the game to maximize profits, and the higher they can push prices through their trading on exchanges, the better for BP's bottom line. How many other producers worldwide are playing the same game? Robert Scheer: The Chinese Aren't Coming The China-Taiwan agreement and its implications raise a question for Americans: do they truly believe they can be winners in a world built on expanding trade rather than on military tension? Judith Orloff MD: Relationship Secrets for Highly Empathic People In my psychiatric practice in Los Angeles and in my workshops I've been struck by how many sensitive, empathic people come to me wanting a romantic partner, yet remain single for years. Larry Magid: Are Android Apps Less Secure than iPhone Apps? The Google Android's more open process feels a lot more democratic but, like democracy itself, requires a bit more vigilance on the part of its "citizens."     HuffPost News Hurricane Alex 2010: First Atlantic Hurricane Of The Season Masked Protesters Clash With Greek Police (PHOTO) Unemployment: Congress Has Never Before Dropped Extended Benefits With Jobless Rate So High Mel Gibson & Oksana Grigorieva Split Turns Bitter, Money Involved Cius Tablet: Cisco's Answer To The iPad (PHOTOS)   Get HuffPost on your iPhone!   ©2010 HuffingtonPost.com, Inc. All rights reserved. 560 Broadway, Suite 308, NY, NY 10012 Add dailybrief@huffingtonpost.com to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. User Agreement Privacy Policy

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