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Football fans may remember the name Luther Blissett. He was the high-scoring striker for England's Watford who was traded to AC Milan for $1 million in 1983. After one disappointing season, he returned to England and obscurity. Now Luther Blissett is back in the headlines as the author of Q (Heinemann; 635 pages), a novel of vast inventiveness, remarkable erudition and highly peculiar origins. First published in Italy in 1999, the book has become a best seller from Austria to Argentina. The British edition appeared earlier this month, and negotiations are now under...
...hours, the rebels were subjected to a suffocating air bombardment. According to U.S. military spokesman Colonel Roger King, American planes dropped 19 "cave busters," 2,000-pound bombs that blast deep into the ground. This was followed by a rain of 500-pounders and rocket and cannon fire from AC?130 gunships and Apache helicopters. "It looked like (the rebels) had lost their minds," says Raziq. "They were running in every direction." By Raziq's count, 22 rebels were killed and another 13 were captured. The U.S. military reported no casualties...
...Watch for models that had a limited production run, like the '65-'67 AC Shelby Cobra 427, which tend to be worth more. Convertibles also command higher prices. As the saying goes, "The price goes up if the top comes down...
...DIED. JUAN SCHIAFFINO, 77, Uruguayan soccer legend who helped steer his country to a momentous 1950 World Cup final victory against favorites Brazil; in Montevideo. After his World Cup triumph, Schiaffino was poached by Italian club AC Milan for what was then a princely...
...avoid using up all their ammunition. Mortar shells and machine-gun rounds were running short, but the roar of air strikes and the concussions of 2,000-lb. bombs in the mountains were good for morale. B-52 bombers, F-16 and F-18 fighter-bombers, and AC-130 and AH-64 gunships were pulverizing caves and crags. Perez's men set their M-4s to fire single shots instead of three-bullet bursts. "Perez was controlling his rates of fire, pointing out targets, just doing an awesome job," Grippe says. Kraft, the company commander, was impressed. "Here...