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...time the museum re-opened nine days later, the theft was front-page news around the world. Tips were pouring in from amateur detectives, nutty professors and clairvoyants. Thousands of people lined up at the Louvre just to see the empty spot where the painting once hung. Among them was Franz Kafka, who was visiting Paris and whose cameo in this story, of course, makes it all the more Kafkaesque...
Lost in the shuffle, however, are the other cover stars who thrived during their featured year. In 2004, Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis earned All-Pro honors (as did George in 2000). Levens' 1999 campaign was among his best. Even players seen as evidence of a cover jinx still put up respectable - if diminished - numbers. Hearst galloped for 1,570 yards in 1998, scoring a Pro Bowl appearance in the process. And while St. Louis Rams RB Marshall Faulk's production slipped in 2002 - and fell precipitously after that - the jitterbugging back still notched 1,490 combined yards while coping...
...exactly right. San Diego Chargers RB LaDainian Tomlinson declined the offer in 2007, though not because he was superstitious; Tomlinson's reps weren't swayed by the reported $100,000 to $200,000 deal EA Sports, the game's manufacturer, offers players for use of their likeness. But even among a group renowned for being superstitious - athletes have tried to bust slumps by donning women's underwear, eating the same meal each day and performing elaborate foul-line rituals - talk of a Madden Curse doesn't seem to have caught much traction. And for good reason. Most of the under...
Short selling is among the most controversial investment practices and has been blamed for sharp sell-offs in the stocks of a number of large companies, especially financial firms. Governments in both the U.S. and other developed countries are considering banning or seriously restricting the practice of short selling. When financial stocks were dropping rapidly late last year, taking short positions in some banks and brokerage stocks was actually forbidden...
...According to the Associated Press, a memo the U.N. circulated among Colombo-based diplomats reported that more than 6,400 civilians had been killed and 13,000 injured in the last three months. Buhne declined to comment on these figures for TIME. What's indisputable, however, is the humanitarian crisis the exodus is creating. "The massive influx within three days has completely overwhelmed the resources available," Buhne said. "We have to act fast...