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...handicapped for life," says Marcelle Berthoud, 61, who has spent three years in hospitals and rehab centers since a drunk driver hit her car head on. The driver - who failed to appear at his trial - saw his initial six-month suspended jail sentence lowered to three on appeal, and the 15-month driving prohibition lifted completely. "Judges figure the driver's guilty conscience is punishment enough, and that the damage to victims is already done," says Berthoud. "Just who is the law protecting...
...created a genre-redefining, pop-culture masterpiece whose appeal spills way over the bounds of its predictable audience and becomes a monster hit. Around fifteen years later you decide to come out with a three-part sequel that becomes one of the most anticipated new series of the millennium. No, your name is not Lucas, it's Miller. Frank Miller, author of the remarkable 1986 comicbook "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns," has finally completed a three-issue sequel, "The Dark Knight Strikes Back...
...peoples' need for "heroes," or rather, their mindless need for leaders. There are few heroics in this supposedly "superhero" book. Even Superman, famously incorruptible, undergoes a massive change of character that, at the end, turns him into a fascist. Seeing Miller handle characters this way has the same empty appeal as watching a sandcastle get kicked over. The Batman of the first series personified a man on edge: cruel yet tempered by a personal sense of justice, a master of his body yet feeling the limitations of getting older, angry yet tender enough to be touched by a young girl...
...kept, has the nation's median home price declined in a calendar year. There have been plenty of regional busts, as in Texas following the '70s oil boom and in New England during the late '80s. Yet overall, home prices have risen an average 6.3% annually. Part of the appeal is that even when supply and demand turn sour, home economics makes sense. Mortgage interest is deductible, and when they sell their home, a couple can walk away with $500,000 of their gain tax-free...
...prepping in Chicago for a Broadway opening this fall. There's a Beach Boys musical in the works and another one on the Doors, and even a Bruce Springsteen show, Drive All Night, with its sights set on Broadway. "Pop music can be overpowering," says Tharp, explaining the appeal of the oldies. "It has so much connotation in people's minds...