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...Some destroy their work themselves; others ask family members to do so; still others designate literary executors to handle their papers and dole them out to universities or libraries. (One hopes that the recently deceased and uncommonly prolific John Updike may have taken the last route.) But such wishes aren't always carried out to the letter. Emily Dickinson, who saw fewer than a dozen poems published during her lifetime, instructed her sisters to burn all of her correspondence and verse - orders that were only half followed. Franz Kafka's directive to his friend Max Brod to destroy...
...Naturally, executives for Xanadu, which has been beset by prior delays and cost overruns, offer a different spin. "It's not like people aren't looking to recreate," says Larry Siegel, president of Xanadu. "They are. But people may not be able to rent that house on the beach or pay a few hundred bucks for a three-day pass at Disney. But they can come here and spend $100. If people spend the time here, they're going to spend the money." (See what businesses are doing well despite the recession...
...Groups like the ACLU have sued law enforcement agencies in the past aimed at exposing domestic spying, but individuals whose privacy has been violated have little recourse - "suing is a shot in the dark," Simonson says, given current state and federal laws. "There aren't any legal remedies and we are trying to create one," Simonson says, acknowledging that it may take more than one legislative session to pass the bill in New Mexico...
...even many of his former hedge-fund backers aren't particularly happy. As Dodd and House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank work to craft legislation overhauling the nation's banking and securities regulations, Dodd's populist ploys give many on Wall Street pause. "The competition for capital and talent is now global. What we saw when the Senate inserted the executive-compensation restrictions was a cause and effect," Tom Quaadman, who works on financial-sector issues at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, says, pointing to examples of companies like Deutsche Bank and UBS poaching U.S. talent driven away...
...McNally's got a good stroke from outside. Brown's open shots just aren't falling. Harvard 59, Brown...