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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Marie and Sal Latella who had their four-bedroom Colonial on and off the market for nearly three years before deciding to rent it out this summer. Now, settled in a rental of their own just 15 minutes away, the Latellas' sons are in a better school district (a big reason for the move), and the family is still close enough to swing by their old place every so often to keep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Accidental Landlords: Renting What Won't Sell | 9/19/2009 | See Source »

Boxing executives love to crow about the pay-per-view revenues a big fight delivers, but if you look at the numbers, it's plain to see that pay-per-view is killing boxing's cultural relevance. For example, the 2007 mega-fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather pulled in $136.6 million from pay-per-view. Yes, that's great business for the fighters, promoters, and HBO, which televised the bout. But consider: about 2.44 million households purchased that fight, a pay-per-view record. Know how many households watched WWE wrestling on the USA network...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Live Boxing at the Movies: Can It Beat the Chick Flicks? | 9/19/2009 | See Source »

...Apocalypse Please.” Once in a great while, as with their cover of “Feeling Good,” a curve ball might crop up, but for the most part, Muse sing about one thing: the end of the world.A theme that big requires music of a similar scale to prop it up. For Muse, that means crunching guitar riffs and driving base lines overlaid with Matt Bellamy’s operatic, choirboy-gone-bad falsetto. When all these elements come together, Muse songs can be sublime slices of ominous, oddly euphoric prog rock; when they...

Author: By Daniel K. Lakhdhir, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Muse | 9/18/2009 | See Source »

...squandered during his brief appearance as Whitacre’s lawyer.Near the end of the movie, as Whitacre’s plans are beginning to unravel, he notices a swarm of ants feasting on discarded food crumbs. “That’s a big break right there,” he thinks to himself, seemingly envious of their unique position. “There are no choices to be made,” he continues. “You’re an ant, you just eat it.” Whitacre’s own motivations don?...

Author: By Rachel A. Burns, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Informant! | 9/18/2009 | See Source »

...contribute more after they learned that Mojaddedi, 83, spent a large chunk of the money on salaries for his family and loyal retainers. "Mojaddedi's people say they had 5,000 Taliban hand over their guns," says one angry Afghan official, "but I asked them if they had any big commanders among them, and they couldn't name a single...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Anti-Taliban Efforts Have Failed | 9/18/2009 | See Source »

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