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Well, maybe not always. The housing market in parts of South Florida is melting faster than a snow cone on Miami Beach. Schiller's town house has languished on the market for 18 months. She has slashed the price by $75,000, to $565,000, offered a $2,500 bonus to the selling agent and at one point threw in a $2,500 store credit for home furnishings--all to no avail. "Buyers are extremely hesitant," says her broker, Rob Rose, adding that hundreds of similar properties are for sale, with similar gimmicks--from free Caribbean cruises to gym memberships...
High fuel prices have yielded one bonus: with more and more people keeping their cars at home, the roads are relatively free of traffic snarl-ups. It's typical of Baghdad that when something seems to get better--whether traffic or the ride from the airport--it's usually because something else has got much worse...
...BOWLED OVER This lightweight Orikaso dinnerware travels flat to save space and folds into cups, bowls and plates of various sizes. At a few dollars apiece, they're reusable (and thus environmentally friendly) and easy to clean. A bonus: they're as colorful as any ceramics and a lot less breakable in a backpack...
...Bowled Over This lightweight Orikaso dinnerware travels flat to save space and folds into cups, bowls and plates[an error occurred while processing this directive] of various sizes. At a few dollars apiece, they're reusable (and thus environmentally friendly) and easy to clean. A bonus: they're as colorful as any ceramics and a lot less breakable in a backpack. Glowing Gadget When it's time to answer nature's call in the dark of night, mini-lights come in handy. Guyot Designs' Firefly, $22, converts a water bottle into a flashlight whose brightness can be adjusted...
...says Betsy Andreu, then the fiancé of one of Armstrong's cycling teammates, that the future cycling giant admitted to being juiced. According to Andreu's testimony from October 2005 in an arbitration case between Armstrong and SCA Promotions, a Dallas-based insurance firm that withheld a $5 million bonus from him over doping allegations, a doctor came into the room and asked Armstrong, "Have you ever used any performance-enhancing drugs?" Armstrong's response, according to Andreu: "Yes." Andreu says Armstrong listed for the doctor the banned drugs he had taken: growth hormone, cortisone, EPO (erythropoietin, which boosts endurance...