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...Left Faridkot in 2005 to follow in his older brother's footsteps as a laborer; Qasab found work in Lahore and later worked as a decorator in Rawalpindi. Disappointed with his meager earnings, he conspired with a friend to commit robberies. In 2007 he came into contact with the LeT and joined their ranks, hoping to develop military skills. (See pictures of a jihadist's journey...
...dysfunctional Bluths) “who lost everything and the one son” (Michael) “who had no choice but to keep them all”—his parents (George Sr. and Lucille), son (George Michael), siblings (Gob, Linsday, and Buster), brother-in-law (Tobias), and niece (Maebe)—“together...
...Originally from Philadelphia and raised in Miami, Barofsky was the youngest of three children; his father, Stephen, called Barofsky's two older sisters "tough" on their little brother - early training for what a former colleague called his "sharp and sometimes withering...
Jackson's farewell service was, in a sense, a rerun. For days, TV had been cycling the same clips, remembering the same songs; some speakers had been on TV sharing the same thoughts. Yet hearing brother Jermaine deliver "Smile," Michael's favorite song, to a crowd whose hearts were breaking had an entirely different effect than Jermaine's singing it to Matt Lauer. Hearing Gordy recall Michael's childhood audition was more moving than the dozens of bio reels that had sought the same response...
...brother Paul, who's eight years older, were Harry Potter fans. In fact Paul had always thought the characters from Harry Potter would make a great band: Ron on guitar, Hermione on bass, Hagrid on drums (natch) and Harry up front. "We'd kind of been talking about the idea but never done anything," Paul remembers. Joe and Paul proceeded to become this band. In one day, the brothers wrote, rehearsed and performed six songs about life at Hogwarts. The set list included "Platform 9 and " and "Wizard Chess." To solve the personnel issues, or possibly compound them, both...