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Carl Wilhelm Naundorff The German clockmaker and manufacturer of munitions (he dubbed them "Bourbon bombs") declared in 1833 that he was Charles Louis, son of Louis XVI, thought to have died in prison following the French Revolution. Undeterred by the fact that the dauphin's name had actually been Louis...
Career changes can affect family members dramatically too. When Reid accepted the P&G job, she uprooted her doctor husband from Richmond, Va., along with their two young children. The couple eventually divorced. Ruxin's move forced his new wife (the trailing spouse, in human resources--speak) to make a...
Even the Department of Energy (DOE) isn't convinced changing the clocks will make a dent in energy consumption. "The jury on the potential national energy-savings of extending daylight saving time is still out," Craig Stevens, press secretary for the Department of Energy, wrote to TIME in e-mail...
According to accounts in the state-controlled media, such small mines, which account for a third of China's total coal output, are commonly subcontracted by local governments to individuals. With some 17,000 of these small mines now operating (as well as thousands of illegal mines), supervision by government...
The judges said that the main reason for their ruling was to protect the interests of public safety. Diana and Dodi Fayed were killed in Paris when their driver, trying to escape the paparazzi who had followed them from the Ritz Hotel, crashed into a pillar in the Pont de...