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...company will sell 10 percent of itself in a public offering later this year. And TIME Wall Street columnist Daniel Kadlec says this brown-paper package is going to go like hotcakes. "This is the most direct nondirect way to get invested in the Internet," he says. "Fed Ex stock has done very well as a way to cash in on the e-tailing boom through shipping ?- and UPS ships four times as many packages as Fed Ex. If they don?t price it through the roof, this is going to be a great stock...
...endless reel in my mind now. A big boat is sinking; a starship is rising; an ex-stand-up is drawing $1 million per potty joke; and the studio magpies are eyeballing the receipts over Monday-morning cappuccino...
...statement given to police during an investigation of a suicide on one of his properties two years ago, Frankel provided a glimpse into life on his estate: "The females are mostly my ex-girlfriends that I met through personal advertisements. I date a lot of women, and these girls are special to me." He went on to say he had "sexual contact" with some, but not all, of the women, and that they were not paid a salary but were given money "as they need it." Neighbors recall constant streams of limousines to and from Frankel's house...
Dedicated by Ellison "to that Vanished Tribe into Which I Was Born: The American Negroes"--he proudly and defiantly resisted the successive fads to rename that tribe--Juneteenth turns on the complex relationship between an ex-jazzman and trickster turned preacher, Alonzo Hickman, and his white--or nearly white--foster child, Bliss. Hickman reluctantly agrees to midwife and then raise this child of a white woman whose false accusation of rape had caused his brother to be lynched. Bliss, though lovingly nurtured by his stepfather, eventually runs away in search of his lost mother and later transforms himself into Senator...
STOLEN MOMENTS Most divorced fathers care deeply about their kids and pay child support. Yet 4.5 million of them say their ex-wives block them from contact with their children. While these so-called deadbolted dads say courts have turned a deaf ear to their plight, backing for them is growing. Groups like the American Coalition for Fathers & Children have been lobbying legislatures for better access and visitation laws. They also distribute manuals that teach dads their rights and offer tips on such topics as finding a good lawyer...