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...with the estate's current net worth north of $200 million and likely to spew cash forever, the vultures will circle ever lower; expect the convergence of cash and carrion. The will is sure to be contested. However sad the child-molestation cases were, the battles over the Jackson fortune, and the allegations that are sure to surface, will be uglier still. (Read "Remembering Michael Jackson on Twitter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle Over Michael Jackson's Legacy | 7/2/2009 | See Source »

...high to make you think that you're getting a good deal. In fact, often a department store will put one mattress on so-called "sale" and raise the prices of the other mattresses so it makes it seem that that mattress is cheap. The only mattress they really expect to sell is that mattress on sale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Cheap Stuff Really Costs Us | 7/2/2009 | See Source »

...influence, and when it takes collective actions, others take notice, and Iran does not come off well. Iran is in a difficult situation and it knows that it will eventually have to engage in more discussions." Until then, whatever the E.U.'s eventual response, it can expect more invective...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Should Europe Respond to Iran? | 7/2/2009 | See Source »

...then photograph your head and hand-draw a few sample designs based on your face shape and eyebrow line. The frames can be built from titanium, bloc acetate or buffalo horn, and colored to complement your skin and hair tones. This couture-design process doesn't come cheap: expect to pay an eye-watering $8,000. If that's too much, Davies also offers a customizing service through some 500 opticians across the world. For around $800, you'll be able to pick a pair of glasses from the existing TD collection and have them refitted and recolored to your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making a Spectacle | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

...worried about their safety when making their way home in the dark in the dead of night. He still defends his decision to flip the switch - "If I watch TV at home, and then go into another room, I switch the lights off in the lounge; people shouldn't expect the streetlights to be on when they're not outside" - but says that any money saved will go toward building schools or sports facilities for the village. And although the council picks up the electricity bill every time anyone uses Dial4Light (locals only pay for the call), the scheme...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany's Bright Idea: Street Lighting on Demand | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

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