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...twisted legal drama and a heartbreaker because two of the accused were the victim's soft-spoken sons. Within hours in one Pensacola, Fla., courtroom, two juries in two separate trials ended weeks of speculation about a case in which two competing theories were proffered to explain the fatal beating of Terry King, 40. In one trial, prosecutors maintained that King's son, 14, had bludgeoned his father with a baseball bat, urged on by his brother Alex, 13, and that the two then set fire to their house. In the other trial, prosecutors claimed that former family friend Ricky...
Flying is in Jones' blood. Her great-grandfather was a test pilot. A picture of her mother in a solo glider hangs over the mantel in her home in Tampa, Fla. Jones, 40, began working for American in 1985. "I love airports, the excitement, the electricity, people going places," she says. "I would go to the airport even before I had a job and just hang out. I like the smell of jet fuel." But after Sept. 11, Jones started thinking about another career. She began taking college courses with the idea of getting her degree and becoming a paralegal...
...fourth time and pregnant with her second son before, at 36, she realized her dream. "Even if I knew that Richard Reid would be on my flight someday, I would still have been a flight attendant," she says, sitting surrounded by travel mementos in her Coral Gables, Fla., home. Since Flight 63, she has been on medical leave for injuries to her shoulder suffered in her scuffle with Reid. When the White House invited Jones and Moutardier to be the First Lady's guests at the State of the Union speech in January, Moutardier considered not going because it meant...
First, rebalance your portfolio to be sure you are comfortable with your exposure to stocks. Financial planner Harold Evensky of Coral Gables, Fla., says that, on average, his balanced investors (40% bonds, 60% stocks) are down only 2% annually over the past three years. How is that possible? Bonds, small caps and value stocks kept them afloat. Reaching your equilibrium in this market may mean selling your losers on the way up or putting all or part of your new investment capital into safe alternatives to stocks and traditional bonds. In general, you should keep in a safe haven...
...opinions and feelings," says Robin Jones, director of operations. The network woos its listeners with roving vans that visit state fairs and other places where kids are likely to hang out and on-air sweepstakes with such prizes as a sleepover party at Carter's home in Key West, Fla. And, of course, it also takes advantage of its sister cable network. "When you're watching the Disney Channel, they play part of a song and then cut it off," explains Kate Witteman, 9, of New York City. "So you're like, 'I really like that! I want to hear...