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...young guy who apparently didn't want any trouble on his beat," Alfred says. "He let me go. And off in the distance you could faintly hear music, not very enjoyable. And then we went home." (See TIME's full Michael Jackson coverage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Stasi File on Michael Jackson | 8/5/2009 | See Source »

...federal reimbursement for the subsidy consumers get for trading in their cars, dealers must first destroy the engine. One common method is to drain the car's oil and flood the engine with sodium silicate, or liquid glass. Dealers then turn the car on and rev the engine to let the solution harden. In just a few minutes, the car becomes inoperable. (Read "How Bad Are Auto Sales? 10 Questions and Answers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Happens to the Clunkers Traded In? | 8/4/2009 | See Source »

...according to the SEC complaint, Lewis and other Bank of America executives had full knowledge of Merrill's plans to pay out bonuses to top executives. In fact, prior to sending out the proxy statement, the complaint asserts, Bank of America had agreed to let Merrill pay out as much as $5.8 billion in year-end bonuses, a little over $2 billion more than Thain actually paid out. In settling the SEC complaint - paying the fine - Bank of America neither confirmed nor denied the charges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SEC Settlement May Threaten BofA CEO | 8/4/2009 | See Source »

...bothered by the fact that I will never have beautiful handwriting. My printing will always be fat and round and look as if it came from a 12-year-old. And let's be honest: the Declaration of Independence is already hard to read. We are living in the age of social networks and frenzied conversation, composing more e-mails, texting more messages and keeping in touch with more people than ever before. Maybe this is the trade-off. We've given up beauty for speed, artistry for efficiency. And yes, maybe we are a little bit lazy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mourning the Death of Handwriting | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

...volunteering for typically salaried jobs, such as trail maintenance and trash patrol. Such is the case at Schodack Island State Park near Albany, N.Y. When the state announced last year plans to close the park for three winter months, local residents banded together and lobbied the state to let them assume responsibility for certain everyday operations and keep it open year-round. (Read "Indiana Dunes State Park...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: State Parks Look for Ways of Surviving the Budget Ax | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

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