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...Monreale home near Palermo by a machine-gun-toting gang of ski-masked Mafiosi. A kidnaping is no surprise in Italy. It has become such a way of life since 1970 that police now freeze the assets of the victim's family in an effort to prevent payoffs. Million-dollar ransoms are routine. But this case rocked Palermo; it is not honorable to involve women in such matters, and the victim's husband, Contractor Giuseppe Quartuccio, 66, was known to have Mafia connections...
...networks were concerned about ratings when I was working in TV in the '50s, but the condition has been seriously aggravated. If I were in control of a network, I think I would be satisfied with a mere million-dollar profit instead of a 150 million-dollar profit. I would supply on prime time a healthy chunk of beauty and commitment. I think the American people deserve some truth-at least as much truth as we can give them-instead of pure entertainment or pure addiction...
When benevolent Tycoon John Beresford Tipton passed out checks in the 1950s television series The Millionaire, the recipients wound up with a cool $1 million tax free. No such luck awaits the million-dollar winners of state lotteries. Though the lottery commissions hardly emphasize the fact, they arbitrarily dole out their millions in installments of $50,000 a year over 20 years, all of it taxable. A winner with no other earnings to boost his tax rate further will end up with, at best, about $30,000 a year. In short, what you see emblazoned on the ticket...
...million-dollar misunderstanding may not be the only jolt for lottery winners. Many are soon besieged by relatives, charities and causes that want to share the presumed riches. One Air Force sergeant who won the Maryland lottery was asked to contribute to UFO research. Dominic Barisano, 63, won the jackpot in Massachusetts, only to give away so much to his four children, 13 grandchildren and eight brothers and sisters that he had no money to pay his income taxes. Says his wife Concetta, 61: "I'm a little sorry we won. One of my grandchildren told...
...bear of very little brain, Win-nie-the-Pooh has displayed remarkable staying power since his creation in 1926 by Author A.A. Milne and Illustrator Ernest H. Shepard. The classic children's books about Pooh's adventures have been translated into 22 languages and inspired million-dollar businesses in posters, party favors and other products. But one who did not celebrate Pooh's 50th birthday last week was Christopher Robin Milne, 56, the author's son, whose 1974 autobiography, The Enchanted Places, described the trials of growing up in the shadow of a Teddy bear. "Pooh...