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...famous photo was a setup. In fact, Rosenthal barely got the picture that boosted the morale of war-weary Americans and won him a Pulitzer. After missing the first flag raising on Iwo Jima, the diminutive photojournalist heard that a grander flag was being hoisted. Clambering onto a pile of rocks to get his angle, he snapped just in time. Later, mortified by the hoopla over the image, he said, "I took it, but the Marines took Iwo Jima...
...there are other ?grass farmers? around the country who are succeeding with the help of proselytizing websites like eatwild.com. But not every farm will have a Dan Barber behind it - an obsessive, a guy who won't come in from the rain so he can show you the compost pile...
...biggest knock on income annuities is that once you've forked over a pile of cash, it's gone forever. So don't spend all your savings on one; 25% is a good target. In some cases, you can recover all or part of what you paid for an annuity. J.G. Wentworth, based in Bryn Mawr, Pa., offers a lump sum to take over your income stream. If you bought an annuity for $100,000 and changed your mind the next day, you could get back about $95,000. "Our typical customer has unexpected medical bills or some other sudden...
...there's a hopeful note to be found in the depressing pile of statistics, it's that Katrina's aftermath should yield lessons for mental health care providers dealing with a future disaster. "People will learn from us," says Townsend. "Because a disaster like this will occur again...
...rescue workers toiled under a roasting sun to extract the dead from inside the building. The victims had sheltered on the ground floor in the belief that a large pile of dirt and sand for construction would help protect them from air raids and shelling. But the earth had become their grave when they were buried beneath it by the force of the explosions. Two soldiers cautiously used spades to dig away the dirt. What was left of the building teetered heavily to one side and looked as if it would collapse at any moment...