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Luciano Pavarotti, the bearded opera legend, died early Thursday after a yearlong battle with pancreatic cancer. With his noted girth and cheeky duets with pop singers, the 71-year-old tenor was that rare maestro of classical music who was as instantly recognizable around the world as superstars from MTV and the movies...
...they almost certainly will be much higher in 10 years. Waterfront and resort properties and those with spectacular views--just the features you dream of for a retirement home--can be expected to rise the fastest. Yet for even prime properties in today's market, competing bids are rare, and sellers are eager to deal. You have bargaining power, and you have time to research your purchase. Mortgage rates remain low for those with good credit...
Thousands of Burmese are doing just that. The short-lived rally in Rangoon was one of 20 or so demonstrations that have erupted across Burma (also known as Myanmar) in recent weeks--a rare display of civil disobedience by a people who have been ruled for 45 years by one of the world's most reclusive military regimes. The last time there were mass countrywide demonstrations, in 1988, the military cracked down hard, killing thousands of protesters and dashing hopes of democratic reform. Now daily life in this nation of 53 million has become so desperate that an impoverished populace...
...hero. Days later the FBI leaked his name as its primary suspect. The media savaged him; FBI agents tore through the home he shared with his mother and ripped family photos. After investigators exonerated Jewell that year, he sued and settled with NBC and other media and got a rare apology from AG Janet Reno. In 2005, Eric Rudolph confessed to the attack. Jewell died, apparently of natural causes, at his Georgia home...
...jobs included hawking jewelry and driving a cab. In 1987, in the rare-book room of the New York Public Library, history buff Philip Masters discovered a 1719 book about a pirate's trial in 1718--the year the storied Queen Anne's Revenge was lost near North Carolina. Masters connected the dots, finding a reference that made him think he could locate where the Blackbeard-hijacked ship had sunk. Masters contacted experts and secured permits, and in 1996 divers unearthed an unusually complete wreck widely believed to be the Revenge. Masters was 70 and had cancer...