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...idea - sure to be floated - that the avowedly antiabortion Palin might have pressured her poor daughter to ruin her life by carrying an unwanted baby to term, I wouldn't bet on it. The Palin family seems to share the same pro-life values going as far back as anyone here can remember, and it wouldn't be at all surprising if Bristol wore those values, however imperfectly, as her own. At least, that's what the town thinks. And Wasilla, above all, is pretty sensible. (See photos of Sarah Palin here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Wasilla, Pregnancy Was No Secret | 9/1/2008 | See Source »

...Three human carcasses have been located inside the burned-out ruin of the compound, along with the remains of three horses and four dogs. All the animals and at least one of the humans had been shot before the house was set on fire. Police suspect arson because the fire appears to have started at three different parts of the property; when firefighters arrived on the scene, a horse trailer with flat tires, placed across the main entrance, hampered their access...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain Puzzled By Mansion Murder | 9/1/2008 | See Source »

...Foster was threatened by financial ruin at the time of the crime. He faced the compulsory liquidation of his company, Ulva Limited, which supplies insulation technology to oil rigs, and had been hit with large bills from creditors and tax authorities. He had also recently been forbidden to sell his home without permission of the liquidator. The Guardian newspaper reported that earlier this year that a High Court judge branded Foster "bereft of the basic instincts of commercial morality" after discovering that he had been stripping Ulva of assets and transferring them to a new firm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain Puzzled By Mansion Murder | 9/1/2008 | See Source »

FULL-BODY SWIMSUITS help smash world records, ruin Games for female viewers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pop Chart | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

...medal, and still, people want to take pictures with me [Gay waves to a gawking crowd outside a window]. People still respect you, people tell you you're still the fastest. My family still supports me. I'm sad inside. But not getting that medal didn't ruin my whole Olympics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Was Really Bugging Tyson Gay | 8/17/2008 | See Source »

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