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Root seekers haunt cemeteries. Dennis Rawlings had almost given up searching for a set of great-grandparents in a Port Hope, Ont., graveyard when, on a hunch, he took a pen from his pocket and poked it into the ground, hitting something hard. Tearing up the sod, he found an old stone reading MARY ANN RAWLINGS--DIED 1869. "We picked up 'Grandma' and cleaned her up for the next 100 years, until somebody else comes to visit," he recalls. "It felt like an episode from The Twilight Zone...
...preserved bodies, meanwhile, will give scientists an unprecedented look at Incan physiology. Reinhard and his team took care to pack the children in plastic, snow and insulating foam before hauling them down the mountain, and the Argentine military whisked them off to the nearby town of Salta. There, experts will analyze their stomachs to find out what they ate for their last meal, their organs for clues about their diet and their DNA to try and establish their relationship to other ethnic groups. Reinhard will head back into the mountains. There is no telling how many more bodies remain...
Though the shootings took place four years ago, they still stir passionate argument at the University of North Carolina and in Chapel Hill, in part because it seems the case won't go away. Just last week a judge upheld the $500,000 jury award to the killer, Wendell Williamson, now 30. But that decision will be appealed, and other lawsuits are pending. And this week the case will be examined in Santa Rosa, Calif., at a conference of psychiatrists alarmed at the prospect of being held liable for crimes their patients commit...
...took the pros years to catch on, maybe these companies are more valuable than the revised opinions as well. I wouldn't get carried away with this logic. EBay at 7,600 times earnings a share (market average: 28) is a huge leap. There are good reasons to hop the Internet rocket. But do it on pullbacks, with a fund or basket of stocks--and money you can afford to lose...
Above all, take the time you need to get the job done right. Hanson, for example, had to miss his first lucrative Christmas season when setting up his online store; it took him six months before opening up for e-business. But his site has remained glitch-free ever since. Now Hanson has installed a live lobster-cam for customers. Even online, he's learned, customers like to see what they're going...