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Of course, he got stucco. Now that South Florida has tied Las Vegas as the nation's fastest-tanking real estate market, Puig is bankrupt, with $80 million in debts. His mansion was liquidated for $11.4 million, and his yacht went back to the bank. At Puig's bankruptcy auction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Florida the Sunset State? | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

Filipino media have predictably lit up with Pineda coverage. The largest broadcaster in the Philippines, ABS-CBN, has called Pineda "the country's pride," and documents everything from the singer's visits home to the health of his voice. Pineda's compatriots are also delighted. "Everyone's talking about it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unlikely Journey | 7/9/2008 | See Source »

That's because it's a pretty standard celebrity drama. In the beginning he was a tall, devastatingly handsome young man, with a polite, soft-spoken gift for ingratiation. This he employed to worm his way into the confidence of the Hell's Angels, the outlaw motorcycle gang, becoming a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mixed Pleasures of Hunter S. Thompson | 7/3/2008 | See Source »

Over time he gave up the drinking bouts, but he never quite kicked the periodic yen for dice. In the past decade, he has played on Mississippi riverboats, on Indian land, in Caribbean craps pits and along the length of the Las Vegas Strip. Back in 2005 he joined a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Candidates' Vices: Craps and Poker | 7/2/2008 | See Source »

Only recently have McCain's aides urged him to pull back from the pastime. In the heat of the G.O.P. primary fight last spring, he announced on a visit to the Vegas Strip that he was going to the casino floor. When his aides stopped him, fearing a public relations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Candidates' Vices: Craps and Poker | 7/2/2008 | See Source »

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