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Michael Jackson, Woodstock Spark Surge In Music Memorabilia

By JANET MORRISSEY

If you're holding old Beatles records, Elvis pill bottles, or anything formerly owned by Michael Jackson, you may be sitting on a gold mine

Medvedev's War on Russia's Love of Booze

By SIMON SHUSTER / MOSCOW

Gorbachev tried it and failed. Now Russian President Dimitri Medvedev is on a mission to get Russia to sober up, proposing new legislation that he thinks can curb the country's love affair with alcohol

Can Steven Chu Win the Fight Over Global Warming?

By MICHAEL GRUNWALD / BEIJING

Steven Chu, the Nobel-winning Secretary of Energy, says people caused global warming. He also says people, with science's help, can solve it

In Drought, India's Economy is Feeling the Heat

By JYOTI THOTTAM / NEW DELHI

As this year's drought hits the country's rural economies hard, India looks for solutions to better prepare itself for the next one

Ron Bloom Monitors GM — And Eyes The Exit

By JOSEPH R. SZCZESNY / DETROIT

Auto task force chief Ron Bloom wants the government out of the domestic auto business, and he may be the first to leave

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By JOE KLEIN

Charles Krauthammer takes on death panels today. And again, he is close to reasonable.

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Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About Hawaii

As Hawaii celebrates its 50th anniversary of statehood, TIME explores little-known tidbits about the 50th state

Quotes of the Day

"No picture. No picture. You have to tip Elmo. You have to tip Elmo or Elmo gets angry,"
UNIDENTIFIED ELMO IMPERSONATOR,
who accosted passersby in New York City Friday night, demanding money in exchange for photos.
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How the Virgin Mary Survived Sri Lanka's Civil War

By Amantha Perera

The Catholic feast of the Assumption took on special meaning on the island nation as pilgrims once again could travel to a shrine to the mother of Jesus

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