In New York County Surrogate's Court, the last will and testament of Marilyn Monroe was filed for probate, showing that for all her troubled personal life, her business affairs seemed in extraordinarily good order. Unencumbered by the debts, tax claims and pending lawsuits so common to Hollywood's money minters, the value of her estate was listed “in excess of $500,000,” a legalism often meaning much more.
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Amiss Among The Amish
Abner Stoltzfus began taking on work as a roofer in his late teens, often traveling outside his home in Lancaster County, Penn., to rustle up some spare cash. Before long he ran into a member of the Pagans motorcycle gang who offered him some cocaine on the job
Woman with Trail of Dead Husbands Dies
A family member says an elderly grandmother who left a trail of five dead husbands in five states over decades has died after an illness. Betty Neumar’s son-in-law Terry Sanders says she died in a hospital in Louisiana
Nation: THE LITTLE STRIKE THAT GREW TO LA CAUSA
ITEM: At a dinner party in New York’s Westchester County, the dessert includes grapes.
Water Near Shale-Gas Fracking Sites Polluted, a Study Says
When I traveled through northeastern Pennsylvania in March for my TIME cover story on shale natural gas, it wasn’t hard to find unhappy homeowners like Sherry Vargason.
Medicine: Legal Abortion: Who, Why and Where
THE last thing that Valada Penny wanted was a baby. At 22, the beautiful black woman already had one child by a teen-age marriage.
Is My County Healthier Than Yours? Why Rankings Matter
Recently the University of Wisconsin and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released its second annual County Health Rankings, a within-state comparison of county health covering each county in every state the United States. Newspapers and TV news programs jumped all over the results — particularly local outlets serving counties that were ranked comparatively lower than their neighbors.
TEXAS: A Famous Man
Stocky, cheerful W. O.
Post-Tornado Tuscaloosa: Trying to Bring a City Back to Life
On Friday morning, walking through the Alberta area of Tuscaloosa, I saw a man sifting through the rubble of what used to be Affordable Mini Storage. He was going through the remains of his storage unit, searching for anything salvageable in the post-apocalyptic landscape of our home town.
Police Brutality!
The incident was over in a matter of minutes. But two weeks after the beating of a black motorist by Los Angeles policemen was videotaped by an eyewitness, it had led to arrests, probes by local, county and federal organizations and a Justice Department review of law-enforcement violence across the nation