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...Palestinians say more than a dozen civilians died in the fighting on Thursday, pushing the death toll to over 1,060. Witnesses described thousands of families carrying babies and pushing their elderly in wheelchairs to flee Israeli tanks. Civilians in the densely packed slice of land carpeted with teeming slums are finding themselves with no safe places of refuge as the Israelis tighten their grip. TIME correspondent Azmy Keshawi recounted the scene in his neighborhood: "We knew that an Israeli sniper was on top of the next-door apartment building. As one of our neighbors tried to leave the building...
...would prosecutors be so worried about Madoff shipping jewelry to relatives? There are several reasons. One could be because he is hiding assets, so he can flee and live off them. Even though the million dollars or so in jewelry is a drop in the bucket compared to what he defrauded victims of, it is enough money to live off when you are on the lam. The second reason would be that he could be shipping assets around to avoid paying restitution later. Third, the things we've just talked about show that he is someone who would disobey court...
...Such scenes of horror will multiply if Israeli troops are drawn into Gaza's teeming neighborhoods in search of Hamas' 20,000 fighters. Says TIME's Gaza correspondent Azmi Keshawi: "Whenever there's an Israel attack, people flee their home. But now there's nowhere left to run, so people say they'd rather stay put and at least die at home...
...humans needn't flee the galaxy anytime soon. First, there's so much room between stars that Earth likely wouldn't feel any effects of a galactic collision, though our constellations would certainly change. And second, a crash is still about 3 billion to 5 billion years away, by which time our sun will have transformed into a red giant and turned the Earth into a smidgen of charred dust...
...with the Old. If you prefer to flee the impending Beltway brouhaha, Florida's Amelia Island hotels are offering special discounts to residents of D.C., Virginia and Maryland with their "Vacation from Inauguration" packages. The Amelia Island Plantation (866-481-5057) is offering 20% off rooms; the Hoyt House Bed & Breakfast Inn (800-432-2085) is offering half off the second night of a two-night stay, and the third night of a three-night stay free; and the Addison Inn (800-943-1604) is offering 35% off stays of two or more nights...