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May 6, 2006 Issue Date:
May 6, 2006

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"Call it reverse pickpocketing."

Illusionist David Copperfield on using sleight of hand to make would-be robbers think he didn't have anything in his pockets after an April 23 show in Palm Beach, Fla. Mr. Copperfield actually had a wallet, a passport, and a cell phone, which he used to call police. Authorities apprehended the suspects.

"What next-a line of Moussaoui merchandise?"

Orlando Sentinel columnist Mike Bianchi on reports that Duke University lacrosse apparel is selling at three to four times the normal rate after high-profile rape allegations surfaced against some of the team's players.

"They are SO New York."

Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly on why she thinks neither Rudolph Giuliani nor George Pataki can get the support of grass-roots Republicans and capture the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.

"Let's bring humanity back to humanity."

A message Dahab restaurant owner Della Levanos scrawled on a chalkboard after three bombings at the Red Sea resort city.

"That won't be the last home run I hit."

New York Mets first baseman Julio Franco, 47, on April 20 when he became the oldest major league player to hit a home run.