Titanic violin sells for over $1.6M at auction
The Associated Press LONDON — A violin believed to have played on the Titanic before the doomed vessel sank was auctioned for more than 1 million pounds ($1.6 million) Saturday, a fantastic figure which one collector said may never be beaten. The sea-corroded instrument, now unplayable, is thought to have belonged to bandmaster Wallace Hartley, who was among the disaster’s more than 1,500 victims. The story of Hartley’s band, which stoically continued playing on the ship’s deck until the disaster’s final hour, is a memorable part of James Cameron’s “Titanic,” when Hartley and his colleagues are seen playing “Nearer, My…
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Italy court bans Berlusconi from public office for two years
QuestCinq.com (Reuters) – A Milan court ruled on Saturday that former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi should be barred from holding public office for two years following a conviction for tax fraud. However, since Berlusconi is a senator, the court’s decision will have no immediate effect and his expulsion from the Senate will depend on a separate vote in the upper house of parliament, expected to take place next month. Saturday’s ruling reflected the prosecution’s request for a two-year ban. Berlusconi’s lawyers, who said they would appeal the decision to the supreme court, had asked for a one-year ban, the…
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