Three Musketeers

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Skeleton Believed to Be the Real-Life D'Artagnan Is Found

DNA tests being done in hopes of confirming it is the famed musketeer

(Newser) - History buffs may soon get an answer to a 350-year-old mystery: Where are the remains of the 17th-century French musketeer who helped inspire Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers? Archaeologists in the Dutch city of Maastricht say they've uncovered a skeleton beneath the floor of St. Peter and Paul Church,...

Soaring Candy Sales Sweeten Hard Times

Confectioners' profits rise as people seek comfort

(Newser) - Tough times don’t seem to be trickling down to inexpensive candy shops, where adult customers are flocking for a sugar-coated escape from their troubles, the New York Times reports. “People may indulge themselves a little bit more when times are tough,” says an analyst. And indulge they...

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