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LEAVE SPOT ALONE Are extreme makeovers a form of animal cruelty? The mayor of West Hollywood, Calif., wants to ban tail docking, ear cropping and all other "noncurative" cosmetic pet surgeries...
STUART EPPERSON, CHAIRMAN SALEM COMMUNICATIONS Camarillo, Calif...
Sitting down to a scrambled-egg breakfast at the Shutters on the Beach hotel in Santa Monica, Calif., McShane, 62, has the happy air of a man who has got away with something. The British character actor just won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a TV drama, and though in real life he's a grandpa and, for 20 years now, a teetotaler, he betrays a bit of his character's roguish confidence. As soon as he landed the role, he says, he bought a house just down the coast. "I had a feeling it would...
...reason, discontent in the ranks seems to be starting to show, especially among National Guard and Reserve soldiers, some of whom probably never bargained for the full-time, life-threatening commitment that their service, in many cases, has become. Staff members at the G.I. Rights Hotline, based in Oakland, Calif., say calls from soldiers seeking help have jumped 30% in the past year, to around 33,000 in 2004, almost a third of which were from soldiers contemplating going AWOL...
...ultra universe has another twist: women have a physical advantage. Pamela Reed whipped Karnazes to win the 2003 Badwater Ultramarathon, a 146-mile annual jaunt through the furnace of Death Valley, Calif., that ends more than halfway up Mount Whitney and reduces many ultras to roadkill. "It isn't the power that comes into play, it's your ability to go long distance. That's where the curves get closer together," says Dr. Lewis Maharam, medical director of the New York City Marathon. Ultramarathoners eventually burn fat, and women have a higher percentage of body fat than men do, giving...