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Summer in Paris is at its best in those heavenly moments when you're sipping a pastis on a café terrace. But finding one that's not noisy and overcrowded - and where you don't soak in more car exhaust than ambiance - is no easy task...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paris: Supper under the Sky | 7/3/2008 | See Source »

...commercialized, champagne and nicotine gave way to more effective--and insidious--performance boosters. In 1967, British rider Tom Simpson died midrace after taking amphetamines, prompting the event to adopt drug-testing. In 1998 authorities disqualified the Festina team after finding the red blood cell--boosting drug EPO in their car. The winner of the 1996 race, Bjarne Riis, admitted in 2007 that he had used EPO, just months before Floyd Landis became the first Tour winner stripped of his title on charges of using synthetic testosterone in 2006. The Tour now tests athletes rigorously--stage winners are screened daily--although...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History Of: The Tour de France | 7/3/2008 | See Source »

...bulldozer roared towards a car stuck in traffic, passersby managed to grab a five-month-old baby from inside the vehicle, seconds before the bulldozer slammed into the car, crushing the mother to death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bulldozer Attack Shakes Jerusalem | 7/2/2008 | See Source »

...morning of June 9, Israel got into his GMC Envoy and drove 30 miles from his Westchester home to Bear Mountain Bridge. There, he left his car behind with the words “suicide is painless” scrawled in dust on the windshield. His next move is something of a mystery, but investigators remain fairly convinced it did not involve hurling himself into the river below. A search has yielded no body, and it soon dawned on police that Israel’s morbid window writing was the title of the theme song from...

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe | Title: Take the Money and Run | 7/1/2008 | See Source »

Samuel Israel was simply not meant to be a fugitive. Running from the law stirs up romantic visions perpetuated by everything from "Bonnie and Clyde" to "Prison Break." In contrast, Mr. Israel’s flight is about as prosaic as possible. Even his getaway car, a white camping vehicle, smacks of the mundane. (And in case the Feds ever apprehend his RV, Israel has apparently attached a blue scooter on the back to facilitate a dorky-looking getaway...

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe | Title: Take the Money and Run | 7/1/2008 | See Source »

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