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...circuit for eight years now. How long do you see yourself doing this? I don't have a year, or an age that I'm focused on. Right now, I want to think it can go on forever. But at some point, I'm sure the schedule will catch up, and the fire will start to go out. Some can guys step out, some guys can't. We've all watched Brett Favre and the last few years of his career. Mark Martin, my teammate, is one of those guys. He's tried retiring since 2004, and he's still...
...extra days off gave audiences a chance to catch up on hits they'd missed; four of the session's top five slots were occupied by holdovers. The apocalyptic travesty 2012 landed in third place. In less than three weeks it has earned $486.9 million worldwide, 71% coming from overseas. (The movie has something for folks everywhere: Europe and Asia get destroyed along with the U.S.) After biding its time since early November, A Christmas Carol saw a 30% bump from the previous weekend, to finish fifth. Audiences decided, since they had started their Christmas shopping, that it might...
...late for that to happen. One of the study's more interesting finds is that car-crazy regions that have begun to play catch-up, like Southern California, are also seeing fewer pedestrian deaths. Unreformed Sunbelt-sprawl centers like Atlanta and Houston round out the top 10 most dangerous cities; but Los Angeles ranks only 27th. "In L.A.," says Goldberg, "they've started to recognize that biking, walking and public transit are a big part of their future. It's a good sign that the pendulum is swinging back." One way states and local governments can bring that about...
...there just wasn't planning for sidewalks or anything else pedestrian-friendly," says Glenn Victor, spokesman for the nonprofit Florida Safety Council in Orlando. "This study should be considered very closely as part of the argument for endorsing projects like light rail. It's an impetus for Florida to catch...
Once available only to big corporations, off-site automatic backup is starting to catch on with consumers. According to the market-research firm Mintel, 36% of North American computer users surveyed expressed interest in online backup, which, by the way, can only be used by people with high-speed connections...