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...woods at night, or in a desert so hot that the soles of your shoes begin to melt. Sound like fun? Chris McDougall, author of Born to Run, thinks so. What started as a simple quest to explain a running injury took the former war correspondent deep into the world of ultra-running - and into the world of the Tarahumara, an indigenous race of superrunners who live deep in a canyon in Mexico. McDougall talked to TIME about his experiences and what he thinks about people who say they don't like to run. (See photos of extreme marathoners...
...Israel started building the barrier--part concrete, part chain-link fence--to prevent suicide bombers crossing over from the West Bank. When it is finished, it will be more than 400 miles long, zigzagging deep into Palestinian territory. But for graffiti artists, all that bare concrete is too great a temptation to resist. Just as Yosemite's El Capitan beckons the bravest of rock climbers, Israel's wall has become the ultimate challenge for members of the global street-art subculture. Banksy, the British guerrilla artist, has already sprayed the wall with a few of his ironic creations (my favorite...
...Worked with artists from Ike and Tina Turner ("River Deep-Mountain High") to the Ramones (End of the Century) to Leonard Cohen (Death of a Ladies' Man) and the Beatles - both as a group (Let It Be) and individually (John Lennon's "Instant Karma" and "Imagine," George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord...
...early '60s, worked for Atlantic Records (and for himself) as a producer, songwriter and occasional session musician (he played guitar on the Drifters' "On Broadway"). In 1966, the Ike and Tina Turner song "River Deep-Mountain High" did not hit the Top 40 in the U.S., leading a wounded Spector to begin his on-again, off-again retreat from the world...
...money will do the talking, and Germany's deep pockets give the nation plenty of clout. But around Europe, anger is rising that German politicians are playing a deadly game of poker with GM for which others might end up paying the price. "We cannot get into a situation where everyone is trying to outdo each other, in which we see how much money Germany can put on the table and how much we can," said Flemish Premier Kris Peeters. After all, he, too, faces elections this year...