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...Flights out of the city's two airports had been cancelled by this morning, which meant they couldn't get here as planned. I spent the morning trying to find hotel rooms anywhere in the state for them, but couldn't find anything south of Amarillo or east of El Paso. Friends have been calling, offering my family a place to stay in places like Marion, Ohio. But by early afternoon, we had a concrete plan. Everyone is going to San Antonio...
Want a piece of the cutthroat running-shoe market, dominated by big brands like Nike, Adidas and Reebok? Try giving your sneakers some steroids. Spira Footwear, a four-year-old company based in El Paso, Texas, makes the world's only shoes with actual springs in the soles. The springs act as shock absorbers, reducing the stress on your feet. Spiras feel so good, they're illegal--at least to some. USA Track & Field, which sanctions some 4,000 road races each year, has banned Spiras for violating Rule 143 (3)(a), which states that "no spring ... may be incorporated...
...sent the sample to his brother Andy, an El Paso lawyer. Andy was sold. He raised $6 million from 250 investors, most of them friends in El Paso. (Andy became Spira's CEO; David stayed on as president.) Last summer Spira hired veteran shoe developer Dan Norton, fresh from a stint with Adidas in Germany. Norton has tailored sneakers for Olympic champions like Carl Lewis and Sebastian Coe. It was like A-Rod signing with the Kansas City Royals. Under Norton's guidance, Runner's World named Spira's Genesis II shoe best update for spring...
...newly sanctioned right to cast ballots for an opposition candidate. Instead of receiving the 99% or so approval he routinely received in the referendums on his presidency, Mubarak was expected to receive between 70-80%. The air of freedom swept up the pro-Mubarak magazine Rose el Youssef, which rejoiced, in language borrowed from anti-regime protesters: ?Egypt without pharaohs - power to the people...
...Negad El Borai, a monitor for another coalition called the National Campaign for Monitoring Elections, said he visited at least 10 polling stations in Cairo and witnessed the type of violations that had characterized Egyptian elections in the past. ?At some places, I saw (NDP members) give voters 10 pounds ($1.75) with my own eyes,? he told TIME. In Helwan, supporters of two opposition parties said officials at an NDP office gave 20 Egyptian pounds ($3.50) and a fast-food sandwich to young men in exchange for their agreement to go to polling stations and vote for Mubarak...