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...know, is Gisele Bündchen? I get to drive a lot of cars, and every now and again you get in one that not only stops traffic, but also starts people talking. But this phenomenon generally happens when you're driving something a lot more expensive. You'd expect the killer design of the Audi R-8, for instance, to elicit some oohs and aahs, and it doesn't disappoint; it's a dazzler. The Bentley Continental Supersports is another jaw dropper that can motor along at 200 m.p.h., if you call that motoring. But the Audi goes...
...more angled, with a steeper, more Corvette-like back end, which explains the unfortunately small rear window. The front end has that unmistakable Camaro snarl of a grill. The interior is classic, minimalist Camaro. There's a throwback dial-instrument cluster in front of the gearbox, but don't expect a pile of gadgets or even a navigation system. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...
...unemployment is deceptive. Employers shed another 155,000 jobs in July. And the unemployment rate would have gone up, possibly to 9.7%, if the 400,000 Americans who had previously been searching for a job (but became so discouraged they stopped) had continued to seek employment in July. Economists expect the job picture to remain bleak well into...
...watch swimmers move as slowly as they did in 1950. I also don't want to watch swimmers go as fast as they do now. That's because swimming is the only sport exactly as boring to watch as it is to do. But I do want - and fully expect - to one day see a baseball hit out of a major league stadium and into another major league stadium. (Read "The Year in Medicine 2008: From...
...three previously known strains of HIV, which have been linked to chimpanzees, a new variant--discovered in a 62-year-old Cameroonian woman who tested positive in 2004--appears to have come from gorillas. Researchers say the new strain may be difficult to detect using conventional tests but expect current treatments to remain effective...