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Adding to the debate about the purported cardiac dangers of drinking coffee, a study conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health has found that coffee consumption has no statistically significant effect on the risk of coronary heart disease. Conducted by Sarah A. Rosner—a doctoral student in...

Author: By Dwight B. Pope, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Coffee May Not Harm Heart | 2/20/2007 | See Source »

On the weekends, it's fight time. Throughout the country, galleros - as folks who raise and fight roosters are known - bring their avian warriors to their neighborhood cockfighting arena. The wealthier galleros show up in pickup trucks and SUVs, carrying their roosters in wooden travel cases. The poorer ones show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is that a Rooster in Your Mouth? | 2/16/2007 | See Source »

Hutchinson has wrestled with it himself, as a spiritual matter. "I never would have said that the ends justify the means," he says. "But I know that was in my heart--if lying helps save a baby's life, that glorifies God." He has read some pregnancy-center brochures that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Grass-Roots Abortion War | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

As snowflakes sandblasted us at hurricane force, we had to grab the railings to keep from being knocked over. "Isn't it great?" shouted Deb Burch, a science teacher in Andover, Mass., who graded papers between lectures and excursions. Then my hood blew off, and, figuring I had about 30...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Worst Weather in the World | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

Blocos can be - and are! - organized by drag queens, filmmakers, journalists, or just drinking buddies. This one today was especially designed for children, hence the battalions of infants dressed as clowns, butterflies, fairies, pirates and superheroes. Like most blocos, it was typically Carioca, that is, loud, chaotic and great fun...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bringing Carnival Back to the People | 2/14/2007 | See Source »

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