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...deep breaths floating in the ocean off the Dominican Republic on Oct. 12, then plunged below the surface. The Frenchwoman, 28, dropped rapidly, one hand pinching her nose to help equalize the pressure in her ears, the other clinging to a metal-frame sled weighing 200 lbs. After 1 min. 42 sec., she reached 561 ft., the deepest any human has ever dived on one breath of air. A spokesman for Mares, the diving-equipment manufacturer that sponsored the event, said the water pressure Mestre endured was "akin to having an NFL linebacker standing on every single square inch...
...exercise debate can seem like a workout in itself. Anew study of 40,000 men finds that while "moderate" is good, "intense" is better. Men who ran an hour or more weekly were 42% less likely to develop heart disease--more than twice the benefit of walking 30 min. a day. Men who lifted weights cut their cardiac risk 23%. It may be best to pick up the pace and pump iron, but doing anything is always better than doing nothing. --By David Bjerklie...
Still, if you think TV shows have less "show" and more ads than than they used to, you're right. The amount of "clutter"--the industry term for commercials, promotional messages and other nonprogram content--in prime-time network shows has grown from 13 min. 26 sec. in 1992 to an annoying 16 min. 8 sec. in 2001, according to the annual surveys commissioned by the American Association of Advertising Agencies and the Association of National Advertisers. So far, that total is not rising this fall. Network executives insist they have no intention of taking advantage of the ad boom...
RECORD BROKEN. By PAULA RADCLIFFE, 28, in the women's running time for a 26.2-mile race; at the Chicago Marathon. The Briton finished in 2 hr. 17 min. 18 sec., a full 1 min. 29 sec. faster than the previous mark...
...drives it where? There are plenty of experts who wonder if turning criminal science into a craze is a good thing. Solving crimes is not nearly so quick and reliable a job as a 46-min. story line would make it seem. Investigations can take months, evidence can get muddled and courts, dubious about all the new gadgetry, are often reluctant to trust it. And that doesn't touch the swamp of constitutional questions raised when a prosecutor tries to wade into a suspect's brain and DNA. "TV has romanticized forensic science," says Susan Narveson, head of the forensics...