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...century B.C., a Greek doctor named Ctesias traveled through Persia (now Iran), in the service of the Persian king, where he heard many tales from Indian travelers about creatures back home. Later writing them down, he described "wild asses as large as horses" that had white bodies, red heads and dark blue eyes, and "a horn on the forehead, which is about a foot and a half in length." He also said that the horns were multicolored, and that the animals were so swift and powerful that "no creature, neither the horse or any other, could overtake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History of the Unicorn | 6/12/2008 | See Source »

...million are funded by the U.S. State Department's Rewards for Justice Program, which has paid out over $10 million so far in the Philippines. It relies heavily on local informants like Chief. Thirteen of the 24 most-wanted faces on the latest chart are stamped with a red X indicating death or capture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winning A War of Stealth | 6/12/2008 | See Source »

Utah is hardly the place that jumps into most Democrats' minds when brainstorming about which red states they have a chance to make headway with this November. The Beehive State was one of just three states in which President George W. Bush swept every county in 2004-all of them except for two with more than 55% of the vote. In the state's 2008 primaries on Super Tuesday, Republican voters outnumbered Democrats by a margin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Obama's 50-State Fight | 6/10/2008 | See Source »

...Obama's phenomenal fund raising has allowed him to deliver on his bold promise and place staff in every one of the 50 states, as his campaign announced it would Monday. The strategy could force McCain to defend Republican strongholds, help those lonely Democratic candidates in so-called red states and further expand Obama's already massive volunteer and donor bases (indeed, the move was announced in a fund-raising e-mail plea to donors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Obama's 50-State Fight | 6/10/2008 | See Source »

...bulldozers are going to come for," says Nese Ozan, a volunteer with the Sulukule Platform, a coalition of architects, activists and social workers against the demolition. Between every three or four of the squat, derelict houses, one has been reduced to a pile of debris and twisted metal. A red X marks those that are next in line for the demolition teams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Constantinople's Gypsies Not Welcome in Istanbul | 6/9/2008 | See Source »

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