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...will." But on Monday night, Jeffs' faith bumped into the law, when a Las Vegas trooper pulled over a burgundy Escalade on a routine traffic stop. Sitting in the back was Jeffs, who has been on the FBI's Most Wanted List since May with a $100,000 reward for any tips leading to his capture. One of his estimated 40 wives, Naomi Jeffs, and his brother Isaac Steed Jeffs were with him as well as a number of on-the-run travel essentials, including: several wigs, $67,500 in cash, 14 cell phones, a radar detector, two GPS systems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Will be the Next Polygamist Prophet? | 8/30/2006 | See Source »

...require blood to operate, and the harder they work, the more they need. Many regions of the cortex are thought to be recruited for a lie, but three stand out: the anterior (front) cingulate, which reconciles goals and intentions; the right orbital/ interior frontal, which processes the sense of reward; and the right middle frontal, which helps govern tasks requiring more than ordinary thought. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) looks for such busy, well-oxygenated areas. Get a hit in all three zones, and you may have a liar. That is what No Lie MRI and Cephos claim they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Spot a Liar | 8/20/2006 | See Source »

...ruggedly handsome man emerges from under the hood of a car, rubbing his grimy hands on white cloth. Leaning against the dark sedan, another man, young and athletic looking, gifts the mechanic a neat new watch. His reward? The man leans in and the two share a kiss. Some kind of underground gay romantic comedy? No, it's a recent TV commercial for Italian designers Dolce & Gabbana, and [an error occurred while processing this directive] it's part of a growing trend in European advertising toward ad campaigns that better represent consumers' diversity. And if those consumers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Ad Adage: Same Sex Sells | 7/30/2006 | See Source »

Civic Ventures recently established a $100,000 Purpose Prize to reward five people who are over 60 and making a difference in the world. They will be named in September, and all finalists are eligible for a grant to further develop their ideas. Freedman was worried that he might not get enough nominees, but he has received more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Car Salesman You Can Trust | 7/24/2006 | See Source »

...which multiplies the bulk by three or four or five. Sure, the robbers have bragging rights - this was Britain's biggest ever heist - but the unprecedented size of the haul means they faced unprecedented problems. Reducing the bulk became all the more imperative when a ?1.5 million ($2.75 million) reward was offered. There is no honor among thieves. Next, the crooks needed to separate the money from the crime. In the old days, if you sold cocaine in Spain, you wound up with pesetas, which pointed to where the crime was committed. So you prewashed your loot into, say, German...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Criminal's Currency of Choice | 7/23/2006 | See Source »

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