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...year-old cycling phenom, was speeding downhill at 40 m.p.h. when a 65-year-old man accidentally drove a Mitsubishi Montero into his path. Head down, Lewis arrowed into the car. Later, a minister waited outside Lewis' hospital room ready to administer last rites, but the young rider regained consciousness. He asked for a pen, scribbled something on a bloodstained piece of paper and handed it to his coach. "Ride?" the note said. Two months later, Lewis was back on his bike...
...retirement, will cycling ever recover from Armstrong's? Paradoxically, new blood could help the sport, assuming the new guys can avoid run-ins with SUVs. "Believe me, I'm a Lance fan, but to be honest, the Tour de France has gotten kind of boring," says former U.S. Postal rider Jonathan Vaughters. "I think it will be much more spectacular with more competition." Don't worry, Generation Lance is climbing. --With reporting by James Graff and Mikael Holter/Paris and Tala Skari/Montpellier
...cost the agency $7.53 on average to transport a Night Owl customer, compared with only $1.37 for a daytime bus rider, and no more than $1.40 for a subway patron (the actual price for a daytime bus ride is 90 cents and $1.25 for a subway fare...
...said anyone “would be hard-pressed to find a transit agency in this country” with the T’s planned mix of automatic fares, rider-friendly employees, and centralized security centers...
...based on taking care of business," he says. "We get it done. We make it happen. For me the bottom line is getting the result I'm asked to give." Among his 90 or so celebrity clients: John Travolta, Arm-Margret, Christopher Reeve, Linda Evans, David Hasselhoff (Knight Rider), Olivia Newton-John, Dyan Cannon and Billy Crystal (who presumably would not look mahvelous without...