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Jose Reyes Ferriz, mayor of the Mexican border city of Juarez, presides over what may be the western hemisphere's most dangerous town, certainly the hardest hit by Mexico's drug-war terror. Since the start of last year, Juarez has seen almost 2,000 drug-related murders. Reyes this month requested thousands of federal army soldiers to rein in the violence, which has subsided for the moment - giving him a chance to rebuild Juarez's corrupt police force. He talked with TIME's Tim Padgett this week about his police reform, drug-cartel death threats against him and comparisons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Juarez: Running the Most Dangerous City in the Americas | 3/27/2009 | See Source »

...murderer dubbed the Phantom of Heilbronn had been baffling German investigators for two years. The criminal was a rarity, a female serial killer, and a very busy one: police had linked DNA evidence from 40 crimes - including the infamous homicide of a policewoman in the southern German town of Heilbronn - to the same woman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany's Phantom Serial Killer: A DNA Blunder | 3/27/2009 | See Source »

...lesson in how to put a great voice to good use, look to PJ Harvey's A Woman a Man Walked By. In 1992, Harvey debuted much as Maria did, as a young woman from a small town in rural England preceded by reports of otherworldly pipes. Now 39, Harvey's got a catalog of near genius records, largely because she developed a musical and emotional repertoire to go along with her talent. She can throw every punch there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Banshees | 3/26/2009 | See Source »

...came to be. To make foie gras, farmers force-feed their fowl via a metal tube inserted in the ducks' throats. Chicago Tribune entertainment reporter Mark Caro was thrust into this very dicey corner of haute cuisine when he wrote a 2005 story about a famous Chi-Town chef's sudden ban on foie gras and the hatred in the foodie community he inspired. (Read "Fight for Your Right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mark Caro, author of The Foie Gras Wars | 3/26/2009 | See Source »

...sounds clearer that he's not as angry as anybody. And he may actually do better in tough Q&As, like his press conferences, than in soft ones like Leno's. He gaffes more when he feels he's on friendly turf. (See his flub about "bitter" small-town Americans at a fundraiser in the primaries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obamathon: Is the President Overexposed? | 3/26/2009 | See Source »

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