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...first return, in 2008). But not all comebacks are success stories. Just ask Bjorn Borg, who left tennis in 1983 and un-retired in 1991, wooden racket in hand. He didn't win a single match that year. And Jordan was hardly magic during his brief stint with the Washington Wizards from 2001 to 2003, as injuries limited his playing time. Indeed, Favre's first comeback, with the New York Jets, fell apart down the stretch - the Jets failed to make the playoffs, and Favre tore his biceps tendon. The Vikings took a bit of a flyer on Favre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Un-Retirement | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...significant is that the study lines up well with other, more rigorous studies finding a 1% rate of autism. "It provides what scientists call convergent validity: no matter how you shake the bushes, you come up with this 1%," says Richard Roy Grinker, an autism researcher at George Washington University who has worked to determine ASD prevalence in South Korea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Studies See a Higher Rate of Autism: Is the Jump Real? | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...IRGC's rise presents both threats and opportunities. The sepah is responsible for the very things that most concern Washington: Iran's drive for nuclear weapons and its support of terrorism. Guardsmen hold several key positions in the Supreme National Security Council, through which they are thought to control the levers of Iran's nuclear and missile programs. And an IRGC unit known as the Quds Force provides training and weapons to Hizballah in Lebanon, Hamas in the Palestinian territories and the Mahdi Army in Iraq. But some analysts think that growing commercial interests may have taken the edge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran's Quiet Coup | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...special relationship committed us to the senseless war in Iraq. If the release of al-Megrahi really was done to further British interests in Libya, it was still the decision of an independent democracy and no different from what the U.S. would have done in similar circumstances. Chris Washington, CHEADLE, ENGLAND...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tough Talk | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...special relationship committed us to the senseless war in Iraq. If the release of al-Megrahi really was done to further British commercial interests in Libya, it was still the decision of an independent democracy and no different from what the U.S. would have done in similar circumstances. Chris Washington, Cheadle, England...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

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