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Matthew Schmidt bought his first mountain bike 10 years ago, and from the onset his recreational rides in the idyllic Mount Tamalpais area of California's Marin County left him numb in his personal undercarriage, where the crotch meets the bicycle saddle. Schmidt, 42, of San Rafael, Calif., dismissed the discomfort as the price to pay for vigorous riding on rough terrain. But by the end of 2002, the perineal pain and sexual problems he had experienced for years became intense. He stopped riding and, desperate for answers, saw several urologists before the last finally diagnosed pudendal-nerve damage, caused...
...Number of consecutive clay-court wins by Spanish ace Rafael Nadal after his opening-round victory at the French Open, breaking a record for men's tennis held since 1977 125 Record for consecutive clay-court wins by any player in history, held by women's tennis legend Chris Evert...
...occasion of hosting a major OPEC meeting this week to trumpet the new mojo he's helped give OPEC - as well as to lobby to bring oil-producing neighbors like Ecuador into OPEC. "This OPEC meeting holds a lot of meaning for us," says Ch?vez's Energy Minister, Rafael Ram?rez. "It's a celebration of the realization of our policies...
...although not his own. Poverty, hunger and crime have risen, while housing and hospitals have suffered. Is Chávez crafty or demented? He is only influential because he hands out money to weak-minded barbarians and unethical beggars who will crawl for the proverbial piece of the pie. Rafael Silveira Caracas time's idea of influence shows a Western perspective and includes mostly people from the U.S. The world is much bigger than that. A list of the top 100 influential people on each continent would give a better picture of who really influences world events. Paul van Wijgerden...
Often, violent-crime charges get dropped by the district attorney's office. The No. 1 reason, says Rafael Goyeneche, president of the commission, is that witnesses and victims who initially agree to cooperate eventually change their mind. They fear for their lives because they know most criminals arrested in New Orleans end up back on the street. In 2004, Keisha Robinson, 29, was gunned down in broad daylight in front of her house shortly after she had testified before a grand jury investigating her younger brother's killing. Police can't be sure why she was attacked, since they never...