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Illustrations by Maxime MouyssetJeff Carpoff was a good mechanic. But as a businessman, he struggled. In the two decades since high school, he’d lost one repair shop after another, filed for personal bankruptcy, and watched a lender foreclose on the small house in a California refinery town where he’d lived with his wife and two young kids. By 2007, he was 36, jobless, and adrift.Yet there, at his life’s lowest, the remarkable happened. A contraption he’d rigged up in his driveway—a car trailer decked with solar panels and a heavy battery—got the attention of people with real money. Carpoff could...

Watching the first few episodes of "Mrs. Davis," you may find yourself wondering, "Is this show even about anything?" And not in a bad way either, as counterintuitive as that might feel.Forget dipping one toe into the pool at a time; creators Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof plunge you head-first into the show's bizarre sci-fi setting. Its pilot merrily skips from a baffling prologue — itself like a Ridley Scott historical epic inexplicably filled with the cartoonish gore of a Monty Python skit — to sub-plots involving a castaway (and his cat) on an island, jam-making nuns, civilians governed by a...

The comedian on drinking Bloody Marys, listening to Roberta Flack – and the joy of never having to go to church​​When does Sunday start? Quite early. I have to present my Virgin Radio show. I’m on air at 9.30am, so I’m out the door and on my bike by 8.45am. Sunday is my turn to get coffee for the team. While I’m there, I treat myself to a muffin. If I’m feeling fragile, I’ll nip next door for vegan sausage rolls instead.After work? I finish at 12.30, which is deliberate – it means I can still meet up with friends...

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A partial map of the Five Boro Bike Tour. Click on the link below to see the full route. Tens of thousands of cyclists will roll through the five boroughs Sunday. Officials are urging people to leave their cars at home. [ more › ]