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Big Weekend For UConn's NFL Draft Hopefuls
The Hartford CourantFor the four UConn hopefuls most likely to hear their names called by an NFL team over the next two days, the hours leading to the start of the draft have been a time for reflection. "You sit back and think it was a lot of work and a lot of sacrifice to...Tags: NFL Scouting Combine, Jasper Howard, Big East Conference, Connecticut Huskies, NFL Draft
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E.L. Konigsburg dies at 83; award-winning children's book author
E.L. Konigsburg, who was one of the few children's authors to twice win the Newbery Medal, died Friday at a hospital in Falls Church, Va. She was 83. Konigsburg had a stroke the week before she died, said her son Paul. She won the Newbery Medal, one...Tags: William McKinley, New York City, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia), Jacksonville (Duval, Florida)
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Sam Jameson dies at 76; former longtime L.A. Times correspondent
Sam Jameson, a former longtime Los Angeles Times foreign correspondent with a deep knowledge of and close personal affinity for Japan, his professional and personal base for half a century, died Friday at a Tokyo hospital. He was 76. The cause of...
Tags: Tokyo (Japan), Los Angeles Times, Wars and Interventions, Pneumonia, U.S. Army
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Gut bugs are implicated in heart attacks and stroke
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Thousands of heart attack victims every year have none of the notorious risk factors before their crisis - not high cholesterol, not unhealthy triglycerides. Now the search for the mystery culprits has turned up some surprising...Tags: Death, Hospitals and Clinics, Asthma, Dietary Supplements, Egg Yolks
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The skinny on fasting
First, a couple of definitions: Intermittent fasting is when you eat your regular, fairly sensible way, say five days a week, and then take in only about 600 calories a day for the remaining two days. Calorie restriction is living on fewer than the...
Tags: Asthma, Parkinson's Disease, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Diseases and Illnesses, Alzheimer's Disease
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Mid-Continent League Catch-All: Spring Week 4
For Catch it KansasThe Ellis golf team had success in week four, and the Plainville track teams won the Relays in Osborne on Friday. Both Osborne teams finished second at home. Norton The Blue Jay golf team hosted an 11-team invite on Friday. Norton had three teams in...Tags: Golf, Track and Field, Sports, Awards and Prizes, Physical Conditions
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Extra fiber tied to lower risk of stroke
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who get more fiber in their diet are less likely to have a stroke than those who skimp on the nutrient, according to a new review of existing research. "A few people in the past have looked at the relationship between...Tags: Dietary Fiber, Dietary Supplements, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Heart Disease, Diseases and Illnesses
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Doris B. Glessner
janeth@herald-mail.comDoris “Doey” Glessner was known for her spunk and style. Her zest for life was contagious, and she shared her life lessons with others by example. Youngest son Neal Glessner of Hagerstown said an appropriate epitaph for his mother would be,...Tags: Chemotherapy, Colleges and Universities, Health Treatments, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Ovarian Cancer
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Organs needed: You could save a life
PETOSKEY — It's a hard subject for Tina Stead to talk about -- how her family's life changed in what seemed like an instant. Tina, 32, and her husband Mike, 31, have been together for 12 years. The Boyne City couple has three children -- sons,...
Tags: Diabetes, Dialysis, Hospitals and Clinics, Cardiologists, Pneumonia
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Riverside Bridge will be repaired and reopened
lrussell@ky3.comOZARK, Mo. -- The Riverside Bridge has been completely shut down for two years and closed to vehicles for even longer. Now there are plans to repair and re-open it. Riverside Bridge was built in 1909. It closed to vehicle traffic in September 2010. ...Tags: Vehicles, Services and Shopping, FEMA, Heart Attack
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Is the media to blame for the brain injuries of hockey players?
Why is hockey such a violent and dangerous sport? Medical researchers from Canada have an answer: Blame the media. “Media reports of an issue such as TBI in sport can contribute to an altered culture,” they write in a study published...
Tags: Ice Hockey, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Concussion, Breast Cancer, Medical Research
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600 pound Vinton man wants to lose weight
WDBJ7 ReporterFor some people, losing weight can be a lifelong battle. For others, it can be a fight for the their very lives. Meet Jeff Mitchell. He weighs 600 pounds. Before we could start the interview, Mitchell had to lay down, his own weight was too much to...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Weight Loss, Weight, Heart Attack
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