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Exercise Affects The Brain
It is a well-known fact that exercise is good for the body. It clears the mind, improving blood circulation and supplies the brain with more oxygen. According to David Bucci, an associate professor at Dartmouth's Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, exercise also involves other factors. He says: "In the last several years there have been data suggesting that neurobiological changes ...
www.medicalnewstoday.com
The Investigators: Curb Stoners
Beware that ad from a "private owner" selling a used car. Andy Wise discovered it might be a curb stoner.
www.wmctv.com
Md. authorities: 5 dead, carbon monoxide suspected
A supermarket bakery employee, her husband and three others were found dead inside a suburban Washington home Tuesday of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, rattling a close-knit community of immigrant churchgoers who wept, hugged and comforted each other outside.
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Sunny and Windy
There is one branch of the U.S. military that one seldom hears about or even sees: the men who serve in the U.S. Navy aboard submarines. They are the silent warriors that protect us from those who would destroy us and take away the freedoms we enjoy every day.
www.sedaliademocrat.com
UPDATE: Illinois man remains trapped at Maquoketa Caves
MAQUOKETA, Iowa — Rescue squads from two states are working to free a Port Byron, Ill., man who is wedged inside a cave at Maquoketa Caves State Park.
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Sen. Warner: More F-22 pilots have concerns
— Additional F-22 pilots have voiced concerns about the aircraft to Sen. Mark R. Warner, who on Thursday spent what he called "a sobering 90-plus minutes" with two Virginia aviators who have already come forward as whistleblowers.
www.dailypress.com
Workplace fatalities rise in confined spaces
From a Napa winemaker to a paint manufacturing employee in Fullerton, seven Californians died last year while working in a confined space - an uptick in a category of workplace fatalities that are readily preventable, experts said.
www.news10.net
Eating beetroot may improve running speed
Eating beetroot can boost athletic performance, research has suggested, by helping runners finish faster. cientists have discovered athletes who eat baked beetroot before a race run put in a faster time.
www.sundayobserver.lk
Ina May Gaskin and the Battle for at-Home Births
Ina May Gaskin, the original home-birth evangelist, is finally winning converts in the mainstream.
www.nytimes.com
Microbes live life in the slow lane
Had enough of life in the fast lane and looking to take it down a notch or two? You might seek guidance from a colony of deep-sea microbes harvested from the barren depths of the Pacific Ocean that are progressing so slowly, they almost appear to be dead.
www.guelphmercury.com
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