The Cost of Hauling Fat Washington City Paper Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:31 AM PDT Recently someone asked about the amount of energy Americans are storing in body fat. A more pertinent question is how much energy is wasted hauling that fat around. Cars, planes, and trains have to burn extra fuel to move the excess pounds. | Backpacks spell chronic back pain Worcester Telegram & Gazette Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:29 AM PDT My 11-year-old grandsons, Stefan and Tomas, weigh about 80 pounds each. On the 20-minute walk to their middle school and the uphill walk home, they carry backpacks that weigh about 12 pounds each, or 15 percent of their body weight. | Cop shot dead by brother of Panabo City councilor Mindanao Times Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:26 AM PDT A police officer was shot dead after he pacified two arguing customers inside a bar in Ultra Bowl, Barangay San Francisco, Panabo City at 1 a.m. Thursday. Supt. Marcial Magistrado IV, spokesperson of the Davao Police Regional Office, identified the victim as SPO3 Roberto Martinez who sustained several gunshot wounds on his body after Roque Dujali Jr. allegedly shot him using .45 caliber pistol ... | Murder hunt as woman is found dead Yorkshire Evening Post Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:07 AM PDT Police have launched a murder investigation following the discovery of a 50-year-old woman's body in Whitby. | Indiana man makes medical history as third owner of single kidney New York Post Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:19 AM PDT CHICAGO -- In a medical first, an Indiana kidney transplant recipient was given a "recycled" organ that was handed down from two previous owners. Erwin Gomez, a 67-year-old surgeon from Valparaiso, Ind., received the kidney after its first recipient, Ray Fearing, 27, from Illinois, found that his body rejected the... | Ben Greenfield: 10 Ways to Keep Your Workouts Exciting The Huffington Post Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:10 AM PDT The nice part about changing up your workouts is that not only does it keep your body guessing, but it also keeps your brain guessing, which can help keep workouts from getting ho-hum or boring -- and keep you from losing your exercise motivation! | | |
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