Freedom fighter
Novato Advance Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:56 PM PDT
Monte Bernardo, a sergeant in the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army, stared at a wristwatch and waited 17 minutes before a rescue helicopter arrived. “Keep an eye on this clock and stay awake,†the medic said. Fellow soldiers loaded his legless body into the aircraft and headed to the nearest Army hospital in Afghanistan July 4. |
D.C. United’s Bill Hamid finds balance between body and spirit during Ramadan
Washington Post Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:21 PM PDT
D.C. United goalkeeper Bill Hamid is balancing physical and spiritual needs. During the searing summer, his body tells him to remain nourished and hydrated. As a Muslim, his heart instructs him to observe Ramadan, the month-long period when food and water are forsaken between sunrise and sunset. Read full article >> |
Beyond 7 Billion: Withering in hunger’s grip
The Wenatchee World Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:15 PM PDT
DADAAB, Kenya â€" His rib cage rose and fell with tight, rapid breaths. Saad Siyat looked shrunken beneath the hospital blanket. His wide-set eyes rolled up into his head, and his body burned with fever. |
Murphy listens to her body and bows out
The Irish Times Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:42 PM PDT
IT MIGHT have been choreographed: if Gráinne Murphy needed any confirmation she was bowing out of the Olympics, the sight of Princes Harry and William and Kate Middleton being ushered into the Athletes’ Village provided it. The Olympics are just different. |
Dallas man still feels West Nile effects 10 years later
WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:29 PM PDT
DALLAS â€" Up to ten times a day, a crippling sensation consumes Ran Kilpatrick’s body. His eyes close, his muscles tighten and his breathing becomes strained. “Relax,†cooed his wife, Rebecca, during one recent episode on the couch in their North Dallas apartment. Three minutes later, the seizure passes and Kilpatrick, 27, composes himself. “These seizures have this leash on me, and prevent me ... |
Area man victim of stabbing
Tahlequah Daily Press Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:20 PM PDT
A Cookson man was life-flighted to St. Francis Hospital July 28 following a stabbing altercation at a Park Hill residence. According to a sheriff’s report, Edgar Scott Jr. was transported to Hastings Hospital with three stab wounds to the back of his body before being transferred to a Tulsa medical facility. |
Eyes On London: Lycra Thief, Phelps Makes History
OfficialWire Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:48 PM PDT
Someone is walking around with Bradley Wiggins’ body-hugging Lycra. Foxhills, the country spa hotel hosting the British cycling team, confirmed Tuesday that the Tour de France winner’s training gear was stolen from a locker room while the athletes were having a steamy soak. |
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