Archive | April, 2009

Desert Party, Regal Ransom sharp in Derby works

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Godolphin Racing stablemates Desert Party and Regal Ransom looked sharp during their final workouts before next week’s Kentucky Derby.

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Seles chronicles weight struggles in new book

NEW YORK (AP) — Monica Seles figures she bought every self-help book on the market. She felt sure that if she just found the right diet, if she just hired the right trainer, she’d lose weight and reclaim her tennis career.

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Diabetes? Some beat it, but are they cured?

JoAnne Zoller Wagner’s diagnosis as prediabetic wasn’t enough to compel her to change her habits and lose 30 pounds. Not even with the knowledge her sister had died because of diabetes.

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NASA names treadmill after Colbert

NEW YORK (AP) — One small step for NASA, one giant running leap for Stephen Colbert.

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Documents show Missouri missteps in O’Neal death

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — University of Missouri officials failed to follow policies for medical emergencies when freshman linebacker Aaron O’Neal collapsed and later died during a 2005 summer workout, according to legal documents obtained by The Associated Press.

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Armstrong says French may ban him from the Tour

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lance Armstrong believes French doping officials may ban him from riding in this summer’s Tour de France over a report that he violated protocols during a recent drug test.

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School gym under construction collapses; 1 hurt

TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) — Police say a worker has been injured after falling about 30 feet when a gymnasium under construction at a Texas high school collapsed.

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Studies of ‘good’ fat could help with weight loss

Fight fat with fat? The newest obesity theory suggests we may one day be able to do just that.

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Ballesteros speaks publicly about cancer fight

MADRID (AP) — Pale and thin but resilient as ever, Seve Ballesteros says he’s been given the mulligan of his life.

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Desert Party, Regal Ransom sharp in Derby works

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Godolphin Racing stablemates Desert Party and Regal Ransom looked sharp during their final workouts before next week’s Kentucky Derby.

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