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Written by Mike Salazar
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Monday, 09 January 2006 |
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MANKATO, Minnesota -- Associated Press: With the click of a mouse, Cassie Pap flips through cable TV channels, her legs pumping away on a recumbent exercise cycle. She settles for MTV and reaches for the mouse to turn up the volume during her 2-mile workout. On another day, Pap might check e-mail or write a homework assignment using a flexible keyboard that will survive hundreds of sweaty fingers.
Her options are part of the latest technology upgrade on campus: computer-equipped exercise equipment. |
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Written by Associated Press
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Monday, 09 January 2006 |
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Associated Press -- Google is upping the ante in the online video gold rush, allowing content owners to set their own prices in a bid to create a more flexible alternative to Apple Computer's pioneering iTunes store. The upcoming Google Video Store, announced Friday at the Consumer Electronics Show, already has lined up commitments to sell thousands of downloads, including recent television broadcasts of popular CBS shows and professional basketball games, as well as vintage episodes from series that went off the air decades ago. A launch date for the store has not been released. |
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Written by Tim Harford - The Slate
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Monday, 09 January 2006 |
 Here's a little secret that Starbucks doesn't want you to know: They will serve you a better, stronger cappuccino if you want one, and they will charge you less for it. Ask for it in any Starbucks and the barista will comply without batting an eye. The puzzle is to work out why.
The drink in question is the elusive "short cappuccino"—at 8 ounces, a third smaller than the smallest size on the official menu... |
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Written by Zach Gates
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Friday, 10 June 2005 |
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All right, I've been scouring the net for a few years, readin' the various boards from Bolex to bb.com, Getbig and Mayhem, etc. I've noticed that there seems to be a common thread along the fans as to what they want from the competitors, so I think I've determined the criteria for the perfect fan-pleasing bodybuilder: |
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Written by Francine Russo - Time Magazine
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Tuesday, 07 June 2005 |
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Jenny Moran, 41, a sales executive in Ocean County, N.J., admits to being obsessed with her weight. But she was shocked when her 3 1/2-year-old daughter suddenly began weighing herself several times a day. "I never thought she was paying attention," Moran says ruefully. |
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Written by Bill Dobbins
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Friday, 03 June 2005 |
 There seems to be some discussion ongoing in the sport as to why the pro women have weight divisions and the men don't. The reason weight divisions were introduced in women's bodybuilding was to allow smaller women to have a chance at winning titles - which is the same reason amateur bodybuilding uses weight classes. |
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Written by Kate Sheehy and Philip Messing - NY Post
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Friday, 03 June 2005 |
 Pro-wrestling amazon Nicole Bass sent her hubby to the corner — cowering in fear — yesterday after going on a boozy bender and beating him up, then biting the hand of a cop who came to his rescue, police and the husband said.
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