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...Kentucky, four people were shot by BB guns outside a Best Buy as they waited in line to purchase the new PlayStation 3, in yet another disturbing case of nerd-on-nerd violence." SETH MEYERS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Punchlines: Dec. 4, 2006 | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

According to the new research, the risk of osteoporosis depends heavily on which versions of the vitamin D receptor gene an individual inherits. Since each parent contributes a copy, a person's genetic endowment can be bb, Bb or BB. The most severe threat occurs, says molecular biologist Nigel Morrison, of the Australian team, "when you inherit a double whammy of the low-bone- density form of the gene. Then you're at risk of having osteoporosis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Bones Break | 6/7/2006 | See Source »

Examining 311 women, the scientists discovered that those with the BB combination had spines fragile enough to fracture by about 18 years after menopause. Bb women reached this fracture threshold four years later, and those carrying bb genes not until 29 years after menopause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Bones Break | 6/7/2006 | See Source »

...next year, you know?”The Crimson (15-13-1) did not trail after senior Josh Klimkiewicz’s first-inning homer gave freshman lefthander Hampton Foushee a 2-1 lead. Klimkiewicz, a native of Lexington, Mass., and 2002 graduate of Boston’s BB&N High School, shot a 1-1 inside fastball through the glove webbing of a leaping Chris Emanuele—“I’ll take it,” Klimkiewicz said—beyond the left-centerfield fence.The homer, Klimkiewicz’s team-leading sixth, reversed...

Author: By Alex Mcphillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Wins, Dreams of Beanpot Repeat | 4/18/2006 | See Source »

...from that distance, it would be unlikely that birdshot could penetrate Whittington's clothes and chest wall. Others agree with Jon Nordby, an analyst with Final Analysis Forensic of University Place, Wash., who says, "It is certainly possible, and I've seen it. I had a case where a BB went through a jacket at 90 ft. and through the pericardial sac and caused death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the Shooting at the Ranch | 2/19/2006 | See Source »

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