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...range, through forests of rhododendron and towering hemlock and past open views of the snow-capped peaks that have kept Yubeng in a state of fairy-tale seclusion. By the time we finally crest a prayer flag-festooned summit and drop into the valley below, it's late afternoon. Beneath us are the handful of dwellings that shelter Yubeng's 65 ethnic-Tibetan inhabitants; in the crook of a slim, glacial stream, a white, sagging stupa glows in the low sunlight. The locals feed and water their livestock, while one of the women invites us to dinner cooked over...
...they slept. Enes Gunce, 13, was pinned for 30 hours beneath the concrete rubble before being pulled out by rescuers, who used industrial machinery to cut through the bed he was buried under. Gunce had listened as his three roommates died one by one. "At first, we were talking to each other in the dark," he said. "But after a while their voices died out." Turks were outraged that the dormitory collapsed while other buildings around the school were still standing. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised to pursue allegations that bad construction standards may have been responsible. - By Pelin...
...into unstable ones. "If you look at the plaque [of a woman] under a microscope, it doesn't appear to be the kind of plaque that can become unstable and rupture," says Dr. Robert Bonow of the American Heart Association. "But the surface has become eroded, exposing the material beneath the surface to the blood, which causes blood clots. And it turns out that the women who have this plaque erosion tend to be women who smoked." Those clots can travel through the bloodstream, wreaking havoc in the heart or the brain...
...arrested Scott for their murder. "The waiting this week has been horrific," said Kim Petersen, a spokeswoman for the dead woman's family. "I don't know if relief is the right word. They have answers." No doubt they also have painful questions. What happened? What darkness lurked beneath the happy surface of Laci and Scott's marriage...
First-time exercisers often forget their lateral abdominals--the muscles that sit beneath your love handles. Diagonal crunches, in which you sit up while twisting the abdomen, help develop these important muscles. Here's another good exercise that puts less stress on the spine: lie on your side and, resting your forearm on the ground for balance, lift your whole body off the floor; hold that position for 20 to 30 seconds. The key is to keep your hips, legs and back as straight...