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Antioxidants, commonly found in fruits and vegetables, are the body's defense against free radicals?reactive chemicals that are needed to destroy viruses and bacteria but can be harmful to healthy cells. Fast-acting radicals are the hardest to scavenge, and, says Menelaos Papagiannopoulos of Germany's University of Bonn, in tests, açaí proved better at it than nearly any other fruit. According to a 2006 study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, açaí boasts an ORAC (oxygen radical absorbance capacity) score more than 10 times as high as well-known antioxidant-rich foods like...
...Monoline bond insurance companies, such as MBIA and Ambac Financial Group Inc., have been hit the hardest as they scramble to raise capital to cover possible defaults and to stave off a downgrade from the ratings agencies. It was this group's foray out of its traditional municipal bonds and into mortgage-backed securities that caused the turmoil. A rating downgrade of the monoline companies could be devastating for banks and others who bought insurance protection from them to cover their corporate bond exposure...
...Tyson Track Center seems like a pretty high bar. But, for Becky Christensen, clearing high bars comes easy. The junior high jumper tied her career best jump at 1.83 meter to claim the fourth spot and earn All-American status. “This weekend really shows that the hardest part [about indoor NCAAs] is getting in,” Christensen said. “Indoors doesn’t take as many people as outdoors, so the competition is a lot different...it’s a lot more consistent. It was just really great to finally make...
...able to stop the bleeding for the win.Stack-Babich also homered in the game on a line drive shot to dead center.“He is absolutely raking,” Vance, who also hit a home run, said. “It was one of the hardest balls I’ve ever seen hit.”NORTHERN IOWA 5, HARVARD 3The Crimson got off to a rough start this weekend, when sophomore starter Eric Eadington was forced to leave the game in the second inning due to tightness in his elbow.“We?...
...there’s still an odd inconsistency in our attitude towards animals, and it’s felt hardest by the ten billion farm animals we slaughter every year for food, and the uncounted millions used by the animal testing industry. These animals don’t appear on the Animal Planet Channel, nor does the media monitor their individual plights. Masson notes that while his two books on highly popularized animals—When Elephants Weep and Dogs Never Lie about Love —quickly sold over a million copies, it was a harder task to market...