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...pretty irony about the Reading incident is that it began as a pacifist plea. On July 5, 2000, Junta--whose stature (6 ft. 1 in.), girth (270 lbs.) and receding hairline ensure that James Gandolfini will play him in the inevitable TV movie--was watching an informal practice involving his son at the Burbank Ice Arena. He became so vexed at the violence he saw on the rink that he confronted the man who had volunteered as referee, Michael Costin (6 ft., 156 lbs.), for allowing it. Costin snapped back, "That's hockey." The two men scuffled, and Junta left...
...Last week Green Beret Nathan Ross Chapman was buried by his family: we met his widow Renae on the Today show, saw the broken-heart necklace that he had given her. And last week Lisa Beamer, widow of Todd, hero of Flight 93, had her baby, Morgan Kay, 7 lbs., 21 in. We saw the first baby pictures...
...Lloyd Lamb already knows a thing or two about cruelty and loneliness. The Marion, Ind., 10th-grader is bright and outgoing. He plays golf and wrestles. He is also 5 ft. 8 in., weighs 200 lbs. and at times suffers the taunts of classmates. Lamb says he works hard to ignore them, but there are moments, he admits, when he gets "depressed and lonely...
...fourth-graders. Half the kids, most of whom were of normal weight, attended classes that taught them how to monitor their television and computer time and to replace it with other activities. At the end of the year, kids in the special program had gained an average of 2 lbs. less than the control group. Obesity experts recommend that parents remove the television from their children's rooms and set strict limits on time spent in front of a screen, including the computer. Giving kids alternatives to zoning out in front of a screen is key, says Robinson...
...guys? Light on star power, the Bears do not at first look--or second look, either, for that matter--scream championship material. They're a flamboyance-free assortment of rookies, unknowns and slow starters, including offensive tackle James (Big Cat) Williams, who, at 6 ft. 7 in. and 331 lbs., can block out the sun, never mind defenders. Williams was just selected for the Pro Bowl, the NFL's All-Star game, after 11 years in the trenches...