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...that she traded on inside information about the biotech company ImClone Systems, conspired with her stockbroker to lie to federal officials investigating the trade and defrauded shareholders in her company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, by misleading them about why she had sold the stock. Her perfunctory responses to Judge Miriam Cedarbaum's questions (Did she understand the charges? Did she need them read aloud?) were barely audible. But when Cedarbaum asked for a plea, Stewart's response--"Not. Guilty."--rang out like a bell, with the first t enunciated in the clipped diction familiar to anyone who has ever followed...
Exercise has enormous health and psychological benefits for older adults. Regular workouts reduce or prevent many age-related illnesses--heart disease, arthritis, osteoporosis, diabetes, depression and even mental decline. "If exercise were a pill, it would be the best-selling medication in the world," says Miriam Nelson, director of Tufts University's Center for Physical Activity and Nutrition...
...moviegoers take unsolicited commercials sitting down. Miriam Fisch, 37, of Evanston, Ill., sued Loews Cineplex Entertainment because the film she had paid to see started four minutes late as a result of ads. The high school teacher says the theater committed fraud by posting the film's start time while knowing it would not be accurate. Although it would have made a tidy story to say Fisch had gone to see The Hours, she was in fact at the theater to see The Quiet American. --Reported by Dody Tsiantar/New York
...workout is not without critics. Miriam Nelson, director of the Center for Physical Activity and Nutrition at Tufts University, says Curves' use of hydraulic resistance rather than actual weights allows users to exercise only when lifting, not when lowering. Heavin concurs but says the resulting reduction in muscle gain is, for Curves' mostly novice clientele, more than offset by greater safety, because most muscle injuries occur during the lowering phase of weight-bearing exercise. He gleaned this fact from Jack Wilmore, professor of physiology at Texas...
...home, as well as all manner of exercise gadgets you can buy, such as the Reebok wobble board or the Bosu half dome. The point is to find something that works for you. "Basically, all you really need is a mat and a floor," says Miriam Nelson, an exercise scientist at Tufts University and author of the Strong Women series. But if a class or gadget gets you motivated, then go for it. Your body--especially your back--will be glad...