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...football players have exploded in strength and size over the past two decades - many players, who easily exceed the 300-pound mark, would technically qualify as obese - researchers and sports physicians have increasingly worried about their health. One study of about 6,850 former pro players conducted in 1994 by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), at the behest of the National Football League Players Association, found that while former players had a lower death rate overall compared with their peers in the general population, the heaviest players - offensive and defensive linemen - were 52% more likely...
...satellite-based navigation system has become an indispensable tool for everyone from cell-phone manufacturers to oil drillers, which explains why a government report on GPS released this month prompted a tide of concern. The Government Accountability Office warned of "significant challenges" to maintaining the system at full strength beginning as soon as next year, due to technical problems and delays in a $5.8 billion plan to upgrade the system with next-generation satellites. (Watch TIME's video of the DASH Express...
...They smell blood.' BRUCE RIEDEL, former CIA analyst, on al-Qaeda's exploiting the turmoil in Pakistan to bolster its strength...
...green and white, at once insular and proud. "Look at the way they try to stand out, even compared to the government ministries here," says Shir Agha Malikey, a Herat resident who fled to Iran during the Afghan civil war. "They are not trying to hide their strength...
...financials may have a couple more months of relative strength as portfolios readjust, but when might banks and brokers reemerge as stock-market leaders? Before financials can emerge in a leadership position we will need to see some semblance of very stern regulation in the financial field, which will signal to investors that financial companies are clean - at that point they may even be overregulated. Also, between 2001 and 2007 financials added a bunch of capacity, and that needs to recede, through consolidation or simply going out of business. That's still a few years...