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Wrestler Mark Henry To Participate In WWE Smackdown At PruCenter
PIX11.comWWE Wrestler Mark Henry burst on the scene at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he competed in weightlifting in the super-heavyweight division. Three years later, at the Pan American Games, Henry captured a gold, silver and bronze medal....Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Summer Olympics, World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Pan American Games
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Teen commits suicide LIVE on webcam
MIAMI, Fla. (AP) - A South Florida teen died of a lethal drug overdose in front of a live online webcam audience 12 hours after he started blogging about his plan to commit suicide, an investigator said Friday. Abraham Biggs, 19, died Wednesday from a...Tags: Bipolar Disorder, Health, Suicide, Family, Death
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Passaic County Tech Student Dies While Lifting Weights
WAYNE, N.J. (WPIX) -- A Passaic County Technical Institute student died Tuesday while lifting weights, according to police. School officials confirmed student Michael Ramos, 17, of Paterson collapsed in the school gymnasium around 11 a.m. The...Tags: Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Death, Emergency Planning, Emergency Incidents
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5-Year-Old Flaunts "World-Breaking" Abs Of Steel
wpix.com5-year-old Giuliano Stroe may not be old enough to drive himself to the gym, but his insuperable strength has landed himself a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records. The Romanian pre-schooler, who began lifting weights at the tender age of two,...Tags: YouTube
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Vietnam vet tells of time spent in the "Killer Jungle"
Daily American Staff WriterFor two years, Boswell resident and retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer William Maraugha Jr., 80, patrolled Vietnam's "Killer Jungle." The Rung Sat Special Zone, with its lush, green jungle and meandering rivers, served as the main shipping channels...Tags: U.S. Navy, Health, Chemotherapy, Annapolis, Weaponry
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Olympic weightlifter Holley Mangold is living large and loving it
DALLAS -- Everything about Holley Mangold is oversized. Her personality. Her laugh. Her ambition. But the first thing most people notice is her body, which, at 5 feet 9 and 350 pounds, is hard to miss. "I'm huge," Mangold says with pride, not political...
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Rookie weightlifter: Creatine built for bursts
When I was a rookie weightlifter, I took creatine supplements because everyone else was doing it. I quit after a week for reasons you don't want explained. Suffice to say it involved the words "gastrointestinal" and "distress." Apparently that's a rare...
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All-Central Florida boys weightlifting team
Lifter of the Year Blake Caulder Lyman, Sr. 154-pound weight class The Buzz: Caulder bench-pressed 335 pounds, hoisted 275 overhead in the clean-and-jerk, and totaled 610 to win an individual state championship and lead Lyman to Class 2A runner-up...
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All-area boys lifting: Lyman standout got to devour wings, after state title
Blake Caulder's strong willpower kept him in the weight room when others might have found something else to do. It also allowed him to push that tantalizing pile of chicken wings out of his mind until after he won a state weightlifting championship....
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Short-handed Lake Mary Prep will be without Miami commit Ray Lewis III for spring
University of Miami commitment Ray Lewis III will not be participating in spring practices nor playing in the spring game for Lake Mary Prep. Griffins' head coach Buck Gurley did not seem concerned about the absence of his star player, who will be...
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Sports briefs
Windber 4, Richland 3 RICHLAND — Windber won two of three doubles matches to pull out a 4-3 victory over Richland in boys varsity tennis Monday. In singles, No. 1 Connor Seese (R) defeated Stephen Thomas 10-0; No. 2 Jake Lushko (R) defeated Jane...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Tom Thomas, Dave Williams, Golf
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Study shows exercise can help Parkinson's sufferers
Terry Musial, who suffers from Parkinson's disease, has found new hope since she joined a research study at Rush University Medical Center and the University of Illinois at Chicago in which patients exercised twice a week for an hour each. The...
Tags: Health, Education, Parkinson's Disease, Immune System, Chemicals
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