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The already over-the-top testosterone levels at the New York Stock Exchange were pushed to the max this morning when the stars of "The Expendables" dropped in.Sylvester Stallone, Terry Crews, Jason Statham, and Dolph Lundgren used their brawn to ring the opening bell.More...

'The Expendables' Visit NYSE, Terry Crews Goes Shirtless

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With back-to-school comes back to the field and hundreds of thousands of children donning jerseys, helmets and cleats in an effort to emulate their sports heroes. Many of these kids will have fun and will excel, giving their parents and themselves the bragging rights they dream of.What many parents and children do not understand are the dangers associated with sports related head injuries. Wah wah... I know I sound like Debbie Downer from Saturday Night Live, but this is important information for everyone involved in sports.More...

Know the A, B, Cs of Head Injury

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Volunteers Flock To Rebuild Church Torched By Arson

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Key White House allies are pushing back against a report that they've abandoned their initial efforts to sell health care reform and are instead trying to win over voters by promising to "improve" the legislation.Advocates acknowledged to the Huffington Post on Friday that they're proposing a shift in how to sell health care reform to skeptical voters. Instead of emphasizing how the legislation will reduce costs and lower the deficit, a PowerPoint presentation put together by the pro-reform Families USA recommends that lawmakers focus on personal stories and the impact the bill will have on small businesses.

Health Care Advocates Deny They've Lost The Messaging War

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After 37 years of performances, you'd think that a show would lose its luster. At some point, the performers would lose their passion or precision for their tricks. But that's not the case for Paul Magid, the only original founder of the Flying Karamazov group that is still at it after all these years.Magid's assembled a younger trio of performers to accompany him on stage for his new show, 4Play, playing at the Minetta Lane Theatre in the Village, which has only allowed him to work a new set of antics into his show. Magid relies on his aging body as part of his shtick - while the whole cast appearing in tutus is a funny image, it's Magid's that makes it that much more absurd. Beyond the physical comedy, Magid brings his decades of expertise performing as part of the Karamazov pack to the show by taking center stage for some of the show's oldest tricks: They let the crowd pick three objects for Magid to juggle, and he hurriedly hurls pins back to the others during an incredibly choreographed 4-man routine.More...

The Flying Karamazov Brothers Are Timeless

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There is an air of both tragedy and farce as the Arizona Republican primary for the United States Senate comes to a conclusion this Tuesday. Incumbent John McCain -- a venerated war hero and once celebrated presidential candidate -- has been forced into the sludge against an unworthy opponent, J.D. Hayworth, in what is likely to be the final campaign of his political career. McCain has sullied his carefully crafted legacy by swinging sharply to the political right, betraying his once hard-forged positions on everything from immigration reform to global warming.In many respects, the McCain image as a "maverick" and "reformer" has always been something of a charade. McCain's seminal role in the Keating Five scandal during his first term in office forever tarnished his reputation. Indeed, there are many who would argue that what we are now seeing is the real McCain--stripped bare of the fanciful narrative--whose guiding light is neither public virtue nor principle, but raw ambition and a lust for power.More...

John McCain Still Pallin' Around With Lobbyists

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Dream trip: Hiking in Peru. Ever since we saw the Mayan ruins of Mexico, we want to learn more about ancient South American cultures.So we're dying to see Machu Picchu (who isn't?), as well as all the other gorgeous sites that Peru offers.More...

Hiking In Peru: Destination Of The Day (PHOTOS)

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Reducing your caloric intake will help you lose weight. However, if you want to lose a lot of weight, running will help you achieve your ideal weight faster. According to Amby Burfoot of Runner's World magazine, running burns 50 percent more calories per mile than walking.A 145-pound person can easily burn 300 calories during a 30-minute run. You can figure out how many calories you burn running by using an online calorie calculator. To maximize weight loss, run regularly and incorporate various types of training to build up your speed, endurance and mileage.More...

Lose Weight Running

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Barack Obama may have taken the literary triumphs of "Change We Can Believe In" and the stirringly inspirational, "We are the ones we have been waiting for" and turned both poignant sentiments into sharp daggers pointed right at the heart of the Democratic Party. Once bitten, twice shy.Following FDR, the closest we shall ever come to an American President for life, until Barack Obama in 2008 only two Democrats were able to get a majority of the popular vote in a Presidential election. This is not an insignificant failure. It covers 15 elections and 64 years. In a more current perspective, imagine if the Democrats failed to get half the Presidential vote in another election until the year 2072. Yes, Truman won after FDR, but with 49% of the vote.

JFK was the next Democrat elected President in 1960, but also with only 49% of the popular vote. Following the Kennedy assassination, Lyndon Johnson won in a landslide with 61% and twelve years later, on the heels of the Nixon scandal and resignation, Jimmy Carter was elected with exactly 50% of the popular vote. The Democrats would have to wait until Bill Clinton in 1992 to see another Presidential victory. However, Clinton received only 43% of the popular vote in a three-way race that saw George H. W. Bush get the lowest percentage (37%) of any President who has ever run for reelection. Four years later, Clinton was reelected himself, but again with only 49% of the vote.

A Dagger To The Heart Of The Democratic Party - Once Bitten, Twice Shy

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Harold Dow has died unexpectedly.The veteran CBS News correspondent died Saturday. He was 62.More...

Harold Dow DEAD: Veteran CBS News Reporter Dies Unexpectedly