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Blue M&M dye may mend broken backs

Brady — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:20:52 +0000

The food dye that gives blue M&M’s their colour can help mend spinal injuries, researchers say.

The compound Brilliant Blue G blocks a chemical that kills healthy spinal cord cells around the damaged area – an event that often causes more irreversible damage than the original injury.
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Old Ohio church becomes gym with religious themes

Brady — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:17:32 +0000

BARBERTON, Ohio – A developer has found new life for an old church in northeast Ohio by redesigning it as a workout center.

Developer and bodybuilder Al Horvath converted a Methodist church in Barberton into a training facility he calls Faith Gym.
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Drunken foreigner shocks Spain with his generosity

Brady — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:07:43 +0000

MADRID – A British man who arrived at a Spanish airport after having too much to drink has been taken into custody – not for bad behavior but for being too generous.
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Front Flip, Full Court Basketball Shot

Brady — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:16:59 +0000

Man jumps out of Helicopter to catch a Marlin

Brady — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:36:10 +0000

Spud Studs Emerge With French Fry Sculptures

Brady — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:57:16 +0000

OCEAN CITY, N.J. — Each year on the boardwalk, thousands of french fries are consumed by beachgoers, snatched by seagulls or tossed in the trash at the end of the day.

But once a year, the truly lucky ones become art.
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Brain scans show how hypnosis can paralyze a limb

Brady — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:14:15 +0000

NEW YORK – How can a hypnotist paralyze your hand just with words? By making a part of your brain butt in on the process that normally makes your hand move, a study says.

So the brain region that’s ready to move your hand ignores its usual inputs and listens to this interloper, which says, “Don’t even bother,” the research concluded.
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Dog Doing Squats

Brady — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:10:25 +0000

Dying man wins bet he would live

Brady — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:03:33 +0000

A Buckinghamshire man diagnosed with terminal cancer is to collect a second winning payout of £5,000 after betting he would stay alive.
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Joke review boosts T-shirt sales

Brady — Sat, 23 May 2009 07:40:57 +0000

A T-shirt has become one of the most popular items sold by online retailer Amazon in the past few weeks.

Sales of the kitsch Three Wolf Moon T-shirt shot up 2,300% after a spate of ironic reviews went viral.

The first review gave the shirt five stars, saying it “Fits my girthy frame, has wolves on it, attracts women” but “cannot see wolves with arms crossed”.
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