Dumb Things We Do for Love in the Zone Defense Note
The column riffs on the NBA allowing zone defense and jokes about love driven dumb actions. It recounts a World War II veteran Harry A. V. L. Sabo jailed for bank robbery to impress a 76 year old sweetheart, with anecdotes of men risking embarrassment and injury for romance. Leonard Pitts signs off noting zone defense doubts and jokes about preventing jock itch.
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Senate panel passes $1.3 trillion tax cut bill
In Washington a divided Senate Finance Committee approved a $1.3 trillion tax cut bill. Chairman Chuck Grassley guided the measure through with plain talk and steady leadership. He likened working on it to a family farm and noted shared effort between generations.
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Grassley talks tax policy and class warfare in Senate debate
The article covers Senator Grassley discussing tax cut legislation with fellow lawmakers. He notes compromises on the bill and the balance of opinions on taxes and fairness. Colleagues, including Sen. Max Baucus, are cited praising and critiquing the measure.
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Jay Rockefeller
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America
Governor Swift gives birth to twins in Boston hospital
Acting Governor Jane Swift, who has led Massachusetts from a hospital bed since May 8, delivered twin girls by Caesarean section at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Lauren Alma Hunt weighed 6 pounds and Sarah Jane Hunt 5 pounds 4 ounces, born nine eleven p.m. and ten eleven p.m. respectively.
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Breast feeding linked to lower future obesity risk
Harvard researchers report that breast fed babies are less likely to become overweight by ages 9 to 14 than formula fed peers. A second NIH study in preschoolers finds only a minor protective effect. Experts caution results are not definitive but support breastfeeding as a obesity risk reduction strategy.
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National Institutes of Health
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Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Journal of the American Medical Association
Breastfeeding Linked to Lower Adolescent Obesity in Harvard Study
Harvard researchers report that children who were breast fed show lower odds of being overweight by adolescence. The Journal of Medical Association notes a significant link between early feeding and later weight status.
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