Cold stuns Floridians, causes deaths elsewhere
TOKYO - To the government's critics, it was a long and shocking act of official stonewalling: Agreements long hidden in Foreign Ministry files allowed nuclear-armed U.S. warships to enter Japanese ports, violating a hallowed principle of postwar Japan. Yet their very existence was officially denied. South chilled by Arctic winds, record snow in East
LONDON (AFP) - Eurostar passengers are facing further disruptions after one of its high-speed trains broke down in the Channel Tunnel again, less than three weeks after a major breakdown caused by snow. Fox grants 'brief extension' in cable dispute
Perhaps because it seems intuitively true, the notion persists that running, especially when done long-term and over long distances, is bad for the joints. Indeed, it would be hard to think otherwise when with each foot strike, a runner's knee withstands a force equal to eight times his or her body weight - for a 150-lb. person, that's about 1,200 lb. of impact, step after step.
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