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Article Source: USA Today
A simple, free way to boost mental health is to exercise outdoors, whether walking, gardening or cycling, concludes a recent study on "green" exercise. "Every green environment improved both self-esteem and mood," even urban parks, says the study by Jo Barton and Jules Pretty of the United Kingdom's University of Essex. Places with water gave an extra lift.
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Article Source: USA Today
After 40 intense minutes, C.R. Hooligan's and Shenanigans are tied 7-7, so the teams take the court for one more round.
The players — most of them in their 20s and 30s — are shouting, clapping, high-fiving, putting their game faces on. Head umpire Peter Boyer steps between them in the gym of Highlands Elementary School in Wilmington, Del. He lowers and calms his voice so the players pay attention to him. "Remember," Boyer tells them, "it's only dodgeball."
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Article Source: CNN
(CNN) -- Christine Kent's best feature had always been her legs. They were long enough for modeling and strong and sculpted by her passion for skiing.
Now, her legs are limp. She's lost the muscle definition of her calves and hamstrings. They don't feel like her legs anymore, she said. They feel like Jell-O. Kent, 45, was paralyzed from the waist down after a man shot her in the back three years ago and ran her over with his SUV, leaving her crushed in the driveway.
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Article Source: CNN
Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- Ever since he was a child, Jasmin Bambur dreamed of going to the Olympics. In college, he played competitive handball and was close to making the national team that would take him to the big games.
But Bambur's life took an unexpected turn one winter night 10 years ago, when he fell asleep at the wheel of his car. He suffered a severe spinal cord injury, making him a paraplegic at age 20.
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Article Source: CNN
(CNN) -- A high school in Washington, D.C., is set to name a former women's professional football player as its head varsity football coach Friday, a move that a national women's sports advocacy group calls historic.
Natalie Randolph, 29, a science teacher at Coolidge High School, will be introduced as the school's head football coach at a news conference there Friday morning, according to her attorney, Lawrence Wilson.
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