Fitness and the Marines: A hard-core partnership
We asked Nordin to weigh in on some of the more controversial fitness and gender topics in the Marine Corps. Question: The Marine Corps’ Physical Fitness Test requires men to perform 20 pullups to get a perfect score. Women perform a flexed-arm

Easter egg hunt canceled due to aggressive parents
The Associated Press is reporting that a Colorado town has canceled its annual Easter egg hunt due to the behavior of aggressive parents who swarmed into the tiny park last year, determined that their kids get an egg. “That hunt was over in seconds, to the consternation of egg-less tots and their

Michelle Obama: Barack works late
First lady Michelle Obama is seeking to raise money for her husband’s re-election campaign by stressing the president’s work habits. In a fundraising e-mail with the heading “up late,” Mrs. Obama writes to donors: “Every night in the White House, I see Barack up late poring over briefings, reading

Patient recuperating from full face transplant
Richard Lee Norris, who received the most extensive full face transplant to date, is continuing to recuperate from the marathon surgery, the University of Maryland Medical Center said Wednesday. Norris, 37, of Virginia was disfigured in a gun accident and had been wearing a mask for 15 years, living

Readers sound off on Dick Cheney’s new heart and Occupy Wall Street’s antics
Hollis: While I offer my sincerest congratulations to former Vice President Dick Cheney for getting a new lease on life (“Finally, a good heart!” March 25), I have to wonder whether the average 71-year-old would even be considered for a heart transplant. Jessica Sy Savane Maspeth: As soon as I

SPIN METER: Now they’re all calling it ‘Obamacare’
WASHINGTON – At least one part of the nation’s health care debate is settled: Now they’re all calling it Obamacare. Since President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign lifted an unofficial ban on using the opposition’s term for his health care law, Democratic activists have been chanting “We love

GAIN Fitness Launches the Ultimate Digital Personal Trainer
GAIN Fitness today introduced GAIN 3.0, a major evolution of its digital personal trainer app for iPhone. GAIN 3.0 expands on the app’s unique ability to personalize workouts by adding “GAIN Plan” — a custom, 4-week workout plan; as well as the “Expansion

Jennifer Lawrence’s Trainer On Her Fitness Transformation Into Katniss Everdeen For ‘The Hunger Games’
Jennifer Lawrence had just six weeks to get her body arena-ready for her role as tribute Katniss Everdeen in the upcoming movie “The Hunger Games.” The 21-year-old, whose biggest role to date was 2010′s “Winter’s Bone,” trained with conditioning

Fitness program helps Brevard students rack up 20,000 miles
Space Coast public school students have walked or ran than 20,000 miles so far this year, thanks to a morning fitness program that started in November at 21 area schools. “(It’s about) being healthy,” said Debbie Whitnable, a nurse manager

The CDC’s graphic new campaign against smoking (2 letters)
Re: “CDC to employ graphic ads to try to shock smokers into quitting,” March 15 news story. With a bold new anti-tobacco campaign from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, physicians won’t be the only ones who see Americans suffering from tobacco-related diseases. In keeping with