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Study: Fat Drinkers Face Double the Health Risk: http://digg.com/d31LUwu?t #digg (via @openthink2) Drinkers who are overweight face a "double whammy" impact on their liver, research suggests. Link - Trackbacks

The third baseman came to spring training at 262 pounds, about 15 pounds less than his playing weight last year, when he had 25 homers and 90 runs batted in.

Colorado captured the N.L. wild card in 2009 and is bidding to return to the World Series for the first time since 2007.

A day of meetings and a late dinner, but no signal that the running back plans to return for next season.

Study finds few people are 'True Twitter Users': Although Twitter is growing at a rapid rate, a new study from B... http://bit.ly/beKlZI Although Twitter is growing at a rapid rate, a new study from Barracuda Networks claims a relatively small number of the social network's users are "True Twitter Users." Barracuda Networks defines a True Twitter User as a person who has at least 10 followers, follows 10 people, and has updated their status with at least 10 tweets. After analyzing more than 19 million Twitter accounts, it found that only 21% of the social network's users fell into that category. The remaining 79% lacked at least one of the three requirements. As popular as Twitter has become, there is still a... Link - Trackbacks